Speeches by Murray.

“I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as co-chair of the Unison group of Labour MPs. For too long, many workers have been expected to keep themselves available for work without any certainty over the hours or income that they would receive. The right to guaranteed hours was design…”

“1. What recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Employment Rights Act 2025.”

“Does anybody want to add anything—quickly, because the Chair is glaring at me?”

“One of the things we have already talked about is political will and political polarisation. How does political polarisation and instability impact efforts to build a peaceful, inclusive and resilient society? I appreciate that that is probably an essay question with an answer best delivered in about 3,000 words.”

“We have talked a lot about communities feeling quite disengaged, probably because of political inertia rather than necessarily a lack of political will. How would you use that to make sure that the political parties start to take a consistent and shared approach to reconciliation?”

“Being a Scottish MP representing a Scottish constituency and having difficult funding relationships within public services in Scotland, particularly looking at arm’s length organisations, I get the arguments that you are making and the perspective that Martin is coming out with. Is it perception, where people might be …”

“I will do my best on that score, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on securing this important debate. I want to draw on a consistent message that the Northern Ireland Committee has heard throughout a number of inquiries, whether into public services, the Norther…”

“I was going to go on to the finance director and whether you thought that was a red flag; I am quite heartened by your response that it is a move in the right direction. You also recommended the creation of a finance committee. What do you see as the main benefits of the new finance committee?”

“On the budget, you recommended that 15% headroom be built into the annual managed expenditure budget to reflect the demand-led nature of the work. How did you arrive at that figure?”

“On the budget, you recommended that 15% headroom be built into the annual managed expenditure budget to reflect the demand-led nature of the work. How did you arrive at that figure?”

“Picking up on Gavin’s question, the world of academia has very much updated how it reflects and how it takes on arguments that come from social media or from various web sources. Is it time to update “Erskine May” so that it is more reflective of what the current information sources are, rather than where it sits in th…”

“Thank you.”

“No, but thank you.”

“Thank you very much for giving evidence today. I want to look at some of the internal matters: the corporate effectiveness and financial stewardship. Your report was critical of the corporate effectiveness of the ICRIR on many fronts; which of the issues that you identified poses the greatest challenge to the effective…”

“Thank you very much for giving evidence today. I want to look at some of the internal matters: the corporate effectiveness and financial stewardship. Your report was critical of the corporate effectiveness of the ICRIR on many fronts; which of the issues that you identified poses the greatest challenge to the effective…”

“I was going to go on to the finance director and whether you thought that was a red flag; I am quite heartened by your response that it is a move in the right direction. You also recommended the creation of a finance committee. What do you see as the main benefits of the new finance committee?”

“Thank you.”

“I commend the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for securing this debate and for giving me the opportunity to talk about my experiences of the benefits and challenges of community and cottage hospitals. I do so in the knowledge that healthcare in Scotland is devolved and so is not under the purview of my hon.…”

“We are aware that the volumes of WPQs have increased substantially during this Parliament; that is one of the reasons for this inquiry. How has that affected the Table Office?”

“Thank you. I have certainly found this session to be very helpful. Another specific area that has been raised with us is factual basis. Have there been any changes to that requirement over time? Do you see a case for making changes?”