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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
G20

"Further to his replies about our relationship with India, why are Britons, alone in Europe, currently excluded from the Indian e-visa scheme? That is doing more damage to our hard-pressed travel and tourism sector, as well as creating extreme inconvenience for British families who want to visit relatives in India …..."
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Written Question
Ministers: Public Appointments
Tuesday 15th November 2022

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 74500 on Ministers: Public Appointments, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating and maintaining a central record of the average duration Ministers spend in post.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

I refer to the reply I gave to the Hon. Gentlemen on 7 November 2022.

This information is a matter of public record. The Government has no plans to create and maintain a central record of the overall average duration of ministerial posts.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
COP27

"What exactly is the Prime Minister’s problem with onshore wind?..."
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Written Question
Ministers: Public Appointments
Monday 7th November 2022

Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long on average Ministers spent in post in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

This information is not collected centrally. However ministerial appointments and their duration are a matter of public record.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Home Secretary: Resignation and Reappointment

"It is notable how much support the Home Secretary has on the Government Benches. She did immense damage, in her previous brief tenure in the job, to our relations with India through her comments about Indian visitors overstaying their visas. The consequence is that the British people are now the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jul 2022
Standards in Public Life

"Given the character and record of this Prime Minister and of this No. 10, and given that numerous Ministers have, in recent days, been sent out to spout different versions of events—which the BBC political editor this morning described as all having become “drivel”—how can any of us, including the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Appointment of Lord Lebedev

"I am sorry to intervene on my right hon. Friend and I hope speak later in the debate, but I thought she should be aware that since this debate started, Lord Lebedev has been tweeting furiously, implying the inappropriateness of this House to even have this debate. That from a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Appointment of Lord Lebedev

"I am puzzled by the Solicitor General’s speech, which sounded as if he had written it before the Government decided at lunchtime not to oppose the motion after a revolt by their Back-Bench Members. Perhaps he, or his fellow Minister, will be able to clarify that in their response to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Appointment of Lord Lebedev

"Mr Lebedev’s public statements were mealy-mouthed after the invasion of Crimea and we know that Lebedev senior has ongoing business interests in illegally occupied Crimea. I would be interested to know whether the Paymaster General knows or has even bothered to try to find out whether Lebedev junior does as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Appointment of Lord Lebedev

"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, given that he referred a moment or two ago to my remarks on the Russia report, and claimed that the Government welcomed its publication. I have to remind him and the House that the Prime Minister tried his darnedest to prevent …..."
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