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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Earlier this month, the House unanimously declared a climate change emergency. Does the Minister agree that when it comes to tackling the catastrophe that is climate change—or, for that matter, challenging the overweening arrogance of the tech giants or protecting our citizens—we are stronger and have more influence as a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"North-east manufacturers have achieved great success as part of integrated, just-in-time pan-European supply chains, which mean that, as one manufacturer puts it, their stock room is somebody else’s delivery van. These manufacturers are now having to stockpile as a consequence of this Brexit chaos, and that has implications for their …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 22 Mar 2019
European Council: Article 50 Extension

"The Prime Minister has succeeded in alienating this House and inflaming the divisions in our country. She is bringing the House into disrepute with her inability to recognise that the House and the country might hold an opinion different from her own. She is like a child who will not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2019
Article 50 Extension Procedure

"We are here because the Government have spent the last three years ignoring the political and practical realities of Brexit, and now the Minister is trying to do the same thing with only 11 days to go. The Prime Minister cannot bring her deal back to Parliament. The European Union …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Anyone with an elementary grasp of arithmetic can also read the latest studies showing that, had the United Kingdom being staying in the European Union, we would have received far more in regional development funding because of the increase in regional disparities under this Government’s austerity for the past 10 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jan 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Many businesses, particularly small ones, have yet to calculate, or do not want to publicise, the impact on them of a no-deal Brexit. Does the Minister recognise the scale of the sense of betrayal at the idea that a Tory Government should use those businesses’ balance sheets, employees and hard-won …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government’s own analysis shows that my constituents will be worse off under this deal, but the Secretary of State argues that they will gain sovereignty and future trade agreements. Can he explain precisely in engineering terms how supply chains between the north-east of England and north-west France, for example, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government have rejected giving Parliament a meaningful voice in the Brexit deal, but does the Secretary of State recognise that the businesses we represent are crying out for some sort of clarity so that they can deliver on the investment that drives jobs in my constituency? When will he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Dutch Government are offering advice on Brexit to Dutch businesses. The Irish Government are offering grants to Irish businesses affected by Brexit. In the absence of anything from this Government, the North East England chamber of commerce has produced a checklist. The Secretary of State seems to think it …..."
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Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Legal Profession
Friday 23rd February 2018

Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)

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 3 January 2018 to Question 120194, how many of the 40 Government Legal Department lawyers advising his Department have experience in state aid and competition law specifically.

Answered by Suella Braverman

Lawyers in DExEU Legal Advisers have a wide range of experience of domestic, EU and international law, including in areas such as state aid and competition law that affect many aspects of government legal practice.