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HANSARD Small Business ExportsI thank my parliamentary neighbour for making that point. He is absolutely right about Staffordshire chamber of commerce, which offers some incredible, fantastic services for…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.18 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for updating us on her Department. Will she comment on how the Government are helping young people in my constituency into work?18 Mar 2019HANSARDDevolved GovernmentI commend my right hon. Friend’s efforts. What steps is she taking to ensure that Northern Ireland has good governance and political stability in the absence of devolved…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDevolved Government1. What progress has been made on restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland.06 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundStoke-on-Trent is a city that is made up of six towns, quite uniquely in our country. Does my right hon. Friend agree that all the six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent, but…04 Mar 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI thank the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) for securing this urgent question. Like many hon. Members, I have a significant community of Kashmiris in…27 Feb 2019HANSARD Trade Remedy Measures: UK InterestsI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, and particularly for his reference to the ceramics industry. Does he agree that it is essential for the ceramics industry in…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Small Modular ReactorsI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does she agree that companies such as Goodwin International, which the Minister has visited in my constituency, could help?…20 Feb 2019HANSARDChildren’s HospicesWill the Minister join me in thanking the Donna Louise children’s hospice for its hard work in my constituency—it does incredible work—and in welcoming the new facility for young…19 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you think that the UK and the EU have approached these issues from different perspectives? Professor Smismans: The withdrawal agreement provides a solution. There is quite…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Once we have ended free movement, would you agree that it would not be correct to give preferential treatment to EU migrants over somebody coming from anywhere else in the…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)With respect, I do not think you are answering my question. Does anyone else have a view on the question that I asked? Jurga McCluskey: It is an important and interesting…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Would you agree that the simplicity of having the same system for new migrants as people coming from other parts of the world is advantageous? Jurga McCluskey: Correct. Yes, I…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Obviously, quite a substantial number of British citizens are living in EU countries. Do you feel those EU countries have taken adequate steps to address the rights of those…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Obviously you are here to particularly represent those EU citizens who are currently living in the UK, but may I ask you the same question that I asked some of our panellists…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)You have mentioned the constraints of time, which, obviously, are potentially quite challenging. If we were to leave with a no-deal scenario on 29 March, and the Bill was in place…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you think the ambition set out in the Bill—you mentioned ambition versus time—is appropriate, considering the constraints we face? Joe Owen: The second part of your…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q You mentioned the variable way in which different countries in the EU are treating the rights of British citizens living in the EU. I ask you a similar question to that which I…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you think there has been a willingness to trade off some of those rights? Jeremy Morgan: It is very hard to say. Kalba Meadows: I do not think it is so much a trade-off as…14 Feb 2019