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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Does the hon. Lady agree that, once we have left, we will be able to increase our animal welfare standards—for example, by stopping the live transportation of horses and other animals, which we are currently forbidden to do—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"The hon. Gentleman asks about badgers. I have actually been leading some of the campaigning against culling badgers. I hope that the hon. Lady agrees that we will have the ability to raise standards where we are currently forbidden to do so...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"The hon. Lady is making a valid point, but some of the EU’s principles are lower than ours. For example, it will not allow us to ban microbeads. We are very concerned about plastics in the water, so I look forward to being able to enhance our waterways by being …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"On a point of clarification, the hon. Lady said that she was not aware that we could not ban microbeads in plastics, but an independent report from the House of Commons Library warns that any attempt to impose a unilateral ban could break EU free trade laws because microbeads are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"I was delighted to hear that we may have a consensual approach. May I gently chide the hon. Gentleman, because the public are rather fed up with being told that they are too stupid to know what they are doing, which is rather what he is saying?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2016
European Convention on Human Rights: UK Membership

"A rule of thumb in life, I have found, is that when you throw a grenade, you usually retreat for cover. I wish that the Home Secretary were here to answer this urgent question, because I feel as though this has come up under the pressure of concerns about criminals, …..."
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Written Question
EU Law
Thursday 25th February 2016

Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the implications of the judgment of the European Court of Justice in the case of Costa v ENEL in July 1964 for the Government's policy on the relative relationship between EU and UK law.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

By longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have advised, or have not advised, and the content of their advice is not disclosed outside government.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 16 Sep 2015
Alun Richards and Kashif Shabir: SFO

"Order. Before I call Mr Huw Irranca-Davies, I should say that the debate will finish at 5.41 pm, so the wind-ups will start at 5.21 pm...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 23 Jun 2015
Crown Prosecution Service

"Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that interventions are usually brief and of a singular nature...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 23 Jun 2015
Crown Prosecution Service

"Order. I caution the hon. Gentleman against discussing the case of Lord Janner in detail, rather than discussing the process of the Crown Prosecution Service. I am sure that he will stay completely in order, but I am just careful to ensure that he discusses the Crown Prosecution Service and …..."
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