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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

"I will not give way; I am going to make progress.

In a constituency like Tottenham, it means everything. It means that the knife crime that I am worried about could get considerably worse. I do not want the South Side of Chicago in Tottenham. It means that the jobs …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

"For many areas that rely heavily on manufacturing, the deal as it has been set out, which includes leaving the customs union and single market, inevitably means tariffs, which inevitably means less manufacturing and fewer jobs in those areas...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Points of Order

"Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Much has been said, obviously, by Members of Parliament in this place, but I want to put on record what I suspect are deep thanks in huge parts of the country, and to echo absolutely what has been said by, in particular, …..."
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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Brexit
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has provided advice to other Departments to prepare for the UK leaving the EU on 17 October 2019.

Answered by Lord Hart of Tenby

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Following the Windrush scandal, in which black British citizens were deported, detained and stripped of their rights to access public services, the Prime Minister rightly announced an independent review led by Wendy Williams. She said that review would be published on 31 March 2019. It is now 3 July. Can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

"May I take up the point about social order? I have faced social disorder in my own constituency and rightly condemned it, however hard that condemnation was for some constituents to hear. Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that some in our country on the hard right who …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

"I have not met a Member who supports no deal who has experienced real poverty—the scarcity that, in previous eras, was so common: the destitution that families endured in workhouses in Victorian England, the deprivation in the east end that led to the birth of the Salvation Army. There may …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

"I will not, because of the time available.

If we do not stop a no-deal Brexit, a whole generation of families will be impoverished. “Project Fear” will become project reality. The Government’s own assessments, forced out last night, estimate that no deal will make our economy up to 9% weaker …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Jan 2019
No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

"My right hon. Friend is right to put on record the concerns about uncertainty in the country, and he is absolutely right to talk about poverty. Can he confirm that it is the position of the British Labour party to rule out a no-deal Brexit? Can he understand why the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Dec 2018
Exiting the European Union

"There is no one currently in the House who has been Prime Minister. Does she appreciate that other Prime Ministers under pressure did not delay their legislation? Margaret Thatcher did not delay after the poll tax. Tony Blair did not delay the Iraq war decision. John Major did not delay …..."
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