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EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. I will just say to the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker)—an immediate past Minister in the Brexit Department—and to the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston), that I will not take points of order now, because the Secretary of State has to finish his statement. However, if Members are concerned that ordinarily if they leave the Chamber to get a document they are then precluded from taking part in the statement, I will waive that normal arrangement in this instance, because I am concerned to operate in a way that serves Members of the House.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Just before that, I will, exceptionally, take the point of order. These situations do not arise very often, and it is very much to be hoped that they will not arise frequently in future. I say for the benefit of the people observing our proceedings that I call the hon. Lady to raise a point of order in the knowledge that she is not only the Member for Totnes and the Chair of the Health Committee but serves also as the Chair of the Liaison Committee, which embraces all the Chairs of all the Select Committees of this House.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Other
Sarah James (Wollaston) (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Given the exceptional importance of this document, and the fact that Members on both sides of the House have not had a chance to read it in advance, may I ask, exceptionally, that you suspend the sitting for longer to give Members a chance to read it before the Secretary of State continues?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): First, may I welcome my right hon. Friend to the Cabinet? I have believed for a long time that he should have had a place in it before. In welcoming him, I also recognise, however, that this is a very complex issue. My own personal views on this will be no secret to him. I have deep misgivings about what the Government are proposing. Having voted to leave, I voted to leave, not to half leave I want to raise paragraph 7d with my right hon. Friend. To pursue what the right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) said for the Opposition, we have seen very little about the migration proposals, which seem to be out there as part of what might be referred to as negotiating capital. To follow on from his question, which I think was quite legitimate, the phrase at the end of paragraph 7d is "arrangements that the UK might want to offer to other close trading partners in the future" My simple question is: when the Government go to discuss, negotiate or confer with the EU, whichever phrase suits, does my right hon. Friend believe that the Government will be prepared to withdraw the rights to benefits of those who come without jobs?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my right hon. Friend. Let me give him some assurance: free movement will end; it is not up for negotiation. Equally, when countries right around the world engage in free trade negotiations, the issue of visas is often considered alongside them, and that is the approach we will take.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Before the Secretary of State replies, let me say that I entirely accept what the right hon. Gentleman has just said. For the avoidance of doubt, and for future good practice, it must be accepted that documents about which statements are to be made should not first be released to the media, even under protected conditions—other than in the most exceptional circumstances—before being released to Members of the House. The Secretary of State is a very assiduous parliamentarian and a person of great courtesy, so it seems to me obvious that he will readily accept that. When a point is made with such force by the Chair of a Select Committee, and a similar point is made by the Chair of the Liaison Committee, I think I am right in saying that that point brooks no contradiction.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the right hon. Lady for those points. The White Paper actually sets out the position very clearly: we are ending free movement but we want to take a sensible approach to matters such as business trips, holiday travel, research and students coming from the EU to the UK, and vice versa. Of course, we will consider the matter further when my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary brings forward that legislation. As we have said on free trade agreements that we will be forging with countries around the world, the issue of visas will be subject to those negotiations, just as with the EU.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): The NHS is already making sure that we have all the plans in place to provide the drugs and the doctors and nurses that we need. Of course, with regard to our approach to visas and immigration more broadly, we can ensure, because we are taking back control of our immigration policy, that we have the right checks in place, whoever they are for, including nurses and doctors, and that for medicines and other goods we have the right approach for the country.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her long-standing interest in this matter and her pugnacious campaigning in the run-up to the referendum. Of course, we are ending free movement, which will allow us to avoid what is effectively a discriminatory approach to those coming from outside the EU. The Home Secretary will be bringing forward legislation to deal with the detail, and of course it will be part of the negotiation process with our EU partners.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (Conservative, Centre-right): Paragraph 76 of chapter 1 is ambiguous. It states that we will seek reciprocal mobility arrangements, but it does not say when. Will the Secretary of State give an absolute assurance that any preferential treatment given to EU migrants will not be part of a withdrawal agreement but will be entirely in the hands of this Parliament post Brexit? This is a vital point. The people voted for Brexit because they want to control migration. They do not want to be sold down the river on this point as the negotiations proceed.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend. I can give him the reassurance that it would not be part of the withdrawal agreement process; it would be part of the future deep and special relationship. In the same way as we approach global free trade with partners from Latin America to Asia, when we look at the liberalisation of trade in goods, for example, through the reduction of tariffs or services, we can also ensure that we have sensible arrangements on visas.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Other
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to the great work that all the special advisers have done, including Stewart Jackson, and all the officials, who work tirelessly with Ministers to get the best deal for this country. I will be naming my special advisers shortly, as people would expect in the normal course of a reshuffle or a change in ministerial post.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend. I agree that that has been the feedback that we have had. We can want to end free movement without saying that we will pull up the drawbridge. We need to have a balanced approach to immigration that not only protects and services the skills gap in this country, but makes sure that we deal with the pressures and costs of immigration and that we restore public confidence in the immigration system.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): Because it takes a balanced approach to immigration, rather than pretending that we can continue with the legacy of the previous Government, who had an open-door approach to immigration, which destroyed public trust in the system. We need to take advantage of the economic benefits and control the pressures. That is the sensible approach.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Civil Rights
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): The thing that I hear most often from my constituents in Redditch, however they voted, is, "Just get on with it." Will my right hon. Friend confirm from the Dispatch Box that nothing in this White Paper will lead to a second referendum, which will only delay or frustrate the democratic will of my constituents and the British people?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Desmond Angus Swayne (Conservative, Centre-right): How can my right hon. Friend justify the use of the adjective "common" in describing the noun "rulebook", when he has committed to ongoing harmonisation? Even with a parliamentary process, it is their rulebook, is it not?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Marcus Charles Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend to his post. My constituents voted to leave the EU for a number of reasons. Among them was the principle of freedom of movement. Can my right hon. Friend categorically assure my constituents that freedom of movement will end as a result of his and the Government’s plans and that this Parliament will consequently be able to decide whom we welcome to our great country?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): Absolutely. Free movement will end. We still want to take a sensible approach to immigration, but we want to ensure that, as elected Members who are accountable to our constituents, we in the House have the last say on it.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
William Peter Wragg (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend to his post. I cannot help feeling a little sorry for him at this time. Is he sure that there is not another document, developed with and previewed by other Governments, which is being cooked up behind the scenes by Mr Robbins and our former friend the Prime Minister’s chief of staff and which will then be wheeled out to further undermine the previously stated positions of Her Majesty’s Government?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Other
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): As the hon. Gentleman knows, it means what we are doing right now; and there will be plenty of further opportunities to scrutinise the White Paper in this House, in the other place and in Select Committees.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend to his position. Given the brief period he has been in post, he is giving a performance of very high calibre. On free movement, while I accept that many colleagues share the noble position that we should not have a discriminatory system, does my right hon. Friend accept that there is a big implication for unskilled migration, because if we allow it in future, we will have to allow it from anywhere, not just the EU? Does he accept that in those circumstances, non-EU migration would inevitably rise?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes a powerful point, and that is why we take the approach that we do. We want to ensure that when we have an enhanced preferential trade relationship with a country, visas can go into the mix. That is the global practice right around the world. But it is crucial, as a matter of sound policy but also for retaining public trust in our migration system, that we have control over things people care about: the numbers of people coming here; ensuring the people coming here are self-sufficient; and making sure that if people threaten this country or commit criminal offences, they can be removed.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Stephen James Metcalfe (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the publication of the White Paper, but these are complex issues, and what my constituents, and indeed I, want is reassurance that this document will indeed return control over our borders, our money and our laws. Will my right hon. Friend join me in suggesting that people should not listen to some of the more siren voices around, but instead look at the detail of this document, see where it delivers on those pledges, and then make their decision?
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Immigration
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right: ending free movement is one of the aspects that motivated people to vote to leave the EU, but there is a much broader issue around immigration policy. What we seek to do in this document is make sure that we have a balanced approach that means that elected Members such as my hon. Friend, and Ministers and Members from across the House, are responsible for striking the right balance to get the benefits of immigration but also to manage the pressures.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): When people need to move high-skilled members of staff across borders, it is key that, no matter what the sector, we have the ability to do that. Our negotiations with the EU can of course include all sectors, and we want to make sure that where there are skills gaps, they can be plugged.
EU: Future Relationship White Paper — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Dominic Rennie Raab (Conservative, Centre-right): It is not right to say that the ECJ would have jurisdiction over trade disputes; that would be the role of the arbitration mechanism. International arbitration is a global mechanism used by countries around the world, and I do not see any reason why, within Europe or in relation to the EU, there would be an anomaly. The ECJ deals with the laws in place within the EU and member states in the same way as the UK Supreme Court deals with the laws of the land in this country. International arbitration is designed to be flexible; it allows arbitrators from all countries to make sure that we deal with international disputes and it is perfectly consistent with global trade practice.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): We now come to the Select Committee statement. The hon. Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) will speak on his subject for up to 10 minutes, during which, I remind colleagues, no interventions may be taken. At the conclusion of his statement, the Chair will call Members to put questions on the subject of the statement and call the hon. Gentleman to respond to them in turn. I call Mr Mike Gapes to speak on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Forced Adoption in the UK — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes—I did say that when I referred to it. Children can only be removed permanently by a court without the consent of the parents if the court is satisfied that the child is suffering significant harm or is likely to suffer significant harm if they remain with their birth family. Courts must consider all the evidence put before them, including evidence from the parents themselves, who will have legal representation. Adoption agencies and fostering services are now inspected by Ofsted, whose role is to ensure that practice is in line with the legal framework For the mothers who are at the heart of this debate, it is essential that they are able to trace their children and that their children can establish their parentage. The hon. Member for Wirral South called on the Government to work with organisations that support people who experienced the consequences of historical forced adoption to create a small service that will help with tracing family and support. Those affected by past adoption practices can already access intermediary services to help them to trace their birth children or birth parents and establish whether contact is possible Intermediary services are provided by registered adoption agencies, including local authorities, voluntary adoption agencies and registered adoption support agencies. When an intermediary agency finds a person, contact can be arranged if both parties agree. Birth relatives and adopted adults can also add their details to the adoption contact register at the General Register Office to find a birth relative or an adopted person. There is support for birth parents and adult adoptees who have suffered with mental anguish and illness. In addition to the NHS mental health services available for those with conditions such as stress and depression, a number of voluntary adoption agencies and adoption support agencies offer specialist birth family counselling, often under contract to local authorities I should like to thank again the hon. Members for Wirral South and for Liverpool, West Derby for today’s debate. The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck), asked specifically about a public inquiry. None of us disputes that these women were victims of poor adoption practice all those years ago, but I believe that it is unlikely that a public inquiry would uncover new facts. We believe that the lessons of the time have been learned and have led to significant change both to legislation and practice now. No child is removed from their birth family unless they have suffered significant harm or are at risk of such harm, and of course, parents have legal representatives.
Forced Adoption in the UK — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Civil Rights
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman raises an important point, and I do take it on board. I am very happy to meet one or both hon. Members—the hon. Gentleman or the hon. Member for Wirral South—and if they bring the mothers with them, I can hear directly from them as well I hope that all those affected can take some comfort in the knowledge that what happened to them is so public and is on public record for all to see and understand. This House rightly acknowledges that this appalling historical practice has left a legacy of hurt and pain. I hope that where possible, many a mother and a child can be reunited and be given the comfort of building a family relationship.
Carillion — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Stephen Charles Kerr (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is making a powerful case for what we found in the inquiry. As evidence of this house of cards that she is describing, which it undoubtedly was, Richard Adam, the former finance director, told the inquiry that not only did he sell all his shares when he left the business, but he would not be prepared to put his own money at risk by being a shareholder.
Carillion — House of Commons, 2018-07-12
Topic: Mixed Topics
Bernard Christison Jenkin (Conservative, Centre-right): By that stage, the Government were in a Catch-22 situation. If they denied Carillion access to any public contracts, it would have been a further signal to the market that this company was going down and it would have put at risk all the other public sector contracts it held. Also, in that case, the risk was shared by two partner companies, which signed in blood that they would take over any risk of each or any of the companies going bust. The Government have not suffered any loss as a result of that contract.
Bailiffs — House of Commons, 2018-10-09
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Lucy Claire Leigh (Frazer) (Conservative, Centre-right): Mr Speaker, may I share in your remarks about PC Palmer and pay tribute to him and his work in this House As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on debt and personal finance, the hon. Member for Makerfield (Yvonne Fovargue) is campaigning hard on this important issue, and she is right that bailiffs are not operating as they should in some areas. I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet with the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones) and her constituents, the Rogers family, who sadly lost Jerome as a result of and following some action by bailiffs. We intend to launch a call for evidence shortly to evaluate our most recent bailiff reforms.
Bailiffs — House of Commons, 2018-10-09
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Lucy Claire Leigh (Frazer) (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady makes some important points. Officials in my Department recently met with Citizens Advice, StepChange, the Money Advice Trust and AdviceUK to discuss such issues. Last month, they also met the Certificated Enforcement Agents Association. I have met Peter Tutton, the head of policy at StepChange, and he made a statement similar to the hon. Lady’s about the need for independent regulation. We will be putting forward a call for evidence and questions will be asked on a variety of issues.
Bailiffs — House of Commons, 2018-10-09
Topic: Housing
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): There will always be difficulties when debts are pursued, particularly when people may genuinely be struggling to pay them. As for the call for evidence, how will the Minister be working with local authorities, which obviously engage bailiffs to enforce council tax debt against those who may be struggling most to pay off such debt?
Bailiffs — House of Commons, 2018-10-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Lucy Claire Leigh (Frazer) (Conservative, Centre-right): As my hon. Friend highlights, council tax debt is an important area in which we must ensure that bailiffs and enforcement agents are operating appropriately, and we will be looking at the enforcement work that bailiffs do.
Offenders and Employment — House of Commons, 2018-10-09
Topic: Immigration
Robert James MacGillivray Neill (Conservative, Centre-right): One problem with "through the gate" is not who delivers it, but the fact that too often the interventions start so late on in the prisoner’s career. If six months is appropriate in terms of opening bank accounts—sensibly, it is—is it not sensible that resettlement interviews and work should be started at least at that time, if not earlier, rather than at 12 weeks or so, as we currently have it?
Sport and Recidivism — House of Commons, 2018-10-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Edward John Comport Argar (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the ageing population in our prisons. The approach that we have adopted—which was set out in Professor Rosie Meek’s report—is designed to provide sport and physical education opportunities for all those in our custodial institutions, regardless of gender or age.