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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Sep 2021
Imports from EU to UK: Grace Period

"To ask the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (Lord Frost) what plans Her Majesty’s Government have to extend further the grace period on imports from the European Union to the United Kingdom...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Sep 2021
Imports from EU to UK: Grace Period

"My Lords, as well as a damaging, dangerous shortage of HGV drivers and millions of pounds’ worth of food rotting in the fields around the United Kingdom, we now have this unbalanced situation where UK exports to the EU have full checks but there is this further, “pragmatic” delay in …..."
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Written Question
Devolution
Wednesday 15th September 2021

Asked by: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, or intend to make, to (1) the Scottish Ministers, (2) the Welsh Ministers, and (3) the Northern Ireland Executive, regarding their attention to reserved issues.

Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords

UK Government Ministers regularly speak to Ministers in the Devolved Administrations on a wide range of areas. It is vital that engagement takes place across the UK on the challenges that we face together, such as our recovery from COVID-19, supporting the NHS and protecting jobs across the UK. The UK Government reports quarterly on our intergovernmental engagement and activity with the Devolved Administrations and will continue this practice in line with our commitments to transparency and accountability.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Standards in Public Life

"My Lords, I shall start with a surprise and say how pleased—indeed, delighted—I am that the noble Lord, Lord True, will reply to this debate. He will be relieved to hear that I am not going to have a go at him or indeed his Government. However tempted I am, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Government Departments: Non-Executive Directors

"My Lords, I wonder whether our Cabinet Office Minister could tell the House how the Government decided that the best person with the expertise and qualifications to provide objective scrutiny of the Cabinet Office was a former Labour MP who supported the Tory Government’s Vote Leave campaign...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 06 Sep 2021
House of Lords Appointments Commission

"My Lords, recent appointments to the Lords have been scandalous on four counts. The first is cash for honours, under which the Government have bestowed peerages principally to party donors—the most outrageous being when the recommendation of refusal by HOLAC was overruled by the Prime Minister for the first time …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to adopt the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (CETS No. 205)...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents

"I send my sympathies to the Minister but that is a very unsatisfactory answer, and I wish he was here in person so I could tell him to his face. Does he agree that, with certain limited exceptions, access to official documents is essential for transparency, good governance and a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Post-Brexit Financial Settlement

"Surely the Minister is not surprised by this figure, which was predicted not just by the European Union but by the OBR and other organisations. He will recall the campaign that claimed we were paying £350 million a week to the European Union when the reality was less than half …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Jul 2021
Government Departments: Non-Executive Directors

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given, if any, to changing the arrangements for the appointment of non-executive directors of Government departments...."
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