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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 03 Dec 2018
EU Membership: Second Referendum

"That is a good debating point, but let us be clear: the 2014 Scottish referendum was conducted, as has been said, on the basis of a campaign and discussion that lasted more than two years, a vast debate and a 670-page White Paper that spelled out exactly what the proposition …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Sep 2018
Brexit Negotiations and No Deal Contingency Planning

"Whatever deal the Government are minded to agree will have significant implications for the operation of the proposed UK-wide framework arrangements that the Government want to set up with the devolved Administrations in a wide range of policy areas. May I ask the Secretary of State for a commitment that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Feb 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

"It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). I hope to respond in a minute to some of the points that he made about the customs union. However, before I start to talk about DExEU and Brexit, I want to make some general …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Feb 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

"I will certainly give way, and hopefully we will hear what the plan is...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Feb 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was going to point out that the hon. Gentleman’s intervention had a tenuous link to the subject of debate and no connection whatever to what I was saying, but he has none the less made his point for the record.

What does this lack …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Feb 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

"I am going to be uncharacteristically kind to the Labour party and take the right hon. Member for Leeds Central at his word. He seemed to be suggesting that we were moving towards a situation in which the difference between “a customs union” and “the customs union” might not be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Feb 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

"Well, if there is no difference, welcome to the party! It is good to have the hon. Lady on board, and we look forward to her walking through the Lobby with us next time this comes to a decision.

The debate about customs arrangements is relevant to the budget because …..."
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Written Question
McKinsey and Company
Thursday 22nd February 2018

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 119278, on Department for Exiting the European Union: Procurement, what consultancy services have been provided by McKinsey and Company to his Department.

Answered by Steve Baker

McKinsey assisted DExEU in coordinating domestic policy and delivery planning arising from the UK’s exit from the EU. A redacted version of the contract will be available on Contracts Finder in due course.

McKinsey also provided support to the Department on its organisational design and assurance on a pro bono basis in 2016.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Given the shortage of time, I will confine my remarks to amendment 59.

I find it almost unbelievable that, 18 months after the referendum and six months after the Government introduced this Bill, they still have not provided or commissioned any proper economic analysis of what Brexit will mean and …..."
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Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Public Expenditure
Monday 15th January 2018

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.

Answered by Steve Baker

The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) has made no fruitless payments as defined by HM Treasury’s Managing Public Money.