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Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
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Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
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| Sep. 09 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 16 | Urgent Questions | British Overseas Troops: Civil Liability Claims |
| Mar. 11 | Westminster Hall | Mental Health of Veterans |
| Jun. 08 | Adjournment Debate | Electoral Reform |
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| Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 | Committee stage: House of Lords | 14 Sep 2020, 5:13 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about reports of the Boundary Commissions under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986; to make provision about the number of parliamentary constituencies and other rules for the distribution of seats; and for connected purposes. | ||||
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Cabinet Office | Postponed Elections and Referendums (Coronavirus) and Policy Development Grants (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations make provision relating to the postponement of certain elections and referendums in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic (Part 2), and amending the scheme for policy development grants (Part 3). | |||
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Laid 15 Jun 2020 In Force Not stated |
Cabinet Office | Representation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Draft affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations set a revised date for the end of the period during which revised versions of certain electoral registers for 2020 must be published in accordance with section 13(1)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (“the 1983 Act”). | |||
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6,103,056 Petition Closed |
Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU. Gov Responded - 26 Mar 2019 Debated on - 1 Apr 2019 |
20 Aug 2019 closed 1 year, 1 month ago |
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The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is 'the will of the people'. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People's Vote may not happen - so vote now. |
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1,725,630 Petition Closed |
Do not prorogue Parliament Gov Responded - 9 Sep 2019 Debated on - 9 Sep 2019 |
15 Feb 2020 closed 7 months ago |
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Parliament must not be prorogued or dissolved unless and until the Article 50 period has been sufficiently extended or the UK's intention to withdraw from the EU has been cancelled. |
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269,157 Petition Closed |
Put pressure on Libya to take action to stop enslavement of Black Africans. Gov Responded - 13 Dec 2017 Debated on - 18 Dec 2017 |
22 May 2018 closed 2 years, 4 months ago |
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CNN has released video footage of a black Africans being sold into slavery in Libya. I am asking the UK government to put pressure on the Libyan government to take immediate action to stop these criminals from selling more people, to set current prisoners free, arrest the criminals and end this. |
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| Sep. 18 | Julia Lopez speech at techUK’s ‘Building the Smarter State’ Conference | News and Communications |
| Sep. 16 | Letter from Chloe Smith MP to Returning Officers | News and Communications |
| Sep. 16 | Freedom of Information statistics: April to June 2020 | Research |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the level of (1) imports, and (2) exports, between the UK and India in each of the last five years. Answer (Lord True) The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond. Dear Lord Risby, As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking about imports and exports between the UK and South Africa, and the UK and India, in each of the last five years (HL7881; HL7882). The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes data on goods and services exports for the UK with South Africa and India[1], which can be found in table 1 below. Please note that data are in current prices and, as such, include the effect of inflation. We do not have total trade data, split by country, on a volume basis (with the effect of inflation removed) at present. Table 1: UK total trade (goods and services) with South Africa and India, in £ million, non-seasonally adjusted
Yours sincerely, Professor Sir Ian Diamond
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