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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"I am listening with intent to what the right hon. Gentleman is saying, which is very measured. Speaking apolitically and being measured myself, I ask whether he would please consider voting for this deal, so that we can all move on with our lives...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"If we leave under this agreement, we would have free trade. We have two economies running in Ireland at the moment, one with the euro and one with the pound. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that that would carry on under this agreement because, as we would be leaving …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"I have been sitting here all through this afternoon’s debate listening to colleagues on both sides of the House. I welcome the tone of this debate, which has been very mature and stable, especially early on when the shadow Chancellor was speaking. I do not see eye to eye with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"Leadership bids, as the hon. Gentleman said, but that has been and gone. In all honesty, what is going to happen on 29 March is that some people’s political careers in here that hinge on that day will be null and void, because that is all they have talked about …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jul 2018
Public Sector Pay

"The public sector workers in Morecambe and Lunesdale will welcome this announcement. Can my right hon. Friend confirm that those in the public sector are now getting £30,630 on average compared with £27,977 in the private sector?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jan 2018
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill

"I really wanted to contribute to today’s debate because my local port of Heysham will be directly affected by the outcomes of what we are discussing today.

I went to see the port not so long ago to talk about how we best facilitate the trade coming through it. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jan 2018
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill

"I could not have put that any better—I agree with everything the hon. Gentleman said.

I will give just one taste of how trade works in my area. We are the first port of call—excuse the pun—for Northern Ireland. I hope that the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jan 2018
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill

"The hon. Gentleman explains succinctly that the supply chain that makes the buses is immense in his constituency and in the wider UK. That is why trade must flourish between Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe.

It is a fact that we will leave the EU, and it is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jan 2018
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, which brings me nicely to my next point. I have to be careful what I say because I am still Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I put it on record that I wish him well. He …..."
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Written Question
Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation
Tuesday 21st November 2017

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

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HGV companies have successfully applied for a bespoke allowance agreement since HM Revenue and Customs changes for overnight allowances for HGV drivers.

Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

Information is not available on applications for approval of bespoke agreements from haulage companies. HM Revenue and Customs does not record the sector or type of business of applicants for bespoke scale rates.