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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Wednesday Volume 508 7 April 2010 No. 68 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Wednesday 7 April 2010 £5·00 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2010 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Parliamentary Click-Use Licence, available online through the Office of Public Sector Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/ Enquiries to the Office of Public Sector Information, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU; e-mail: [email protected] 951 7 APRIL 2010 952 Mr. Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and House of Commons Lesmahagow) (Lab): When I was a Northern Ireland Minister, I organised an 11-city tour of the United Wednesday 7 April 2010 States to try to bring jobs and inward investment to Northern Ireland. Nationalists were involved in those The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock visits, but they did not try to sell the message of trying to take Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom. PRAYERS Might I suggest to my hon. Friend that she should draw that to the attention of those separatist Scottish National party Ministers from the Scottish Parliament, who are [MR.SPEAKER in the Chair] peddling separatism in the United States rather than trying to bring jobs to Scotland? BUSINESS BEFORE QUESTIONS Ann McKechin: Yet again, my right hon. Friend gets BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL [LORDS] to the heart of the matter. Tartan week should be a Lords amendments considered and agreed to. showcase for increasing our exports to the USA and increasing tourism. Instead, the SNP has characterised MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL BILL [LORDS] it by its own obsession with independence and its gripes, Lords amendments considered and agreed to. rather than promoting Scotland. Mr. Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP): Oral Answers to Questions The highlands and islands economy has indeed been damaged by Labour’s many fuel tax hikes. The increased tax on cider has been scrapped; can we have the same SCOTLAND again for fuel in the Hebrides, please? HMRC’s actions have pushed Highland Airways to the wall. As a result, The Secretary of State was asked— people in Lewis and Harris are now having to wait until late afternoon before they get their newspapers. What Highlands and Islands Economy will the Labour Government do to make amends for 1. Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) their actions? (LD): What assessment he has made of the prospects for the economy of the highlands and islands in the Ann McKechin: The hon. Gentleman should look at next two years; and if he will make a statement. the facts of the case. Sadly, Highland Airways had [325086] substantial trading difficulties and many more debts The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland beyond that owing to HMRC. Unfortunately, a takeover (Ann McKechin): Good morning, Mr. Speaker. was not possible at the last moment and the company went into liquidation, but I understand that the services Real help provided by the UK Government since the to the Western Isles are being maintained by Loganair start of the recession will ensure economic recovery is and other services are also being taken account of. We locked in and will allow the highlands and islands are working hard to help the employees of Highland economy to prosper. Airways find new work under the PACE—partnership Mr. Kennedy: Would the Minister agree that it is action for continuing employment—scheme. That is the highly ironic that at a time when the Government—with best and most practical way in which we can help everyone’s support—are seeking through their commitment companies and businesses suffering from the recession. to offshore wind development, for example, to encourage major inward investment in manufacturing in the highland Mr. Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD): economy from firms such as KBR at Nigg, Her Majesty’s The Minister’s answer to my right hon. Friend the Revenue and Customs’approach to small and medium-sized Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Mr. Kennedy) businesses is driving the likes of Highland Airways, shows just how out of touch she and her ministerial Gaeltec on Skye and others to the wall with the result colleagues have become. In the last two years, a quarter that the savings accruing to the public purse are more of corporate insolvencies in Scotland have been enforced than wiped out by the additional costs of unemployment by HMRC. Literally thousands of Scots have lost their and all the other benefits that will have to be paid? jobs because the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been Ann McKechin: The right hon. Gentleman is wrong unable to translate his good intentions on managing to say that the Inland Revenue has not been helpful to HMRC into hard, effective action. Does not that embarrass Scottish businesses given that its own business payment the Minister even slightly? support service has helped more than 18,000 firms in Scotland, with deferred payments of tax totalling more Ann McKechin: The hon. Gentleman should remember than £300 million. That, I think, is one of the “real that output in the highlands and islands has risen by help” ways in which we have assisted small businesses. 75 per cent. since the Labour Government were elected The package announced in this year’s Budget will give in 1997, and there are 220,000 more jobs in Scotland £2.5 billion to small businesses and includes a doubling since we were elected in 1997. Through our real help to of their investment allowances. We have a good track businesses, including the business support scheme, which record in helping businesses and especially in helping I again point out has benefited more than 18,000 small growth in new jobs from which the highlands and businesses in Scotland, we have helped to keep people islands, in particular, will benefit. on the road and to get Scotland into recovery. 953 Oral Answers7 APRIL 2010 Oral Answers 954 Mr. Carmichael: The Minister compares the number clear that when it came to the release of al-Megrahi, the of jobs now with the number in 1997, but she seems to Lockerbie bomber, both the victims and the Scottish ignore the fact that, last year alone, 65,000 Scots lost Executive were the last to be consulted. What steps has their jobs as a result of this Government’s policies. The the Minister put in place to ensure that that does not Government now turn around and offer us empty promises happen again? Will she take this final opportunity to of 100,000 new jobs. They have always taken Scotland condemn the early release of that bomber, who is alive for granted; now they are just taking the mickey. and well seven months later? Ann McKechin: It is interesting to note that the Ann McKechin: The Calman commission recommended unemployment rates in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency a number of ways in which we could improve are among the lowest in the United Kingdom. That is intergovernmental relationships, and we are very keen because of Labour policies, which are creating jobs and to take them forward. It is regrettable that the Scottish supporting people through the recession. The future Government have declined to accept those recommendations, jobs fund has benefited more than 10,500 people in which have been supported by the majority in the Scottish Scotland by helping them and keeping them close to the Parliament. I note the hon. Gentleman’s concerns, which job market. It is because of the UK’s policies, taking the I share, regarding the release of Mr. al-Megrahi, but at tough decisions that the Liberal Democrats would care the end of the day that was a decision solely for the to ignore, that we have got through this recession much Scottish Government. quicker than they would have. Devolution Disabled Children (Benefits) 2. Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York) (Con): When 3. Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) he last met the Advocate-General to discuss devolution (Lab): When he last discussed with the Secretary of issues. [325087] State for Work and Pensions the benefits provided for disabled children and their families in Scotland. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland [325088] (Ann McKechin): Both the Secretary of State and I have regular discussions with the Advocate-General on a The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Jim Murphy): variety of issues. Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Miss McIntosh: I am most grateful for that very full The Government are totally committed to supporting reply. How does the hon. Lady envisage the situation disabled children and their families. I discuss these being resolved if there is a difference in the way in which matters and welfare reform with the Secretary of State the Flood and Water Management Bill, for example, for Work and Pensions. once it is adopted, is interpreted in Scotland as opposed to its interpretation in England? Mr. Clarke: Does my right hon. Friend recall that one of the most shameful episodes in the history of social Ann McKechin: The hon. Lady might be aware that services in Scotland was when the Scottish Government there was recently a case in the Supreme Court regarding accepted £34 million that was allocated for disabled the competency of the legislation of the Scottish Parliament. children and their families and used it to give to local I think that would provide valuable guidance. At the councils to keep council tax steady? Will he continue to end of the day, when we have difficulties in terms of our consult with colleagues so that never again can we have relationship with the Scottish Government, we have such a distortion of the Barnett formula, and never very detailed procedures with joint ministerial committees again can we trust those who claim to speak for Scotland in which we can work together to find solutions to and attack the most vulnerable? problems rather than necessarily considering court action.
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