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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Prorogation of Parliament

"This is a really important debate, not least because 1.7 million people signed the petition. We have had demonstrations up and down the country, including in Leeds both this and last Saturday. The previous Saturday saw the largest demonstration in Leeds since the protests against the Iraq war, with 5,000 …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Prorogation of Parliament

"We only have a few hours before the House is prorogued. I am sure that colleagues of the Minister are busily preparing to ensure that we do not have to bring those Bills back in the Queen’s Speech, but one Bill we will without doubt need to be in it …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Prorogation of Parliament

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In Kashmir, the internet has been shut down, and there is a lack of reporting on the crackdown by the Indian Government. We also have the events in Hong Kong. Britain is a party to the Chinese-British agreement of 1984, so in some senses …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Prorogation of Parliament

"This is an evolving situation on the EU side. If we prorogue tonight without a general election, I hope to go to Brussels tomorrow to meet a number of people in the European Parliament and the Commission, so that I can hear at first hand what is happening in the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Prorogation of Parliament

"The hon. Gentleman just outlined that the Prime Minister will have been in office for 82 days, and that Parliament will have sat for only four of them. That means that there will have been only one Prime Minister’s Question Time. Members of this House will not be able to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Prorogation of Parliament

"Do we not need to know whether we are leaving with or without a deal in order to understand what legislation will be required? How can we have a Queen’s Speech on 14 October, before the European Council, and how can we frame legislation when we do not know whether …..."
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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Brexit
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings his Department has had with Leeds City Council to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

Answered by Lord Hart of Tenby

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Jul 2019
Priorities for Government

"The Prime Minister mentioned aviation. Norway has an aviation emissions plan that includes making all short-haul flights electric by 2040, and it includes research and development to achieve that. Does he have that scale of ambition?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q1. If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 10 July...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"First, I associate myself with the comments regarding the tragic accident last week.

I am pleased to see the Prime Minister is wearing green. I hope it is not merely a greenwash, as I welcome the Government legislating for net zero by 2050. Before they did that, when the target …..."
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