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Written Question
Nationality and Borders Bill
Thursday 6th January 2022

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the compatibility of the Nationality and Borders Bill with international law.

Answered by Suella Braverman

Any request for my advice is subject to the Law Officers’ Convention and this includes discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the compatibility of proposed legislation with international law.

The UK prides itself on its leadership within the international system, and that it discharges its international obligations in good faith.

Either the Solicitor General or I attend the Parliamentary Business and Legislation Committee, which scrutinises all of the government’s legislation before it reaches Parliament.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Scotland is approximately two thirds the size of England, but we have more challenging topography and islands to serve, yet Scotland will get a fifth of England’s Building Digital UK fund, and for the R100 programme, the UK Government are only committing £20 million towards the £600 million programme. Does …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Legal Advice: Prorogation

"Will the Attorney General explain why there was a lack of signed witness statements? Is it the case, as we all know, that civil servants could not defend the indefensible and thought that the Government were at it all along?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"On the backstop, can the Attorney General confirm that fish from Northern Ireland will have tariff-free access into the EU and tariff-free access back to the UK, but fish from Scotland will be subject to tariffs going into the EU, and that therefore Northern Ireland is going to be treated …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"Will the Attorney General give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Nov 2018
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice

"Instead of expressing faux outrage from the Dispatch Box, the Solicitor General could have shown some backbone and voted against the motion. We have had more than two years of the UK Government telling us that no deal is better than a bad deal, but now suddenly the deal that …..."
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Written Question
Government Departments: Legal Costs
Monday 18th September 2017

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many court cases the Government has defended since 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such case.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

Each Department is responsible for defending actions brought against them and makes their own arrangements for doing so. There is no central record of all court cases brought against the Government and therefore it is not possible to identify either the total number of cases or the cost of them.

However, most central government bodies instruct the Government Legal Department to conduct their litigation. Since the 2010-11 financial year the Government Legal Department has been instructed by government bodies in almost 200,000 cases costing about £570 million (including VAT).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. What discussions she has had with football associations on the status of youth football contracts. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that answer. I presume that she is aware that the Realgrassroots campaign group has highlighted that some football clubs pay as little as £1 a week for youth football players who do 30 hours’ work. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has named and shamed those …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What assessment the Government have made of the effect of the single-tier state pension on gender equality...."
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