Contributions
5,553 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that the right hon. Gentleman is guilty of the most shameless scaremongering. We have made ample preparations for coming out of the EU. What his party is recommending…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsUnlike the right hon. Member, who would squander £1 billion a month of taxpayers’ money on staying pointlessly in the EU, this Government are getting on with running a sound…04 Sept 2019HANSARDNational Security AdviserAs my right hon. Friend is aware, the decision to put the two roles together was taken by my predecessor, although I have a high admiration for the gentleman in question.04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI might ask the right hon. Gentleman if he will respect the democratic will of the people of the United Kingdom, which this House voted to do time and again, to implement the…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much. We love Telford, of course, and it is going to see even more when my right hon. Friend the Chancellor announces his spending review shortly.…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsOf course we are preparing for a no-deal Brexit if we absolutely must have one. I do not think that the consequences will be anything like as bad as the merchants of Project Fear…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsThere is a great deal of preparatory work going on—particularly in the west midlands, which the hon. Gentleman represents—to make sure that automotive supply chains are indeed…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend very much for everything she has done for that cause over many years, and I reassure her that, very shortly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsIf the hon. Gentleman wants to put that matter to the people, the best thing he can do is persuade his right hon. Friend to summon up his courage and to stop being so frit. If he…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI hesitate to advise my right hon. and learned Friend about legal proceedings but, if he looks at what happened in Scotland this morning, he will discover that that case was…04 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019You don’t like spending on education?04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsHer constituent Kristin—if she has indeed been here for 45 years, and I am sure she has—should be automatically eligible for settled status. Clearly, it is a difficult case, but…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsIn the case of his constituent Kristin—04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am used to breasting applause from Labour audiences, particularly since, unlike the Leader of the Opposition, we are actually devoted to delivering on the mandate of those…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsIf the hon. Gentleman took the trouble to read the article in question, he would see that it was a strong liberal defence of—as he began his question by saying—everybody’s right…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his question because this is an issue that my own constituents have raised with me, and I know that many of my hon. Friends have also had this issue…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsrose— [ Interruption .]04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsrose— [Interruption.]04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. That is exactly why we need that three-year investment in education, and to get Brexit done on 31 October and not be attracted to any more dither,…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI think it absolutely bizarre that a London Labour Member of Parliament should ignore the role of the present Mayor of London, who is, frankly, not a patch on the old guy. I left…04 Sept 2019