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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Ministerial Code

"It is just that 90 days is not prompt; it is 28 days in this House. After 90 days, people have forgotten what they went to. I do not understand why it could not be within a fortnight, especially given the fact that Ministers might move on or make different …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Ministerial Code

"The obvious questions are, when will the adviser be appointed, and can the Minister confirm that at least three people have already been offered the post and turned it down?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Ministerial Code

"I am sorry to impose on the Minister in this way, but I just offer a piece of—I hope—helpful advice. My guess is that people might be refusing the job because they are worried that their position, credibility and reputation will be at risk unless the Prime Minister agrees that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
G20

"Putin’s aggression was allowed to prosper for too long—ever since 2008, one could argue—so I completely support what the Prime Minister has said and done in support of Ukraine against the barbarism of the Russian Federation. On China, I understand the realpolitik of the past week, but the concentration camps …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
COP27

"The Prime Minister said that he and his party are more trusted by the British public on the economy. Well, there is one way of testing that, isn’t there? It is with a general election and we would be happy to have that.

Let me ask the Prime Minister whether …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q7. I will not be bullied into silence by anybody in this House.With the highest peacetime tax rates, food inflation running at 11.6%, mortgage rates rising dramatically and a £50 billion hole in the public finances, the Prime Minister knows that Britain is broke. What is it about 12 years …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I warmly welcome the Minister and the rest of the team to their posts. I disagree with him, however, about one thing: the invasion did not start this year; it started in 2014. Every time we say that it started recently, we forget that we were not robust enough in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Minister do a root-and-branch review of the transparency of publications by the Government on ministerial hospitality received? Quite often, those lists are not even an accurate list of Ministers, let alone an accurate list of the hospitality that they have received. Why is it that ordinary Members of …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 6th October 2022

Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Rhondda dated 10 August 2022 on the (a) accuracy of and (b) delay in publication of transparency data on ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and external meetings.

Answered by Edward Argar

The Cabinet Office replied to the hon. member’s letter of 10 August 2022 regarding transparency data on 27 September 2022.

Written Question
Ministers: Meetings
Wednesday 21st September 2022

Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of a meeting is used for transparency reports on Ministerial meetings published by Government departments.

Answered by Edward Argar

Section 8.14 of the Ministerial Code clarifies the scope of ministerial meetings for quarterly transparency returns. Detailed guidance provided to government departments is also available online.