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EU Referendum — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Immigration
Questions: What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy in Scotland over the next five years of the outcome of the EU referendum.
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): I share the right hon. Gentleman’s view of the important role that EU citizens play in Scotland, and we want them to stay in Scotland and have their position guaranteed. We also want British citizens in the rest of Europe to have their right to stay there guaranteed, and I hope that it will be possible to issue both guarantees.
EU Referendum — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy in Scotland over the next five years of the outcome of the EU referendum.; With over 1 million people in Scotland voting to leave the European Union last month, what is my right hon. Friend’s assessment of the rush for a second independence referendum on the Union?
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government were elected on a manifesto that made it clear there would be no changes to the Barnett formula. The hon. Lady has been in several political parties over her political career. Perhaps she noticed earlier this week that there is a vacancy at the head of the UK Independence party; that might be her next destination.
EU Referendum — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy in Scotland over the next five years of the outcome of the EU referendum.; With over 1 million people in Scotland voting to leave the European Union last month, what is my right hon. Friend’s assessment of the rush for a second independence referendum on the Union?; Will my right hon. Friend tell us what discussions he has had on the possibility of Scotland having to accept joining the euro if, as it claims, it wants to stay in the European Union?; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Ministers of the Scottish Government on the devolution and implementation of social security powers.
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): I certainly hope that individuals in Scotland will be no worse off. Inevitably, the devolution of these powers means that specific decisions about their use will be made by the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government. The amount of certain payments and their shape and nature will be matters for them.
Womenomics Report — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Civil Rights
Questions: What progress the Government are making on implementing the recommendations of the Womenomics report on the role and contribution of women in the Scottish economy, published in March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the right hon. Gentleman for commissioning the Sawers report. The Government have published their response, and, following the elections in May, a ministerial group is being put together from all the Administrations in the United Kingdom—it will include my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities and Family Justice—so that we can begin to make progress. Meanwhile, the gender pay gap is diminishing to an all-time record low.
Womenomics Report — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Civil Rights
Questions: What progress the Government are making on implementing the recommendations of the Womenomics report on the role and contribution of women in the Scottish economy, published in March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said, the report is very good, and it is critical for everyone to work together. The Scottish Parliament now has more devolved powers specifically to address the problems of gender equality, which, of course, includes any disadvantage for women.
Steel Industry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): We work together hand in glove, which I think is very important. It is also important to note that the Steel Council, which the Government established, contains a number of representatives of both the Scottish and the Welsh Governments. Together, we can ensure that throughout the United Kingdom we have a strong and sustainable steel industry.
Steel Industry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): What I will say is this: I think that we must all work together now, however we voted and whatever our views, to ensure that we do the very best for our country. We should be under no illusions about the fact that we face some very big challenges and some very difficult months and years, not just days. What is important now is coming together and putting the past behind us.
Public Procurement: Small Businesses — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Questions: What plans he has to work with the Scottish Government on ensuring that more public procurement is directed towards small businesses; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): Procurement has been an important part of the Government’s work. We are determined to deliver our target of central Departments spending 33% of their budgets with small and medium-sized enterprises by 2020. The last set of results showed that we were increasing the proportion to 27.1%.
Public Procurement: Small Businesses — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Questions: What plans he has to work with the Scottish Government on ensuring that more public procurement is directed towards small businesses; and if he will make a statement.
Henry Bellingham (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister agree that rather than setting specific percentage targets for small business procurement, the Scottish Government should follow best practices in counties such as Norfolk, and also work in close co-operation with the United Kingdom Government?
North Sea Gas and Oil Industry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): In the 2015 Budget, the Government introduced a £1.3 billion package of tax measures to help our oil and gas industry. Today I am launching the inter-ministerial group’s oil and gas workforce plan, which sets out how we can retain talent in this sector and opportunities for workers in other sectors.
North Sea Gas and Oil Industry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): I am extremely grateful to the hon. Member for Havant (Mr Mak), who posed the question succinctly but comprehensively, and to the Minister for succinctly but comprehensively answering it, so that it is now time for Prime Minister’s questions.
Engagements — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I know the whole House will want to join me in wishing Wales luck ahead of the Euro 2016 semi-final this evening. They have played superbly and we wish them all the best This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this House I shall have further such meetings later today.
Engagements — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Civil Rights
Chloe Rebecca Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I am a Conservative because I believe it is not where you are coming from, it is where you are going that counts. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the opportunity to succeed no matter what your background is what we want for Britain?
Engagements — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: On a day when significant questions have been levelled at the collective decision making of politicians, military leaders and intelligence services, many of our constituents will be seeking reassurance that the lives of their loved ones were not given in vain, and that the mistakes that were made will never happen again. Will the Prime Minister ensure that the lessons learned will be fully examined and acted upon so that the tragic mistakes made over a decade ago can never be repeated?
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I join the right hon. Gentleman in wishing Muslims in this country and around the world Eid Mubarak at the end of Ramadan. We will discuss the report in detail later and I do not want to pre-empt all the things I am going to say in my statement, but clearly we need to learn the lessons of the report, so we should study it very carefully—it is millions of words and thousands of pages. I think that we should save our remarks for when we debate it in the House following the statement.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. We cannot have a running commentary on the statements made from the Front Bench. Members of this House know me well enough to know that I will allow all opinions to be expressed. If that means that the Prime Minister has to be here for quite a long time, he is accustomed to that. The right hon. Gentleman is entitled to be heard with courtesy. If people want to witter away, they should leave the Chamber. It is boring and we do not need you.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Lady is absolutely right. I was a relatively new Back Bencher who sat up there on the Opposition Benches listening to the arguments and coming to my own conclusions. Anyone who voted for the conflict has to take their share of responsibility. I do not choose to go back and say, "Well, if I had known then what I know now," and all the rest of it. I think you make a decision, you defend it at the time and then you have to live with the consequences and bear your share of responsibility. That is the position I take The right hon. Lady makes a very good point about the evil of violent extremists, whether al-Qaeda, Daesh or others. This problem in our world existed before the Iraq war. It exists and is worse today. We are doing all sorts of things in all sorts of ways to try to combat it. Although the debate about what happened in Iraq and the decisions that were taken is vital, we must not let it sap our energy for dealing with this cancer in our world, which is killing us in our own country.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My recollection of the debates is that there were honest disagreements between colleagues who were listening to the arguments and making their decisions. I do not think that anyone should be accused of appeasement for voting against the war, and neither should those who voted in favour of it in good faith and on the evidence that they were given be subject to unfair criticism. People who voted for the war, like me, have to take their share of the responsibility. That is important, but I do not think it right to accuse people who voted against the war of appeasement.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady wants to replay all the arguments of the day, but I do not see a huge amount of point in that. Members of Parliament came to this House, listened to the arguments and made the decisions in good faith. They can now reflect on whether they think the decisions they took were right or wrong. Instead of what she suggests, I think that we should try, as Sir John Chilcot does, to learn the lessons from what happened and find out what needs to be put in place to make sure that mistakes cannot be made in the future.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thomas Georg John Tugendhat (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, but will he join me in expressing slight concern not only about the shape of the centre of government that was there at the time of the Blair Government, but about the Departments that supported it? The top of the pyramid cannot work unless the supporting pillars are in place. I have only read the executive summary, so I cannot comment in detail, but it seems clear to me that parts of the Ministry of Defence, including the chiefs of staff, were not delivering the advice that the Government needed, and that elements of the Foreign Office had succumbed to a form of group-think that leaves me deeply concerned about the structure and the advice that are available to Governments..
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not think it is a greywash or a whitewash or an anything elsewash. I think, from what I have seen so far, that this is a thorough effort in trying to understand the narrative of the events, the decisions that were taken and the mistakes that were made. I think there is a huge amount to learn and everyone who has played a part in it has to take their responsibility for it.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I think that everyone will have to study the report carefully. In an earlier answer I tried to give some shorthand answers to the question of deceit and the question of legality but, like the hon. Gentleman, I feel that many of these arguments will go on and on.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. Somebody has just moaned about not being called to ask a question. I try to call everybody, but although what each individual has to say is enormously important to him or her, it is not necessarily any more important than what anybody else has to say. [Interruption.] Order. I do not need any help in the discharge of my duties. I will call colleagues, but colleagues need to be patient, and I am sure that none of them, for one moment, would be self-important—that is unimaginable.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): That is a very good question. I think that all the advances that have been made, such as Select Committees having access to Government papers, scrutiny of the intelligence and security services, and the production of written summaries of legal advice, help, but in the end we cannot substitute for judgment.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I am all for competent and effective opposition. On the job of the Opposition, I take both bits seriously: Her Majesty’s loyal Opposition. If you think the Government are making a decision in the interests of the country, you should support it. If you think they are making a mistake, you should oppose it. The job is not to oppose come what may.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) is one of the most humane and, rightly, well-liked Members of the House—indeed, I think that he is almost loved in many parts. I say to him very gently that my long-term ambition is to persuade him not to use the word "you" in exchanges in the House, but we will leave it there for today.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I thank the hon. Gentleman’s family, through him, for their service in the past and currently. I cannot give him an answer now. I have read pages 121 and 122, but I want to study the report more carefully to see whether it really does say that the delay had the effect that he describes. Perhaps I can write to him about that.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I have tried to be careful today to recognise that this was the act of a previous Government, and it is for them principally to explain why they took the decisions they did. I have also tried to be careful because this is not my report; it is Sir John Chilcot’s report, and the first thing we have to do is to read it carefully and to take into account what it finds. I have tried very faithfully in my statement to reflect what he says and the way he says it, with all the nuances, rather than simply to rip out some punchy bits that either damn or praise the then Government, because I do not think that that is my responsibility. My responsibility is to handle the publication, to draw out the lessons, which I think I have done, and to let others who were responsible at the time account for themselves.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Oliver Heald (Conservative, Centre-right): I join the right hon. Gentleman in paying tribute to all the European nationals who work in Britain and do such valuable jobs, 52,000 of them in the NHS. Does he agree that we need an orderly settlement as part of this negotiation with the EU? At the moment, there are 1.2 million British people out there in the EU, working in other parts of it, and, no doubt, doing valuable work as well. At the moment, there is no risk to those who are living there or here until the final agreements are reached.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Other
John Alan Redwood (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for bringing forward this motion, and I agree that we need to offer reassurance. Does he agree that, assuming the motion passes today—because I get the distinct impression that it will not be opposed—that is a great offer of reassurance from this whole Parliament?
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Immigration
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): I would like to put on record what I think has been said already—that countless times the Vote Leave campaign gave exactly this reassurance to everybody from EU countries living and working here, and it is very, very disappointing that that should be called into question. I think it is absolutely right to issue the strongest possible reassurance to EU nationals in this country, not just for moral or humanitarian reasons, but for very, very sound economic reasons as well. They are welcome, they are necessary, they are a vital part of our society, and I will passionately support this motion tonight.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Immigration
Robert Edward Jenrick (Conservative, Centre-right): With 3,500 eastern European citizens living in my constituency, I have a huge amount of sympathy for this motion. However, with respect, the Home Secretary’s position is simply that this issue requires a degree of consideration before proceeding. What is the right hon. Gentleman’s position? Is it to give all the European citizens living in this country indefinite leave to remain tomorrow? Is it to make them British citizens? Surely this requires a degree of consideration.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): The Labour party has called for a debate on the status of EU nationals, following the EU referendum less than two weeks ago and the decision by the British people to leave the European Union. I echo some of the words used by the right hon. Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham), who opened the debate by underlining that EU nationals in this country are truly valued members of our community and welcome here—I think those were the words he used, and I wish to share them at the outset of this debate As the motion makes clear, approximately 3 million European Union nationals currently live in Britain. There can be no doubt that in this country EU nationals make an invaluable contribution to our economy, our society and our daily lives.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Immigration
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I would like to make progress and then I will give way Up and down the United Kingdom, people from European Union member states are caring for the elderly, tending the sick in hospitals, teaching our children, volunteering for our charities, setting up and working in businesses and providing important local services. There are nearly 250,000 EU workers in the public sector, and, as has been said, in September 2015, 9.4% of NHS doctors and 6.3% of NHS nurses in England were from an EU country. Almost 125,000 EU students study at UK universities. More than that, everyone in the House, and people up and down the country, will hold EU nationals dear as friends, family members and members of their communities. We all recognise the contribution made to this country by EU nationals, and they should be proud of that contribution.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I will come on to the points that the hon. Lady raises, but I recognise the contribution that so many EU citizens make to many aspects of our life and economy, as well as the issues that she highlighted such as the fishing industry in Scotland.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Immigration
Mark Andrew Pritchard (Conservative, Centre-right): Do not the Government, Her Majesty’s loyal Opposition, the minority parties and particularly those listening to or reporting this debate have a responsibility at this time to realise that what we say and how we say it is vital? I welcome the fact that the Minister has not said that anybody needs to return home and that he has recognised the contribution made by EU citizens in the private and public sectors. I, for one, say that they are very welcome in Shropshire.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Civil Rights
James Peter Brokenshire (Conservative, Centre-right): I will go on to talk about some of the issues in our communities, but at this stage I want to give a very unequivocal message to those who perpetrate hate and division in our communities and in our societies: it is unacceptable that people should seek to cause division, to bully, to harass or to put graffiti on people’s walls as a consequence of their nationality. That is why the police have taken very firm action. That does not represent the country I believe in. The Government will continue to take firm action against anyone who has been involved in that sort of activity.
EU Nationals in the UK — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Immigration
Huw William Merriman (Conservative, Centre-right): In the week before the referendum vote, I spent time at 25 of my local schools. It was heartbreaking to hear the children saying, "Will my mum or my dad have to go back?" I never wanted this event to occur and I take it a little sorely from people on the other side of the camp who now proclaim the right to this. Will the Minister reaffirm the position of the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary, who have said there will be no immediate changes in the circumstances of European nationals currently residing in the UK? On that basis, nobody should be fearful right now.