Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 19 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Acts
"Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Do you think that this issue should be referred to the Procedure Committee? It always used to be a convention that we had decent notice of business. That convention has been in a sense undermined by, for example, the recent practice of …..."Christopher Chope - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 19 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Acts
"Yes. If you can put it that way, I am, and I can say that I first had the privilege of joining the Procedure Committee back in 1984, when it was graced with the presence of the right hon. Enoch Powell and many other distinguished Members of this place...."Christopher Chope - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Sep 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill
"It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) who, as always, is on the side of the optimists rather than the defeatists.
Listening to the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock), with whom I have had the pleasure of serving on the …..."Christopher Chope - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Sep 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill
"I will not give way. My right hon. Friend has now dropped that pretence, telling us yesterday that this Bill will show whether or not the House of Commons accepts a policy of a no-deal exit. He is saying that if this Bill carries on into law, we will be …..."Christopher Chope - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Mar 2019
EU Exit Day Amendment
"I wonder whether my hon. Friend can explain why, when his junior Minister, the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng), was asked in the House on Friday whether
“the article 50 period will only be extended if the House votes for a statutory instrument to give effect to such an …..."Christopher Chope - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Mar 2019
EU Exit Day Amendment
"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Minister made light of my intervention, in which I expressly drew the attention of the House to what we had been told on Friday during an urgent question by a Minister of the Crown from his Department. If what was said then …..."Christopher Chope - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 22 Mar 2019
European Council: Article 50 Extension
"So the statutory instrument will be issued on Monday or Tuesday? It has taken a long time to get even that information out of my hon. Friend. Can he expand upon whether the SI will be issued in draft before or after the Government’s next—and likely failed—attempt to get this …..."Christopher Chope - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 29th January 2019
Asked by:
Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question
to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which the EU has acted in accordance with its principle of sincere co-operation with the UK; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The duty of sincere co-operation obliges Member States and EU institutions to work together to achieve the EU’s objectives. The Government is working constructively with the European Union to deliver an orderly exit and an ambitious future partnership which is in the interests of the UK and the EU.
Written Question
Thursday 22nd November 2018
Asked by:
Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question
to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 November 2018, Official Report column 454, what the sanction or other mode of enforcement will be for a failure to comply with the legal requirement to use best endeavours.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
In the unlikely event that it is determined that a Party has not complied with Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the primary remedy would be that the party in default would be obliged to return to the negotiating table and modify its position. In the event that there was further non-compliance, remedies may be imposed under the processes established by the Withdrawal Agreement.
Written Question
Thursday 22nd November 2018
Asked by:
Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question
to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 November 2018, Official Report column 454, what process there will be for resolution of any dispute as to whether best endeavours have been used.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
In the unlikely event that a Party considers that the other has not used best endeavours, as set out in Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the complaining Party could bring a complaint under the processes established by the Withdrawal Agreement.