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HANSARDEngagementsIn 2017, during the election, we learned what the Prime Minister’s definition of “strong and stable” was. As our automotive industry disintegrates before our eyes, as investment…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Could the Minister give the Committee an idea of how many people will have to be put through the system, which interacts with our very large financial sector? How many are…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingWill the Minister recognise, on the record, that by doing things in that way and by bringing local taxpayers into the formula, she is saying to my constituents and the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I agree, but what worries me more about the formula than the variable that the hon. Lady talks about is the idea that somehow reading equals full comprehension of technical…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is difficult to think of scenarios that we hope will not happen. We all hope that at some stage sense will break out and there will be time to do this disentangling. Will the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The hon. Gentleman may be a turbo-charged understander and reader of things, which perhaps I am not, but is he really telling the Committee that if one has read a statutory…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is rubbish!19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray—I think for the first time. It is important for us to do a little translation of this highly technical set of…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingThat’s what you say!19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Edward. I will not repeat the stark figures that my hon. Friends the Members for Liverpool, West Derby (Stephen Twigg) and for…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019In assets, cash, pensions, contracts, swaps and all the things that currently make up our global trade in such issues. As the Minister points out from a sedentary position, many…19 Feb 2019HANSARDFuture of the NHSWill the Secretary of State now come clean with the House and admit that the Lansley Act, which fragmented the NHS into tiny pieces, caused huge inefficiencies; and that…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingClearly on the Wirral, we do not have some of the more dramatic issues that those on the other side of the river have, but does my hon. Friend agree that local taxpayers are asked…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingI am sure we could have many a philosophical discussion about what taxpayers’ money is, but that would be for another time. Even with that difference of view, will the Minister…19 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUNot to my surprise, I find myself agreeing with the observations of the right hon. Lady. The only national poll that the Prime Minister talks about these days is the referendum.…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe Prime Minister’s own personal approach to Brexit has created what 40 former ambassadors have today rightly called a “national crisis” that she is presiding over. In their…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. May I seek your guidance about a trend that seems to be becoming more and more prevalent? When reading newspapers and listening to the reporting…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUIs my right hon. and learned Friend as astonished as I am that we have a Prime Minister and Government who are willing to take this reckless gamble with the future prosperity of…14 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018
Draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018It is a joy to see you in the Chair, Mr Evans. I begin by thanking the Minister for agreeing with the recommendation of both the House of Lords and the European Statutory…13 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018
Draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018I am glad to have provoked the hon. Gentleman to get to his feet and make that fairly fantastical claim, when 60% of people in poverty are actually in work, and when we have seen…13 Feb 2019