Written Question
Thursday 16th January 2020
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Attorney General:
If he will hold discussions with the Home Secretary on defining the term Reasonable Excuse for missing the deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Answered by Geoffrey Cox
I regularly meet ministerial colleagues to discuss important issues of common interest, including of course on matters relating to the UK’s exit from the EU. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the detail of those discussions.
The question of the deadline for the EU Settlement Scheme is a matter for the Home Secretary, but I can assure the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith that the Home Office will publish guidance on what will constitue ‘reasonable grounds’ for missing the deadline for the EU Settlement Scheme.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Legal Advice: Prorogation
"The Attorney General excuses recent comments by Members of this House as simply the expression of robust critical views, but would he agree that in fact those who have been arguing recently that Brexit would give back control to the UK courts and the UK Parliament have now completely U-turned …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 29 Mar 2019
United Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European Union
"There was a time when Brexit meant Brexit. These days it seems to mean chaos. This grand plan to demonstrate that the UK has been Gulliver imprisoned in Lilliput for the last 46 years has fallen apart and is broken. To deal with that bùrach we have a Government so …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 21st February 2019
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many records his Department holds that have reached the time limit for their transfer to the National Archives but have not been transferred.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Attorney General’s Office are currently holding 32 records that have reached their time limit for transfer to The National Archives which will be declared to The National Archive as part of the normal annual reporting process.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Apr 2018
Leaving the EU: Scotland and Wales Continuity Bills
"The Attorney General stated, along with the Advocate General for Scotland, that it was the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament’s opinion that triggered the legal action in this case. Can we then be given a clear answer on why the Welsh Bill is also being challenged? If he is …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"The hon. Gentleman’s colleague, the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr), quoted the Scottish social attitudes survey. Some 62% of Scots in that survey think that all decisions about fishing should be taken by the Scottish Government, and 59% think that all farming decisions should be made by the Scottish …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 27th January 2017
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many officials of his Department are working full-time on preparations for the UK leaving the EU; and what proportion of his Department's staff that number represents.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Government Legal Department (GLD) has 35 officials in its Division advising the Department for Exiting the European Union. These officials are working on preparations for the UK to leave the EU and on legal issues arising from the existing EU relationship. GLD officials are also advising other Departments on preparations for the UK leaving the EU. It is not possible to give a precise figure for the number of officials working on this full-time across GLD as the number will fluctuate from time to time.
GLD has 1980 members of staff (excluding those on career breaks and inward loans to GLD) and the Department for Exiting the European Union Legal Advisers Division represents 1.77% of that total.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"9. What assessment the Government have made of the effect on equality for disabled people of its policies on welfare...."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"The UN committee on economic, social and cultural rights recently called for the Government’s regressive cuts to social security to be reversed and for a comprehensive assessment of their impact on vulnerable women, children and disabled people. How would the Minister respond to these calls from the international community? Will …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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