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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Wednesday Volume 577 19 March 2014 No. 139 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Wednesday 19 March 2014 £5·00 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2014 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 761 19 MARCH 2014 762 Mr Carmichael: Unfortunately, my hon. Friend highlights House of Commons a constituency case of the sort that has been all too familiar to me over the years. In fact, in many ways, it makes the case for the need for reform. I would be more Wednesday 19 March 2014 than happy to meet him and his constituents and assist them in any way that is open to me. The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP): It is now nearly three years since all three UK parties were resoundingly PRAYERS defeated by the Scottish National party. In those three years, there was plenty of time for the coalition Government and indeed the official Opposition to consider further [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] devolution, including that advocated by the Scottish Affairs Committee. Will the Minister confirm whether they will or will not publish a comprehensive joint devolution proposal? Oral Answers to Questions Mr Carmichael: The hon. Gentleman will get the Government’s response at the same time as everyone else, but he cannot get away from the fact that his SCOTLAND Government in Edinburgh have systematically stripped power, influence and accountability away from island and coastal communities. They are not to be trusted The Secretary of State was asked— with this. Crown Estate Angus Robertson: The coalition parties and the official Opposition have spent the past three years expressing 1. Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West) (Lab/Co-op): nothing but groundless, relentless negativity about the When he plans to respond to the Fifth Report from future of Scotland. They have dubbed it “project fear”. the Scottish Affairs Committee on the Crown Estate, The Conservative party said that it had a line in the HC 889. [903078] sand and that there would be no further devolution. The Labour party is proposing even less than a few The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr Alistair years ago, and the Liberal Democrats are in favour of Carmichael): I welcome the Committee’s continued interest federalism in a lopsided model that will never ever in the Crown Estate’s activities in Scotland and the work. Why should the electorate believe a single word publication of its latest report. I am working on the UK of any of the three parties on the issue of devolution— Government response with colleagues in HM Treasury and we will publish it as soon as possible. Mr Speaker: We are grateful, but too long. Mr Davidson: Does the Secretary of State agree that Mr Carmichael: It is not lost on the House that the this is indeed a fine report, which should be accepted in hon. Gentleman’s question has absolutely nothing to do full by the Government? In particular, does he accept with the Crown Estate. My constituents and those of the proposal that the devolution of powers from London other hon. Members representing coastal and island should be not simply to the black hole that is Edinburgh, communities will no doubt conclude that that is simply but to the local communities and authorities of the because his Government do not care about them. highlands and islands of Scotland? Zero-hours Contracts Mr Carmichael: I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman because, under his stewardship, the Scottish Affairs Committee has become one of the most productive 2. Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab): What Committees in the House. He knows that I have a assessment he has made of the extent of the use of particular interest in this issue. He highlights one of the zero-hours contracts in Scotland. [903080] real challenges facing us. People in our island and coastal communities have seen power and influence The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland systematically stripped away by the Scottish Government (David Mundell): The Secretary of State for Business, since they took power in 2007. I do not see any particular Innovation and Skills recently concluded a consultation attraction in replacing a centralised system from London on zero-hours contracts with proposals on exclusivity with a centralised system in Edinburgh. clauses, transparency and guidance. A summary of consultation responses will be published in due course. Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD): A social enterprise has bought the Ardroy outdoor education Alison McGovern: The Office for National Statistics centre in my constituency, but it needs to acquire from has recently had to uprate massively the number of the Crown Estate the rights to a sewage pipe over the people it estimates are on zero-hours contracts right foreshore. After months of legal correspondence and across the UK. Does the Minister agree that this is the thousands of pounds of legal bills, the matter is still not wrong time to see a race to the bottom between UK sorted out. Will my right hon. Friend meet me to help nations on working standards for ordinary people, whether resolve the problem? they live in Scotland, England, Wales or anywhere else? 763 Oral Answers19 MARCH 2014 Oral Answers 764 David Mundell: I agree with the hon. Lady. She will David Mundell: Each month, the hon. Lady raises know that a 670-page White Paper was produced by the welfare issues and plumbs new depths of hypocrisy. The SNP Scottish Government. On zero-hours contracts, as Scottish Government produced a 670-page—[Interruption.] on everything else, it is very short on detail. Mr Speaker: Order. I am quite clear that the context Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab): Will the Minister in which the hon. Gentleman is using that term is not explain what assessment has been made of Government collective but individual and personal. [Interruption.] procurement contracts in relation to zero-hours contracts Order. I can handle the matter. The Minister will withdraw and how we can encourage best practice? that term: it was directed at an individual, and it is inappropriate. David Mundell: The hon. Lady makes an important point. I will take that up with my colleagues in the David Mundell: I withdraw unreservedly, Mr Speaker. Cabinet Office and write to her. The point I want to make is that the Scottish National party produced a 670-page White Paper on Scottish Margaret Curran (Glasgow East) (Lab): Can the independence. How many mentions does it make of Minister tell the House how many people are employed child poverty? One, on page 41. on zero-hours contracts in Scotland? Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con): Does my David Mundell: The answer to that question has not right hon. Friend agree that a good way of tackling changed since the hon. Lady asked it previously. She child poverty in Scotland and England is to raise the knows that there is no legal definition of zero-hours personal tax allowance, which would target low earners? contracts. That is an effective way of increasing the household incomes of families at the bottom end of the income Margaret Curran: Well, the House of Commons Library scale. might take issue with that, because according to the Library, 46,000 people in Scotland are on zero-hours David Mundell: I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. contracts and, in fact, it believes that that is an Since the coalition Government came to office, 2.2 million underestimate. Will the Minister join Labour in calling people in Scotland have seen their income tax bills for an end to exploitative zero-hours contracts? Does he reduced. agree that, despite all the talk of recovery, there are still thousands and thousands of Scots on very low and Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes) (Lab): Will the Minister insecure incomes? During the Budget process, has he confirm what impact the imposition of the bedroom tax been fighting in the interests of those Scots or, like the has had on child poverty in Scotland? rest of the Tories, is he concerned only with those at the top? David Mundell: On the spare room subsidy, the hon. Gentleman is aware that the Government have introduced David Mundell: It does not surprise me that the hon. significant contributions in relation to discretionary Lady does not draw attention to the fact that, on the housing payment. He knows as well that the Scottish basis of statistics announced today, employment in Government have significant powers to contribute to Scotland increased by 15,000 over the quarter, and has any mitigation that they think is necessary. increased by 79,000 over the year. The Scottish employment rate rose by 0.3%. The way out of poverty is work, and Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con): Surely the best way this Government are delivering jobs. to address child poverty is by increasing employment and changing education and skills so that young people Child Poverty in Scotland and England have the skills and aspirations to work their way out of child poverty. 3. Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): What assessment he has made of the effect of the David Mundell: My hon. Friend is exactly right, Government’s welfare reforms on levels of child poverty which is why I would have thought that even Opposition in Scotland. [903081] Members would welcome the fact that employment in Scotland has increased by 15,000 over the quarter, and The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland that the Scots employment rate rose by 0.3%.
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