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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Dec 2016
European Council 2016

"I very much welcome the Prime Minister’s statement. Paragraph 26 of the communiqué talks about “condemning” the actions of the Assad regime, Russia, and Iran. Apart from condemning, was there a strategy to look at countering the Iranian aggression in Syria and destabilising activity in the wider region?..."
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Written Question
Public Sector: Digital Technology
Wednesday 2nd November 2016

Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on the use of digital technologies to improve public services.

Answered by Ben Gummer

We are committed to improving public services through better use of technology. We are making it easier to assure your identity online through GOV.UK Verify, which went live in May 2016 and has so far verified more than 900,000 users.

We are piloting two programmes with Local Authorities on using GOV.UK Verify to make it easier for users to apply for parking permits and concessionary travel discounts.

Additionally, the cross-Government payment platform, GOV.UK Pay, took its first payments in October 2016.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q2. I applaud the Government’s continued commitment to infrastructure development, with 6,000 projects in the pipeline worth £480 billion. Will the Government quickly and speedily take forward the lower Thames crossing and extra investment in Kent roads, which will help to provide more homes, jobs and businesses, and help people …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2016
European Council

"On Syria, paragraph 20 of the European Council conclusions talks about the

“resumption of a credible political process”.

Is that in line with Geneva I and Geneva II, the peace process and the transition to democracy? We must ensure that the opposition get the right assurances about a fair deal …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2016
G20 Summit

"I very much welcome the Prime Minister’s statement. Paragraph 44 of the communiqué looks at the strategy to tackle forced displacement of people and protecting refugees. On this day last year, I asked the then Prime Minister about the creation of safe havens for the protection of civilians fleeing Syria, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2016
Debate on the Address

"Thank you, Mr Speaker, and I thank the Prime Minister for giving way. On extremism, Government efforts to tackle hate preachers who poison individual minds and destroy our communities have to be welcomed, and I applaud what the Prime Minister is doing in tackling non-violent extremism. Will he clarify how …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What steps the Government are taking to ensure that people from all social backgrounds can progress in the civil service...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the news that the Government have recently introduced name-blind recruitment across the civil service. What are they doing to prevent unconscious bias at later stages of the process?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Feb 2016
European Council

"As someone who has an open mind and can see competing arguments on both sides, may I ask that we ensure that the information used in the campaign is factually correct? A few weeks ago, a letter criticising the Prime Minister appeared in The Daily Telegraph and the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Dec 2015
ISIL in Syria

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