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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"The UK Government seem to be repeating on a loop cycle after cycle of inane attempts to pacify their own party and satisfy some rabid newspaper owners, with no consideration given to the best interests of the people the Government are supposed to represent. There has been trip after trip …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Scottish Government have delivered a returners programme to assist women to re-enter the workforce following a career break. Will the UK Government consider doing something similar to ensure that women in England and Wales continue their career progression towards the highest levels of business?..."
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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Official Hospitality
Monday 9th April 2018

Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much money his Department has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.

Answered by Greg Hands

It is not possible to fully separate the individual costs of hospitality from wider events management costs and venue hire fees. Department policy states that expenditure should be kept as low as possible, compatible with the occasion.

Written Question
Department for International Trade: Social Media
Friday 24th November 2017

Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many people in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.

Answered by Greg Hands

There are five people employed in the Department for International Trade, who only have responsibility for social media and are employed on a full-time basis.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
Exiting the European Union and Global Trade

"The Secretary of State talks about the interdependent global world. The British Ports Association warned that a hard Brexit could hurt small and medium ports, which rely on short sea trade. Its members, including Forth Ports in my constituency, are very worried about the hurdles of new customs requirements and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Feb 2017
Commonwealth: Trade

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the best ways to tackle poverty in Commonwealth countries is through renegotiating the many exploitative trade treaties that were signed in the bad old days of colonial rule, as advocated by my hon. Friend the Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Roger Mullin)?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What assessment she has made of the potential effect on the UK’s creative industries of the UK leaving the EU. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Secretary of State is, I hope, aware of the concerns of the world’s biggest festival of the arts that Brexit and hostile immigration policies pose a serious threat to its ongoing success. What assurances can she give the Edinburgh festivals that they will remain truly international in a post-Brexit …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Oct 2016
Royal Yacht Britannia: International Trade

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Chope. I declare an interest of sorts: Britannia is moored in my constituency. It is not going anywhere, partly because one of its propellers has been melted down and is now in the form of a statue of a yottie, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Oct 2016
Royal Yacht Britannia: International Trade

"That semantic point is appreciated.

The yacht is promoted as the museum piece that she is, harking back to a time that cannot be recaptured: a piece from the days of steamships, polished and gleaming from bow to stern, beautifully cared for as a floating curiosity, but not a working …..."
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