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What his most recent assessment is of the state of the economy in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
7 April 2010
Reference
508 c959-60; 325096
House
House of Commons
The Minister and the Secretary of State will be aware that, in the past two years, 466 Scottish companies have been shut down by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for not paying their bills on time. Currently, many solvent companies in Scotland are being pushed towards liquidation because of HMRC's actions. Will they have a word with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to get him to take the heat off those solvent companies, so that they can continue to trade and pay their bills?
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
7 April 2010
Reference
508 c960
House
House of Commons
Thankfully, there is very low youth unemployment in my constituency, but I spoke to a large youth conference last weekend and I can tell the Secretary of State that very few young people have any idea of the work that her Department is doing. What will she do to ensure that some of the young people who may unfortunately become unemployed are aware of the work that is going on?
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
15 March 2010
Reference
507 c592-3
House
House of Commons

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the MP's Parliamentary Business Unit of the Tax Credit Office expects to answer the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's faxed correspondence of 17 December 2009 on his constituent Mrs L A McKinnon.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 February 2010
Reference
506 c229W; 316954
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 15 July, 17 September and 14 October 2009 on his constituent Mr. Neil McAlpine and the visa for Analia Hasson.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 January 2010
Reference
504 c1129W;504 c1129-30W; 304739
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions her Department has had with the Law Society on the number of personal estates that are prevented from winding up because of an ongoing investigation into alleged benefit overpayments by her Department.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c579W; 310951
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average her Department took to investigate alleged instances of benefit overpayment following the death of the claimant in the last 12 months.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c578-9W; 310950
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department spent on investigating alleged benefit overpayments to claimants in the last 12 months in cases where the claimant had since deceased.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c579W; 310952
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of alleged benefit overpayments her Department investigated on cases where the claimants had since died in each of the last five years.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c579W; 310953
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much money her Department recovered from the estates of recently deceased benefit claimants who had received overpayment of benefit in the last 12 months.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c579W; 310955
House
House of Commons
There is now growing agreement in all parties that the high-speed rail network must serve central Scotland. Does the Secretary of State agree that both Edinburgh and Glasgow must be on that network and that both those cities should work together to that end?
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
13 January 2010
Reference
503 c676
House
House of Commons
What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the economic benefits to Scotland of proposed high-speed cross-border rail links.
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
13 January 2010
Reference
503 c676; 309554
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department's International Group regional co-ordination unit of the EC errors team will reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's correspondence of 5 November 2009 with regard to Mr. Kamal Ramdani.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 2009
Reference
501 c490W; 301746
House
House of Commons
I thank the Solicitor-General for that answer, but what can she do to assure the House that never again will the Government use bogus reasons for not proceeding with Serious Fraud Office offences? I simply mention the murky BAE Systems-Saudi arms deal.
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 2009
Reference
501 c666-7
House
House of Commons
What recent discussions she has had with the Attorney-General on the implications of the proposed Bribery Bill for the role of the Attorney-General.
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 2009
Reference
501 c666; 301676
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applications submitted to the British consulate in Islamabad are outstanding; and what steps he plans to take to expedite the processing of such applications.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2009
Reference
499 c336W; 293610
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to maintain levels of funding for the arts during the recession.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 November 2009
Reference
499 c21W; 298014
House
House of Commons
Does the Minister accept that when the full costs of disposing of nuclear waste are taken into consideration, electricity generation by nuclear power proves to be a very expensive option?
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 2009
Reference
498 c986
House
House of Commons
What the Government's latest estimate is of the costs of disposal of the UK's current nuclear waste.
Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 2009
Reference
498 c986; 297764
House
House of Commons

That this House mourns the sad loss of tuberculosis (TB) pioneer Sir John Crofton who died on 3 November 2009, aged 97; recognises his outstanding contribution to the control of TB during his lifetime with his work in the field helping to cure over 10 million people of the disease...

Primary sponsor
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
4 November 2009
Reference
2232
House
House of Commons