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Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Policing and Mental Health - Wed 11 Sep 2024

Mentions:
1: None One of the things that came across as I listened to the evidence that was given earlier by the trade unions - Speech Link
2: None It is difficult not to reflect on the past, because Police Scotland deserves a huge amount of credit - Speech Link
3: None The arguments are there, but the challenge was not insignificant and Police Scotland deserves for credit - Speech Link
4: None Trade unions are very supportive of that. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Direct Investment to the UK - Tue 10 Sep 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) The devolved authorities —and local unions and businesses—have a vital role to play in attracting place-based - Speech Link
2: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) He is a credit to the seldom seen, pragmatic approach that Labour should take if it wants to genuinely - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) upskilling of the workforce and act as a vital skills bridge between industry, small businesses, trade unions - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Children and Families Directorate

Sep. 10 2024

Source Page: Promise Partnership Fund: FOI Review
Document: FOI 202300385842 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: all workers must have the right to form and join trade unions, of their own choosing, to bargain


Commons Chamber
Social Security - Tue 10 Sep 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) If it is not the case that the trade unions are running the Labour party, hands up everybody on the Government - Speech Link
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) I give credit to the hon. - Speech Link
3: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) the sheer brass neck to go out and defend it, alleging a black hole when they have paid billions to unions - Speech Link
4: Paul Waugh (LAB - Rochdale) also introduced savings credit. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Winter Fuel Payment - Tue 10 Sep 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - Herne Bay and Sandwich) the Prime Minister on Sunday as being largely contributed to by inflationary pay increases for the unions—for - Speech Link
2: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) more than 200 Labour MPs received more than £2 million in donations before the election from the trade unions - Speech Link
3: Lewis Cocking (Con - Broxbourne) Labour’s deals with the unions, which have cost the taxpayer £14 billion, will see the average salary - Speech Link
4: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) This was a choice—as Laura Kuenssberg pointed out, it was a choice to pay the unions on the back of our - Speech Link
5: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) appropriate for Ministers and others on the Government Benches who have been directly funded by the trade unions - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Committee
UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Barriers to trade in goods and opportunities to improve the UK-EU trading relationship

Report Sep. 10 2024

Committee: Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Found: generated… Alternatively , there could be a partial linking, with distinct markets but fluidity of credit


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
HM Treasury

Sep. 09 2024

Source Page: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24 (for the year ended 31 March 2024)
Document: (PDF)

Found: This has included inviting 2 Trade Unions to take up seats on the SCC, giving greater diversity to the


Lords Chamber
Budget Responsibility Bill
2nd reading - Mon 09 Sep 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Altrincham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) It is to its credit that it managed to find a way to work closely with government, but independently - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) use up a bit of parliamentary time while other more contentious Bills are being argued about with the unions - Speech Link


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
The Insolvency Service

Sep. 09 2024

Source Page: Insolvency Service warns people to be on their guard against fraudsters impersonating the agency and its staff
Document: this guide from the Lending Standards Board (PDF)

Found: building society or other payment provider immediately, using the number on the back of your debit, credit


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Local Government Finance: facts and figures 2024
Sep. 09 2024
View source webpage
This briefing provides a range of factual information and analysis on local government finance, including a profile of the local government budget over time, council tax and non domestic rates income, and expenditure trends from 2013-14 to 2024-25. Financial sustainability and capital investment are main focuses of the briefing. As such, there is extensive discussion of local

Found: projects a number of ways, including borrowing from the Public W orks Loans Fund (PWLB), using other credit