Sandy Martin: Cabinet Office: All Documents

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Overseas Electors Bill

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to pursue all possible means of ensuring not only that the poll is safe but that everyone feels comfortable and able to use it. Her proposals have a great deal of merit.

Let us look at where these British citizens living abroad …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Overseas Electors Bill

"My hon. Friend makes the point that we are not just talking about people moving to other countries. We are talking about significant amounts of wealth moving to other countries, too, and mostly moving to countries where taxation is paid at very low rates or, indeed, not at all.

Why …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Overseas Electors Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Overseas Electors Bill

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Overseas Electors Bill

"Does the hon. Lady accept that, although the case she mentions is clearly of somebody who has contributed immensely—not only to this country, but to the world—it must be quite difficult for her to be able to make decisions in Oxford West and Abingdon that affect his life in Canada?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Overseas Electors Bill

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene. I have a real interest in what happens in Scotland, India and Spain—I was watching the news from Barcelona very closely—but that does not give me the right to vote for people in those countries or for how they raise …..."
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Written Question

Public Sector: Pay

Wednesday 22nd November 2017

Asked by: Sandy Martin (Labour - Ipswich)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on bringing forward proposals to end the one per cent cap on pay rises for public sector workers.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

As the Chief Secretary to the Treasury said on 12 September, we are moving away from a 1% public sector average award. Pay awards will be informed by a range of factors, including recruitment and retention. The Pay Review Bodies will come forward with their proposals next year.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 30 Oct 2017
Proportional Representation

"Ipswich borough consists of 16 wards, of which 13 comprise the parliamentary constituency of Ipswich and three are part of the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency. That does what it says on the tin, consisting of a huge swathe of some of the most rural and prosperous parts of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the planned closure of job centres in Scotland on local communities...."
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