Former Scottish National Party MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
I had not intended to participate in this debate, but just want to acknowledge the co-operative way in which the Minister has responded.
It is a pleasure to make my final speech in the Commons before the general election. The electors of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath will determine whether I return to make any speeches here in future. I was intrigued by and enjoyed the opening remarks of the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd), who pointed out that it is rather strange to be debating this subject: we are facing being dragged out...
It is perfectly reasonable for the EU to make such a statement and to seek to have some control over debt. It is interesting to note that the Scottish Government can at least say today, all these years after the Scottish Parliament was created, that they have absolutely no debt. That is certainly something that this Government cannot claim. Regardless of whether we were going to be in or out...
This revelation is shocking, but it is not in the least bit surprising. For over a year, I have been campaigning in this House on associated areas. After the story was released yesterday evening, I undertook research that indicates that at the heart of the issue is the banks’ use of limited partnerships—not only Scottish limited partnerships, but many other forms—that allow the...
On International Happiness Day, we can see some people who are pretty happy, but it strikes me that we have heard it all when we get a Minister standing up to give a response to a perfectly reasonable, sensible question and making a joke about it, and when the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne) thinks that this is merely a matter of amusement. Well, they cannot get away with treating...
This is another right boorach. The last Chancellor who had to make a U-turn lasted only a few weeks thereafter, so before this Chancellor leaves office, will he confirm that, since he said that this decision was only made at 8 o’clock in the morning, that means it has not been taken to the full Cabinet?
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the level of exports from Scottish businesses of the UK leaving the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Scottish limited partnerships are qualifying partnerships under the terms of The Companies and Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Northern Irish limited partnerships are qualifying partnerships under the terms of The Companies and Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many English limited partnerships are qualifying partnerships under the terms of The Companies and Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2013.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Scottish Limited Partnerships registered in the 2012-13 financial year did not file a tax return in 2014-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Scottish Limited Partnerships did not file a tax return in financial years (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Scottish Limited Partnerships registered in the 2011-12 financial year did not file a tax return in 2013-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria are used to determine whether Scottish limited partnerships are required to submit annual accounts to Companies House.
