Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Centenary of the Balfour Declaration
"Thank you. I will call the three Front Benchers to speak at about 3.40 pm, which gives us about 40 minutes for Back Benchers. I will not impose a time limit, because I do not think that is practical, but I ask Members to keep their contributions to about two …..."David Crausby - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Centenary of the Balfour Declaration
"Order. I remind hon. Members that if they speak for longer than three minutes, I will not be able to call all Members who wish to speak...."David Crausby - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Centenary of the Balfour Declaration
"I am going to move to the two Opposition Front-Bench spokespersons now, because we only have about 20 minutes left. I ask them both to keep their remarks to around five minutes each, because I think we all want to listen to the Minister and give Dr Offord a chance …..."David Crausby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"What is the difference between a Russian Government who deserve sanctions for their involvement in bringing down MH17 and an Israeli Government who refuse to apologise for bombing hospitals and killing children who were playing football on the beach?..."David Crausby - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 12th June 2014
Asked by:
David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of delays on the border from British Gibraltar territory into Spain on vehicles crossing that border.
Answered by David Lidington
The delays imposed by the Spanish authorities at the border with Gibraltar continue to have a significant impact, resulting in significant changes in behaviour at the border: visitor arrivals in Gibraltar are down and vehicle traffic has fallen. The Government is concerned about the impact that border delays are having on businesses in both Spain and Gibraltar.
Since the beginning of the disruption last summer, the Government has raised this issue regularly with the European Commission. We recently sent detailed information on the delays, supplied by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, to the Director General for Home Affairs, together with an update on the steps taken by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar to address the recommendations made to them by the Commission. Ministers have also been in direct contact with the Commission, including the Commissioner for Home Affairs. In our conversations we stressed the need for the Commission to make follow-up visits to monitor the continuing delays. We continue to request that the Commission urge Spain to act on their recommendations and return border checks to reasonable and proportionate levels.
Written Question
Thursday 12th June 2014
Asked by:
David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the European Commission in respect of petitions from the government of Gibraltar for a representative to monitor the border crossing.
Answered by David Lidington
The delays imposed by the Spanish authorities at the border with Gibraltar continue to have a significant impact, resulting in significant changes in behaviour at the border: visitor arrivals in Gibraltar are down and vehicle traffic has fallen. The Government is concerned about the impact that border delays are having on businesses in both Spain and Gibraltar.
Since the beginning of the disruption last summer, the Government has raised this issue regularly with the European Commission. We recently sent detailed information on the delays, supplied by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, to the Director General for Home Affairs, together with an update on the steps taken by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar to address the recommendations made to them by the Commission. Ministers have also been in direct contact with the Commission, including the Commissioner for Home Affairs. In our conversations we stressed the need for the Commission to make follow-up visits to monitor the continuing delays. We continue to request that the Commission urge Spain to act on their recommendations and return border checks to reasonable and proportionate levels.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Mar 2014
Ukraine
"Will the Foreign Secretary quickly lay out the Government’s position on sanctions against Russia in general? In particular, what is his view about calls for a complete boycott of Russia’s Olympic games?..."David Crausby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Nov 2012
European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill
"Order. It would be nice if we could get back to clause 4 stand part...."David Crausby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Nov 2012
European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill
"With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment 5, page 4, line 7, at end insert—
‘( ) The House of Commons may amend a draft of an instrument laid before it under subsection (1), insofar as that draft contains regulations pursuant to section 4. A draft …..."David Crausby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Nov 2012
European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill
" I think that relates much more to Third Reading, when the Minister will have an opportunity to deal with the question...."David Crausby - View Speech
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