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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have no idea.27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the Government’s approach to our future relationship with the European Union. Now that Britain has left the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions and for the constructive way in which he approaches these matters. This Government are wholly committed to implementing the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUToday the UK Government have published a Command Paper “The Future Relationship with the European Union: the UK’s approach to negotiations”. Copies have been placed in the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDContingencies FundThe Cabinet Office has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £82,663,000. This routine requirement arises each year because the Cabinet Office receives a…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipBritain leaving the EU will mean that there is a greater degree of harmony between every part of the United Kingdom. I recognise that that will be a disappointment to the SNP in…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipWe will ensure that the protocol is appropriately implemented, and we will also ensure unfettered access for businesses in Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK market.27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipYes, it is, and the Government stand behind that.27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipIt is the case that the Scottish nationalist party—[Hon. Members: “National!”] I am sorry, but as Robert Burns said, “facts are chiels that winna ding”. I am afraid that the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipThe hon. Gentleman has given a list, and I will come back to each of them in correspondence. Some will be covered by dispute resolution mechanisms, and others may not.27 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillFurther to that point of order, Dame Eleanor. Is it not the case that health is a devolved matter, and that the NHS in Scotland is the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament?…04 Feb 2020HANSARDEU (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThis Government was elected with a clear mandate to deliver the result of the 2016 referendum, and to ensure that the UK ratifies the deal reached by the Prime Minister, before…23 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe year 2020 will be one of growth and opportunity for our entire United Kingdom. The year has started positively with the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland,…22 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Departmental PreparednessI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for making the case that was made so eloquently by Vote Leave in 2016. There is more joy in heaven over one Member for Warley who…22 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Departmental PreparednessMy right hon. Friend is right that one of the many benefits of leaving the EU is the chance to overhaul Government procurement to make it more efficient, more responsive and more…22 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Departmental PreparednessI welcome you to the Chair, Mr Speaker. In 10 days the United Kingdom will once more be an independent nation and ready to assert our international role with renewed confidence.…22 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was one of the joys of my previous job as Environment Secretary to visit farmers in North Devon. Theirs is some of the finest produce in the United Kingdom, and as we leave the…22 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady has made a fair point, and it gives me an opportunity to congratulate the new hon. Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith), who served with distinction in the European…22 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI yield to no one in my admiration for the Duchy of Lancaster. I recognise that as the Government decide where agencies of both Government and Parliament should go we should think…22 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks ReportI am today laying before Parliament a report, the “European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks - 26 June 2019 to 25 September 2019” as required by paragraph 4 of…24 Oct 2019