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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis morning, the Financial Times entitled its editorial, “UK territories need to embrace transparency”, prompted by the Government’s decision to pull a vote they knew they were…05 Mar 2019HANSARDPlanning Reform: High StreetsPeople who live in Spennymoor, Shildon and Bishop Auckland in my constituency feel that the decline in their high streets symbolises the fact that they are not listened to in…04 Mar 2019HANSARDPlanning Reform: High Streets18. What steps his Department is taking to deliver planning reform for high streets.04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundThe north-east will get £105 million, which means £15 million a year over seven years. That is £5 per person each year. Under the European system, we would have received €500 per…04 Mar 2019HANSARDTransatlantic AllianceYesterday, the International Court of Justice found that the UK’s control of the Chagos islands is illegal and wrong. This damning verdict deals a huge blow to the UK’s global…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionThe Prime Minister’s language, borrowed from the extremists, in describing the Bill from my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper)…26 Feb 2019HANSARDRules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) 2019
Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. I have a number of questions for the Minister, because the minute a Minister says, “This is only technical,”…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) 2019
Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019The other thing that the statutory instrument lacks is any process for review of how the process is working—not the individual sanctions, but the process and its secret aspect.25 Feb 2019HANSARDRules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) 2019
Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019Does the Minister expect that the Government will make a habit of being bailed out by the Opposition?25 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI am grateful; my hon. Friend is making an exceptionally important point. I have had the ceramics industry in touch with me because I have a brick factory, Wienerberger, in my…21 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. Further to the Secretary of State’s previous answer, on Monday he sought to reassure sheep farmers by saying that in the event of no deal he would be able…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsTaking the Secretary of State back to Honda’s decision earlier this week, the company said that one of its reasons for disinvesting from the UK was the new EU-Japan free trade…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWill my right hon. Friend give way?21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWe would like to stay in the customs union because we export a lot to Europe. That is the simple answer to the Secretary of State. However, the question that I am trying to put to…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: Economic Impact of Proposed DealI am sorry that the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) is not in her place to ask this question herself. Last week, she withdrew her amendment asking the Government to…20 Feb 2019HANSARDTransport for TownsI am most grateful to my right hon. Friend for securing this debate. I was talking to an old man in Spennymoor in my constituency who told me that when he was young he had taken a…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Honda in SwindonThis morning a person who owns a firm in the supply chain wrote to me. He expressed his extreme dismay about the lack of a UK-Japan trade deal and he suggested that Business,…19 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Defence Relationship2. What recent assessment he has made of the UK’s future defence relationship with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.18 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Defence RelationshipMr Speaker, on my behalf and, I am sure, that of other hon. Members on the Opposition side, I would like to echo your words about Paul Flynn, whom I will always remember for his…18 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is absolutely correct, because a lot of gamesmanship is going on at the moment in this House. As he says, these games are being played by…14 Feb 2019