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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 19th May 2020

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled, Handling Correspondence from Members of Parliament, Members of the House of Lords, MEPs and members of Devolved Administrations, when Ministers plan to recommence signing off directly correspondence from hon. Members.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The right of MPs to take up constituents’ cases and other issues directly with the Government is an important part of the democratic process and underlines the accountability of Ministers to Parliament. It is essential that MPs receive carefully considered and prompt responses to their enquiries from all Government Departments, which address constituents’ concerns.

Further to the Leader of the House of Common’s comments during the Business Statement of 6 May 2020, the Cabinet Office guidance for departments on handling correspondence states that replies to letters from MPs by officials should only be authorised in certain exceptional cases, for example, when dealing with a large volume of letters on the same issue or under certain circumstances where an official reply would be more appropriate.

Written Question
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner: Elections
Monday 27th April 2020

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timescale is for holding elections for the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government has postponed this poll for 12 months as part of the Coronavirus Act which is the same for all local, mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections scheduled for 7 May. This decision was taken following advice from the Government’s medical experts in relation to the response to the Covid-19 virus and those delivering elections.

Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales, including for the Cambridgeshire police force area, will now take place on the next ordinary day of elections on 6 May 2021.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Oxford-Cambridge so-called expressway is a 20th-century roadbuilding solution to a 21st-century challenge, and at the election Labour rightly pledged to scrap it. I wonder whether the Prime Minister has caught up with us. Will he announce today whether the expressway has finally been put to rest and scrapped?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Dec 2019
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

"Sadly, we live in a very divided country. I have listened in vain to those on the Government Benches to hear whether they have any understanding of the 16 million people who voted to remain in the European Union—in my city last week, people voted 44,000 to 9,000 to remain. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Oct 2019
Brexit Negotiations

"Following the discussions this morning, it is now no longer at all clear which parts of the political declaration the Government actually support, so it would be helpful for everyone if they could set out which parts still exist. This is important because, for instance, the other day I was …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Prime Minister's Update

"In his speech to the United Nations yesterday, the Prime Minister used his in-depth research into the tech sector to talk about artificial intelligence and the possibility of a dystopian future, yet last week it was reported that his chief of staff, Dominic Cummings, had instructed that all Government data …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Jul 2019
Priorities for Government

"Optimism is one thing, but pantomime is quite another. On what is likely to be the hottest day on record for the UK, it is astonishing that the Prime Minister is seeking to outsource tackling climate change to the private sector. Can he tell us one thing that his Government …..."
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Written Question
Freedom of Information
Monday 10th June 2019

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the Information Commissioner's report, Outsourcing oversight: the case for reforming access to information law which was published in January 2019.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Government responded to the IC's report to Parliament on the 24 April 2019.

Copies of the response have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Jun 2019
EU Parliament Elections: Denial of Votes

"It really does seem that sorry is the hardest word. My constituents have faced all the problems outlined by my hon. Friends, including the situation where the form has been properly filled in but they are still denied the vote—and, of course, denied their vote in their home country, so …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Housing Associations and Public Contractors: Freedom of Information

"It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Betts. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter) on securing the debate and making an extraordinarily persuasive case, as he always does. It was so persuasive that, were the Minister not constrained by her …..."
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