Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 4 July 2023Answered: 10 July 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr Douglas Alexander)
I was elected on a very clear manifesto, which made clear that this UK Labour Government do not support independence or another referendum. If, after 18 years, the SNP is not prepared to run on its record, that begs the question: what kind of record have they left, after 18 years in power? Behind the smokescreen it has tried to create by talking about independence, we know the reality: one in six of us on waiting lists, rising violence and falling standards in our schools. Frankly, Scotland deserves better.