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Support for Working People

Wednesday 4 September 2024 · 3 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Answered 1 Partly answered 1 Not answered 0

Key points

  • UK Government plans to upgrade workers' rights with over 75 reforms within 100 days.
  • Review of mineworkers' pension scheme surplus arrangements and transfer of investment reserve fund back to members is committed to.
  • IFS states Scottish Government policies have cost Scotland money, and UK Government is auditing to address a 22 billion spending deficit.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Elaine Stewart Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Employment Scotland
Context

The MP is concerned about the steps needed to support workers in Scotland following recent debates on worker's rights.

Question

What steps does he plan to take to support working people in Scotland, given the need for a significant upgrade of workers' rights?

Answer from Kirsty McNeill

The UK Government will oversee the biggest upgrade of workers' rights in a generation, set out in a new deal for working people that will be written into law within 100 days. Over 75 reforms aim to raise living standards and up to 7,800 workers across Ayrshire stand to benefit.

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Q2 Elaine Stewart Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Benefits & Welfare
Context

The MP highlights the need for justice regarding mineworkers' pensions, referencing past injustices that affected many communities.

Question

What updates are there on proposals to end the injustice of the mineworkers' pension scheme before it is too late?

Answer from Kirsty McNeill

Our manifesto committed to ending injustice by reviewing unfair surplus arrangements and transferring the investment reserve fund back to members. I would be delighted to write a further update for my hon. Friend representing coalfield seats in due course.

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Not addressed: Commitment without specific timeline or concrete action taken yet

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Q3 Dave Doogan SNP Angus and Perthshire Glens
Taxation Scotland
Context

The MP points out the Scottish Government's tax-raising powers and asks for advice on mirroring a more progressive tax system in Scotland.

Question

What advice would he give the Chancellor to mirror the efforts of the Scottish Government to have a more progressive and fair tax system for workers?

Answer from Kirsty McNeill

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that Scottish Government policies have cost Scotland money. This Government is undertaking an audit to clear up inherited spending messes, focusing on the £22 billion black hole and getting the economy back on track.

Not addressed: Focus shifted to criticism of current tax policies in Scotland without addressing how a fairer system could be implemented

How: Criticising Opposition

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