Speeches by McNeill.

“On what the Scottish Industrial Strategy Advisory Council had to say and what they heard when they were in Scotland, I chaired that meeting. As you might imagine, as with lots of meetings convened at the Scotland Office, people took the opportunity to relay a number of questions to other Government Departments. They wa…”

“This decision brought fishing policy in line with agricultural policy, and indeed both of them in line with other forms of devolved spending. As the Secretary of State says, this brings us in line with the Scottish Government’s request that spending in devolved areas is for them to determine and it is a settlement that…”

“If I could, Chair. I am sure the Committee will be familiar with the clean energy jobs plan that was published on 19 October. To offer some reassurance, the estimation in that is that clean energy jobs could almost triple in Scotland. We are looking at about 15% of all direct clean energy jobs being situated in Scotlan…”

“I am delighted to do that.”

“It is worth reflecting—the Secretary of State mentioned this earlier—that almost every conversation we have with any stakeholder in Scotland ends up being a conversation about skills and access to work. It is such a fundamental problem for all our businesses and organisations. It is worth reflecting on what is happenin…”

“If I could just put on record that the parliamentary representatives from Ayrshire have done a superb job of impressing upon me and the Department the challenges associated with the Ayrshire deal. We are in discussion with the Scottish Government about a time where the DFM and I can visit Ayrshire to get to the bottom …”

“We have had 14 Bills that have received LCMs; that is 12 UK Government Bills and two private Members’ Bills, so that is working quite effectively at the moment.”

“To have places that people will want to live and work.”

“I would count Pride in Place as being about regeneration, which obviously has a relationship to growth but sits slightly adjacent to it. The formula that has been used for the determination of the local authority areas, which is the only announcement that has been made so far, takes into account both deprivation and ac…”

“I am Kirsty McNeill. I am the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland.”

“I would focus more on the objectives than the nomenclature. There will be local growth funding available that is targeted on place-based growth, and there is Pride in Place that is targeted on place-based regeneration. The nomenclature is neither here nor there, from my perspective. What is important is that the UK Gov…”

“The funding that is available is in these two broad areas: Pride in Place, which I would characterise as focused on community regeneration and targeted, and there will be local growth funding. The modalities of that will be laid out in the coming months.”

“There will be information about the local growth fund in due course. The Pride in Place programme is very much a continuation of that spirit of place-based intervention. We have been the happy beneficiary of so many of the impacts of the deal programme so far.”

“There is a lot of ongoing evaluation of all the deals that are in flight, including those coming towards completion. Also, the Scotland Office has been having some sessions for parliamentarians to make sure their perspective on the deals is heard, and I believe you have all been invited to these. We are focusing on a n…”

“We are thrilled that every bit of Scotland is now covered by a deal. They are all in flight at different stages of maturity and therefore different stages of their evaluation of impact. We are keen, with our partners in the Scottish Government and relevant local authorities, to make sure there is as much transparency b…”

“We recently convened a high street summit where the Scottish Hospitality Group and the Scottish Tourism Alliance were both represented. We are in ongoing discussion with them. I am speaking at the Scottish Tourism Alliance convention in the coming months. They subsequently sent in some interesting evidence, and we are …”

“I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. At the last election, we promised to maximise Scotland’s influence, and this is what that looks like. The calls we have heard from leaders across Scotland are clear. Local government leaders are not just asking for money, but for powers—powers over skills, transport and growt…”

“We are focused on the priorities of the people of Scotland. We constantly have constitutional questions and questions about second-order concerns from the Opposition Benches, but we will resolutely focus on jobs and pay in Scotland, as we were elected to do. My hon. Friends the Members for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes)…”

“Credit for those trade deals sits with those who got them over the line. This is a Labour Government who have delivered comprehensively for Scotland’s world-class producers and services, and we are delighted to have done so. The hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins) said that we should really be…”

“Apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker—my mistake. The hon. Member for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (Graham Leadbitter) said that he would like to focus some of this debate on the state of the health service in Scotland, and we would be delighted to address that. As we have heard repeatedly on the Floor of the House today…”