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Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement — House of Commons, 2018-09-10
Topic: Other
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): The thing is that the Prime Minister will have to please more than half the Members of this House. If she does not do so, she will not have an agreement, the whole thing will fall apart and she will be done for, won’t she?
Gypsies and Travellers — House of Commons, 2018-09-10
Topic: Public Lands
Alexander Gordon Martin (Labour, Centre-left): Does the hon. Gentleman agree that if we are to move Travellers and Gypsies on from inappropriate sites successfully, they need to have appropriate sites to be moved on to and that local authorities need to be required to plan adequate and appropriate sites, otherwise they will not do it?
Gypsies and Travellers — House of Commons, 2018-09-10
Topic: Public Lands
Alexander Gordon Martin (Labour, Centre-left): If it is that much more attractive to have Travellers on properly regulated and enforced sites—I think we can all agree that it is—is it not necessary to make sure that there are enough of these sites? At the moment there are very many unregulated and unenforceable sites, and as long as there are not enough planned sites, Gypsies and Travellers will continue to use unplanned and illegal sites.
House of Lords — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Civil Rights
David George Hanson (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Minister really think that next week’s by-election, with 31 electors who are the children and grandchildren of people who got there illegitimately, is, in a modern democracy, the right way to elect Members of Parliament in another place?
Voter ID Pilots — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Civil Rights
Paul John Sweeney (Labour, Centre-left): At the last general election, my constituency had the lowest turnout in the UK, and it also has a low registration rate. What kind of democracy are we living in when the Government actively pursue a scheme that results in people being denied the vote, as was shown by the pilot in May, instead of seeking better engagement and participation in our democracy by potential voters?
Voter ID Pilots — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Civil Rights
Laura Smith (Labour, Centre-left): Two barristers have concluded that there is no provision in the Representation of the People Act to introduce schemes by secondary legislation that restrict or discourage voting, and that the scheme is therefore beyond the scope of the law. Can the Minister reassure the House that she acted within the law?
Voter ID Pilots — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Civil Rights
Danielle Rowley (Labour, Centre-left): I recently spoke at an event at Newbattle Abbey College in my constituency about encouraging people to vote—no Whips were in attendance. Meanwhile, the Government’s voter ID pilots saw at least 340 people turned away, and many more would have been discouraged from voting. Is this not a slap in the face of people who are working hard to encourage people to vote?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: As a former Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, may I ask the Prime Minister whether, given the unresolved issues that remain in Northern Ireland, she has any plans to visit the Province in the near future?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): Well, the Foreign Secretary did not back it either, but in his own way, he was helping the aviation industry: by spending 14 hours in a plane for a 10-minute meeting in Afghanistan The Government are not threatening the EU with their ridiculous position; they are threatening skilled jobs in this country. But at least one Government Minister understands this: the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, the hon. Member for Aberconwy (Guto Bebb). He has asked this question, which I think is about the Health and Foreign Secretaries: "Do the leadership aspirations of multi-millionaires trump the need to listen to the employers and employees of this country?" Well, apparently they do. The head of BMW, which directly employs more than 8,000 workers—that is 8,000 jobs—in this country, has said that he needs to know the Government’s plans for customs. He says: "If we don’t get clarity in the next couple of months we have to start making those contingency plans"—[Interruption.]
Engagements — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Other
Questions: As a former Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, may I ask the Prime Minister whether, given the unresolved issues that remain in Northern Ireland, she has any plans to visit the Province in the near future?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): The noise of people hiding behind the Gallery is interesting, Mr Speaker. I am asking the Prime Minister how many more firms are telling her in private what Airbus and BMW are now saying very publicly.
Engagements — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: As a former Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, may I ask the Prime Minister whether, given the unresolved issues that remain in Northern Ireland, she has any plans to visit the Province in the near future?
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (Labour, Centre-left): Coming from a Prime Minister who presides over an economy in which 1 million people are on zero-hours contracts, that is very rich. She rules out a customs union, the Leader of the House rules out the Prime Minister’s preferred option and reality rules out a maximum facilitation model. That leaves only no deal, which she refuses to rule out. She is putting jobs at risk. Sadly, it is not those of the warring egos in her Cabinet—they have now been rewarded with an invite to a pyjama party at Chequers. Meanwhile, thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs and the future of whole industries in Britain are at stake. The Prime Minister continues to promote the fallacy that no deal is better than a bad deal. No deal is a bad deal. Is not the truth that real jobs—[Interruption.]
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Mixed Topics
Kevin Denis Brennan (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Perhaps surprisingly, the Prime Minister did not choose to tell the House during Prime Minister’s Question Time about the resignation this morning of the leader of the Welsh Conservative party over remarks he made about Brexit and business. This was despite their being indistinguishable from the remarks made by the Foreign Secretary, apart from the swearing. Is there any means by which this matter could be put on the record?
Offensive Weapons Bill — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Mr Hughes, you are very close to the top of the list. I am sure you do not want to go down the list. I know that Mr Hayes is about to finish his speech. Come on, Mr Hayes.
Offensive Weapons Bill — House of Commons, 2018-06-27
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): I thank you for that, because otherwise I would have something to say and that would not be helpful to you. I am just trying to be constructive. We are on Second Reading of a Bill, and I am allowing latitude, but Members must focus on the Bill.
Pubs — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Jenny Chapman (Labour, Centre-left): The Chancellor is obviously very welcome to join me in a pub crawl around Darlington as well. I always stand my round Many of us who represent towns are fighting very hard to support our high streets, and the business rate pressures that have confronted retail businesses are exactly the same when it comes to pubs and catering outlets. In my town, there are so many anomalies in relation to pubs and business rates that such anomalies have become almost normal. The situation needs to be looked at as a matter of urgency. Will the Chancellor investigate the way in which smaller pubs are particularly disadvantaged by the business rates system?
Pubs — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Christopher Philip James Elmore (Labour, Centre-left): I am sure the Chancellor will agree that there is a need to encourage entrepreneurs and small business start-ups, including the setting up of new pubs. Will he agree to follow the lead of the Welsh Labour Government, who have set up a micro small business fund that provides up to £500,000 a year to enable small businesses to protect and create jobs? A UK-wide scheme could protect a great many small industries, including the pub industry.
Household Debt — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Matthew Thomas Pennycook (Labour, Centre-left): According to the Money Advice Service, the proportion of people in Greenwich and Woolwich who are over-indebted is higher than both the UK and the London averages. I know from my advice surgery that a significant amount of that is down to the behaviour of rip-off lenders. What more will the Government do to clamp down on predatory lending?
Mayflower Celebrations — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): Some Members may think that I was on the Mayflower, although as a young man I did emigrate to the United States. Some of my ancestors, the Sheermans, could have been on the Mayflower—[Interruption.] Just hold it for a moment. This is the 400-year anniversary. Is it not time that we celebrated migration and the talent, the genius, the innovation and the ideas that we in this country and America get from migration? Should we not use this quadricentenary to celebrate migration across the world?
Fuel Duty — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher James Evans (Labour, Centre-left): The Chancellor will know that the freeze on fuel duty is only a sticking plaster and cannot go on forever. One way of cutting down on emissions is electric cars, but in my constituency there is not a single electric car charging point. Will he commit to investing in more electric charging points across the country?
Employee Buy-outs — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour, Centre-left): Small and medium-sized businesses are the lifeblood of the economies of local communities, but with 60% of small businesses with no succession plan after their founders retire, what are the Government doing to ensure that employee ownership is one of the options going forward to keep businesses going?
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Other
John Martin McDonnell (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Whether people agree or disagree with the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr Skinner), he is respected across the House. I invite the Chancellor to apologise for the personal remarks he made.
Yemen — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): I am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate. I, too, was deeply troubled by the lack of a firm condemnation from the Government. Does he agree that simply asking the coalition to investigate its own misconduct is not enough, and does he understand the concern felt by many of our constituents about our complicity in these actions given our association with a coalition that has shown callous disregard for human life and human rights and dignity?
Yemen — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Other
Stephen Twigg (Labour, Centre-left): I thank my hon. Friend, who has done fantastic work on this issue over a long time, and agree absolutely with his comments. Others in the debate may wish to enter into that aspect of the discussion.
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Immigration
Keith Anthony Vaz (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister is obviously right. We have to deal with foreign fighters, and the best way to do that is to prevent them from going in the first place. Will he confirm that no aspect of new clause 2 or the Bill will specifically address the issue of citizenship, and that even if a British citizen travels to a designated area, they will not have their British citizenship taken from them?
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Order. Just to help: the Minister will obviously want to come back at the end of the debate, and I want him to save something to come back with. Even those on the Front Bench are meant to make only short interventions.
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Other
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds (Labour, Centre-left): With great respect to the hon. Gentleman, his argument seems to be circular. He will not vote for the new clause because he agrees with it: that appears to be his position. The idea that any piece of legislation is immune from becoming out of date, given time, is simply not credible.
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stephen Pelham Pound (Labour, Centre-left): I know that the Security Minister needs no reminding of the sensitivity of this matter. Does my hon. Friend agree that there could not be an area of greater sensitivity than the area around Newry and Portadown? Does he also agree that we need a full, robust and transparent reporting mechanism? Otherwise, rumours will spread, and there are some people who will seek to make the situation appear worse than it is. We must have this out in the open, because this is an area of such sensitivity. I cannot stress overmuch how delicate and dangerous this situation is.
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds (Labour, Centre-left): I certainly will not be withdrawing my new clause. Continued participation in the European arrest warrant is vital for the security of this country. Can the Minister name another example of a Minister failing to vote for a part of a Bill he agreed with?
Personal Independence Payments — House of Commons, 2018-09-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Charalambos Charalambous (Labour, Centre-left): Is my hon. Friend aware that there was recently a challenge against the Government regarding PIP, and it showed that the Government were discriminating against people with mental health issues? This is an area on which the organisations that he mentioned provide support and campaign actively.
Global Britain — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): I hope that global Britain is also about being extremely robust where there are strategic issues in Europe that we have to address, such as Nord Stream 2. Will the Foreign Secretary make it absolutely clear that Russia has systematically been bullying smaller countries in Europe for years through its energy policy and that we will assist the Danes and the Germans if they want to make sure this does not go ahead?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: In recent months, Gaza-based terrorists have not only renewed the firing of rockets into Israel, but adopted a new tactic of dispatching airborne fire-bombs, and even explosives, across the border using kites. Although that may sound crude, it poses a real risk to life and has caused extensive fire damage to agricultural fields in Israel. Will the Minister therefore join me in condemning those actions?; A fortnight ago, Amnesty International released a report that showed shocking violence and human rights violations in anglophone Cameroon. What assessment have the Government made of that report? If they think the situation is that bad, will the Minister tell the Home Office not to deport my constituent Mr Tabago back to Cameroon?; Does my right hon. Friend agree that global Britain means that post-Brexit the UK can negotiate trade deals and strengthen relationships with countries such as those in South America, with which we have perhaps not had the closest relationship in the past?; In the past few days, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that Venezuelan security forces have killed more than 500 people, and at least some of those killings can be directly connected back to the Maduro regime. What discussions have Ministers been having with the authorities there about human rights, freedom and the rule of law?; The Hamas terrorist group continues to misappropriate international aid to rebuild its terror infrastructure, including attack tunnels into Israel. This is deeply concerning. What does the Foreign Secretary intend to do, alongside our international partners, to limit Hamas’s dangerous influence in Gaza?; Mr Erdoğan’s re-election heightens the fear that he will step up the persecution of academics. Universities such as the University of Oxford have a proud tradition of being safe havens for bona fide dissenters; will the Minister do all that he can to make sure that our consulates are poised to act if they are asked for help?; Clearly, football’s coming home, with England making excellent progress in the World cup. What advice does the Foreign Office have for England fans who might be thinking about travelling to Russia in the next few weeks?; Last month, when the House debated the shooting of unarmed protesters on the Gaza border with high-velocity live rounds, the Minister talked about pushing for an investigation, yet three days later the UK abstained on a UN vote on an investigation. Why?; For decades, the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has generated discord. Does my right hon. Friend welcome the agreement between that country and Greece, and does he agree that the decision has been an act of immense courage on the part of those two countries?
Emma Louise Lewell-Buck (Labour, Centre-left): The UN recently reported that Saudi-led coalition air strikes are responsible for more than 60% of verified civilian casualties in Yemen. Does the Secretary of State feel that the UK’s continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia are helping to quell or intensify the conflict?
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Other
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): I am sure that you will have the last word on this, Mr Speaker. It would of course be available under "Erskine May"—I know this is deplored, but none the less it is sometimes enacted—for people to shout one thing and vote another, which is deprecated by the Chair. For that matter, sometimes people walk through both Division Lobbies, which could be described as flip-flopping, surely.
Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Mixed Topics
Barry Strachan Gardiner (Labour, Centre-left): I see a lot of Members standing. I am happy to give way later in my remarks but I want to make progress now The debate has been pending since the European Scrutiny Committee granted a scrutiny waiver to the Secretary of State in October 2016 to proceed with signing the agreement in order to bring the trade elements, but not the investment elements, into provisional application. That waiver was on the express condition that there was prior debate on the Floor of the House. That debate did not take place It is unusual to bring a statutory instrument to the Floor of the House rather than to a Delegated Legislation Committee. The Government are pretending to have afforded the House the opportunity to properly debate and scrutinise a controversial agreement and one of the most extensive that the country has entered into—the Secretary of State has admitted as much. However, at this stage it is all too late. The agreement is signed and cannot be renegotiated On 5 July 2016, the European Commission published its proposals for the signature and provisional application of CETA. On 7 September 2016, the European Scrutiny Committee recommended an urgent debate on the Floor of the House, noting the significant political and legal importance of the agreement. On 6 October 2016, the Minister sought clearance from the Committee to sign the agreement without having such a debate. On 12 October 2016, the Committee granted the Government a conditional scrutiny waiver, allowing them to proceed with signing the agreement only after a debate on the Floor of the House—the Committee directed the Government to ensure such a debate. [Interruption.] I hear the Secretary of State muttering from a sedentary position, "Process, process, process," but process is how the House ensures proper transparency and scrutiny On 17 October 2016, the Secretary of State advised the Committee that it was his intention to override scrutiny and proceed not only with the signature of the agreement but with its provisional application, despite the controversy attached to it and despite the fact that the House had been given no opportunity to scrutinise or debate it.
Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Other
Rosalie Winterton (Labour, Centre-left): It is quite in order for the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) to be making his opening remarks. I am sure he is not going to be too much longer; there are a lot of people waiting to speak.
Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Other
Rosalie Winterton (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Member for Brent North is still in order, but I point out that a lot of speakers want to come in. I am sure that he will bring his remarks to an end very shortly.
Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Other
Rosalie Winterton (Labour, Centre-left): Order. It is important that the hon. Member for Brent North is heard with politeness, because I know that he wants to bring his remarks to an end fairly quickly. I think we should give him the chance to get on and do that.
Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Other
Rosalie Winterton (Labour, Centre-left): I have to say that raising endless points of order during a short debate is not conducive to moving things along. That said, I am sure that the hon. Member for Brent North, within the next minute, will bring his remarks to a close.
Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Other
Barry Strachan Gardiner (Labour, Centre-left): Indeed I do. We actually said so in our manifesto. We made that clear in the manifesto that both my hon. Friend and I stood on and with which we went to the voters of this country, and he was elected on it just as I was. I propose to stand by it; I am not sure if he does For all these reasons, the Opposition cannot support the Government’s motion.
EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Mixed Topics
Laura Smith (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Minister accept that the investor-state dispute settlement has been excluded from the deal because of the widespread public outcry against it? Will he assure the House that his Government will not seek to include ISDS in any future deal with Japan?
EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Mixed Topics
Barry Strachan Gardiner (Labour, Centre-left): Clearly, while we remain a member of the EU, we have a seat at the negotiating table of any deals. If we are outside the EU, we will not have that, but, equally, we will not have the benefit of being part of a 500 million-strong consumer market that would enable us to negotiate better deals. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman appreciates that being in a new customs union with the EU, as the leader of my party set out in a speech he gave in Coventry a little while ago, would mean that we would be co-decision makers with the EU in that relationship—a customs union not such as the one we currently have with the EU, but one much more like Mercosur, where each of the countries has equal sway.
EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement — House of Commons, 2018-06-26
Topic: Mixed Topics
Barry Strachan Gardiner (Labour, Centre-left): Note how keen the Secretary of State is to deflect the House from the fact that his own impact assessment says that, in signing the deal, this country will be between £2.2 billion and £2.8 billion worse off.