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HANSARDUK EconomyThe European Union is mired in low economic growth. Many of its countries have eye-watering levels of youth unemployment and its currency has to be constantly supported by…16 May 2019HANSARDIn-work PovertyWill my right hon. Friend tell the House what safeguards are in place to help universal credit claimants with regard to the repayments of any debts they might have accrued?13 May 2019HANSARDPatient Registration: GP SurgeriesWe have one of the very few free at point of need health services in the world. Does the Minister agree, however, that checks are important in cracking down on health tourism?…07 May 2019HANSARDUK-EU Trading Relationship: Industrial StrategyCan the Secretary of State confirm that the Government have held discussions with a range of businesses, including those with complex customs requirements and those that export…30 Apr 2019HANSARDCreative Projects: Early Years ExperienceDoes the Minister agree that the early years stage should include a broad range of learning goals, including communication, physical development and self-confidence, as well as of…29 Apr 2019HANSARDHS2: BuckinghamshireHS2 is a white elephant that grows ever larger on huge amounts of taxpayers’ cash. Back in 2013, when the project was unveiled, I predicted to the then Secretary of State that its…29 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: RecruitmentDespite the doom-mongering from Opposition Members, is my right hon. Friend aware that since the referendum almost three years ago, the number of EU staff working in our NHS has…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ2. North West Leicestershire voted overwhelmingly to leave the European Union and for the past two years the Prime Minister has told my constituents on over 100 occasions that we…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Draft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019The shadow Minister is criticising the deficiencies of the EU law that we are transposing into UK law via this SI, so will he join me in voting to leave the European Union at…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: OversightMay I press my hon. Friend the Minister further on his earlier answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith)? The Joint Committee…20 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Disabled PeopleI am glad that 145,000 more people with disabilities have found work in the last 12 months, leading to a total of 930,000 moving into work in the last five years. Does the…18 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionDoes my hon. Friend agree that the truth is that many of those in this Chamber who wish to take no deal off the table want to stop Brexit, but have not got the guts to admit it to…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionWhen we joined the European Union, food prices went up 10% and we severed trading links with historical allies such as Australia and New Zealand. Did anyone ever say that we…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionWhen this House voted overwhelmingly to invoke article 50, we knew that the default position was that we would the leave European Union on 29 March with no deal. My right hon.…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy right hon. and learned Friend makes his points in favour of the European Union, as he has done consistently throughout his career, but the answer is that the people of the east…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionWill my right hon. Friend update the House on the state of the legal challenge by Lord Trimble, who believes that the backstop and the future partnership are in breach of the Good…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool Funding: Distribution7. What steps his Department is taking to ensure that school funding is equitably distributed.11 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool Funding: DistributionI thank the Minister for that answer, but given that the national funding formula only reduces the funding disparity by some 5%, when does he think his Department is going to…11 Mar 2019HANSARDAdult Social ServicesWill the Minister join me in commending the excellent work of Conservative-controlled North West Leicestershire District Council? By building the new homes that our country needs…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Some 90% of hauliers bringing goods into our country are EU-registered, with steering wheels on the wrong side for our roads, giving them a different blind spot from our HGV…04 Mar 2019