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Written Question
Council of the Nations and Regions: Finance
Tuesday 15th October 2024

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total operating budget of the Envoy to the Regions and Nations will be.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The terms of reference for the Prime Minister's Envoy for the Nations and Regions will be published online in the normal way, setting out the purpose, scope and remit of the role.

Written Question
Council of the Nations and Regions: Location
Tuesday 15th October 2024

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, where the role of Envoy to the Regions and Nations will be based.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The terms of reference for the Prime Minister's Envoy for the Nations and Regions will be published online in the normal way, setting out the purpose, scope and remit of the role.

Written Question
Council of the Nations and Regions: Staff
Tuesday 15th October 2024

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full time equivalent staff will be allocated to the office of the Envoy to the Regions and Nations.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The terms of reference for the Prime Minister's Envoy for the Nations and Regions will be published online in the normal way, setting out the purpose, scope and remit of the role.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I say to the Minister that his Government will never regain the trust of the Scottish people as long as they do not respect the democracy of our Parliament. [Interruption.] The Secretary of State might have his bolthole in the House of Lords, but the Minister and all his …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"What would the impact have been on levelling-up projects if the Scottish Government had followed the advice of the Scottish Conservatives to give these unfunded and catastrophic tax cuts to the wealthiest in our society? Will the Secretary of State now apologise to the Scottish Government for insisting that they …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for Victims

"There is no good reason why interim payments cannot be made. When we first raised issues of contaminated blood some 20 years ago, we were repeatedly told that no wrongful practices were employed. Andy Burnham conceded at the inquiry that he and his ministerial team were given lines by officials …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"Well, there we have it, in the Minister’s own words, as clear as he could possibly be: it is abundantly clear that the Government have absolutely no intention whatsoever of moving speedily to replace their ethics adviser. If all the crowd on the Conservative Back Benches are prepared to be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"Obviously, I am not going to discuss any sort of leaked information that has been passed on to the press. What I will say to the hon. Gentleman is that if he is sitting in a glass house with a big rock, it is probably best not to throw it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"My hon. and learned Friend is coming to the right conclusions about the Government’s indecision and apparently clear intention of not having an ethics adviser put in place at the earliest possible opportunity. A number of things are coming up—I will mention a couple of them—in the in-tray for any …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Adviser on Ministerial Interests

"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely and utterly right. I do not think that, in my 20-odd years in the House, I have seen it in such a dilapidated condition, when public trust in the activities of the House, the way in which we do business and the way in which …..."
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