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Tuesday 25th February 2014

Asked by: Baroness Curran (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the rate of underemployment in each UK parliamentary constituency in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

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Tuesday 25th February 2014

Asked by: Baroness Curran (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the total loss to the economy as a result of underemployment in Scotland.

Answered by Chloe Smith

This is not a matter for Cabinet Office Ministers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Nov 2013
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"I join others in welcoming the Secretary of State to his new position, and in paying tribute to his predecessor.

The legacy of the Commonwealth games is vital to the people of Glasgow and their prospects, particularly in relation to jobs, but today that has been overshadowed by reports concerning …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Nov 2013
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"Labour’s energy price freeze would save Glasgow and Edinburgh city councils, Scotland’s two largest local authorities, close to £3 million a year. That is equivalent to 71 teachers and 140 care workers. In the vote later today, will the Secretary of State vote with the Tories and side with the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Sep 2013
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"If I may, I would like to express my condolences and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the terrible Super Puma crash that happened while the House was in recess.

Until recently, Kyle McLean from Airdrie worked in a sports store. Like thousands of people across Scotland, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Sep 2013
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"Perhaps if the Minister looked at Labour’s policies he would get some ideas. The truth is that while the Government have sold off workers’ rights and made it easier to fire rather than hire, they have no plan to address the circumstances of people such as Kyle. Will the Minister …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Regional Pay

"This has been a lively and revealing debate, in which Members on both sides of the House have made promising speeches. I pay tribute to my hon. Friends the Members for Easington (Grahame M. Morris), for Dumfries and Galloway (Mr Brown), for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson), for Derby North (Chris …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Regional Pay

"I thank my hon. Friend for, as ever, making a stunning intervention.

The debate has another Scottish dimension. It is very disappointing that only one Scottish National party Member is present. The point was made earlier that the fastest way to break up national pay bargaining in the United Kingdom …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Regional Pay

"Very briefly...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2012
Regional Pay

"While we are on the subject of party leaders, perhaps the hon. Lady, who is a member of the SNP, will tell us why the First Minister of Scotland is very clear about the levels of corporation tax that will be paid in Scotland and what banks will pay, but …..."
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