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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q3. I do welcome the jobs that have been announced. Furthermore, after 65 years of people in my constituency talking about a link road, one actually opened on my watch. I am also trying to obtain an enterprise zone or business park, about which I had a productive meeting yesterday …..."
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Written Question
International Assistance
Wednesday 11th January 2017

Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to introduce greater financial accountability to the international aid system.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The 2016 Multilateral Development Review demands that agencies meet international aid transparency standards and pass the same expectation to their partners. We are challenging multilaterals to publish all spending over £500, and we are expanding payment by results approaches and performance agreements, to introduce greater financial accountability. These measures will deliver increased value for money for UK taxpayers and better outcomes for the world’s poorest people.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Mar 2016
Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill

"Do I understand that my hon. Friend would like to see a fast-track process to extradite people who are staying here illegally?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Mar 2016
Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill

"I pay homage to my hon. Friend for his prowess in this field. I would like to clarify the fact that people come from all over the world to Calais, where there is a bottleneck, in the hope of getting across the channel and claiming asylum, and they do so …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Mar 2016
Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill

"If I remember correctly, the previous Labour Government gave two amnesties to illegal immigrants and asylum seekers who should not be here. Will my hon. Friend clarify whether the 2005 figures that my hon. Friend quoted since been superseded, or are they now completely irrelevant?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Mar 2016
Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill

"I have to take exception with that, because the Ashcroft polls are not exactly accurate, as the last general election showed...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Mar 2016
Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill

"On the poll’s accuracy, how many people did not take part? It has been found that more than 25% did not take part in previous Ashcroft polls, and that skewed the results considerably...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Loyn bridge, in Gressingham—which is in my constituency —has been partly washed away, and the roads on either side of it have caved in because of the flooding. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that everything will be done to ensure that the repairs are completed as quickly as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q2. In my constituency, unemployment has fallen by 30% since 2010. This Government have delivered the M6 link road—after 60 years—which will create even more jobs in my area when it is completed. Does my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister agree that the Conservatives are ensuring that Morecambe is …..."
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Written Question
Developing Countries: Tax Collection
Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Asked by: David Morris (Conservative - Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to increase the capacity of developing countries to collect tax.

Answered by Grant Shapps

DFID is engaged in, or developing, tax reform projects in 26 of our 28 priority countries. We have established a specialist Capacity Building Unit in HMRC to provide technical expertise to support these efforts and are working internationally so developing countries have the means to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.