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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Shared Prosperity Fund: Devolved Administrations

"I want to raise the issue of Interreg with my hon. Friend, because the shared prosperity fund is touted as a replacement for EU structural funds, but the levelling-up White Paper makes no mention of Interreg. Interreg was very important to organisations such as the European Marine Energy Centre in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Shared Prosperity Fund: Devolved Administrations

"When the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities delivered his statement on the levelling-up White Paper, he acknowledged to me that the First Minister was advised of an innovation accelerator that was being put into Glasgow in a phone call only the night before. Can the Minister …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Levelling Up

"I note the intention to pilot an innovation accelerator in Glasgow. It is to be led by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Scotland Office and other UK Government Departments, from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the Department for International Trade, but no …..."
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Written Question
Devolved Matters
Wednesday 27th October 2021

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

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s relations with the devolved Administrations.

Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)

The UK government is committed to positive and effective intergovernmental relations with devolved governments and is ready to establish new ways of working.

The last year has shown that extensive collaboration on a range of issues is the best way to achieve the best outcomes for all UK citizens.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
Building Safety

"The passage of time does not always heal wounds or lessen the pain and anger that people feel over wrongs done to them, to their loved ones, or even to their communities. Grenfell will not and should not be forgotten. The failure of Governments to ban the use of flammable …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Dec 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"I suppose it is good to see that the Government have finally admitted that they have to listen to the concerns being raised about their appalling ignorance over devolution and how the UK currently works. Is it not bizarre that the unelected bunch along the corridor had more appreciation of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Dec 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"I do not want to be rude to the hon. Gentleman, but he presents us with a glorious example of exactly why many on the SNP Benches want to get away from this House of Commons.

Scotland faces the same situation as we did in the last quarter of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"Most of us here in the Chamber recognise that Brexit is an exercise in self-harm, and this Bill is an attempt to ensure that no one escapes that harm, no matter how sensible they are. No one will be safe from English Government decisions—and they will be English Government decisions …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Sep 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"The hon. Gentleman makes a point about international law being talked about among his constituents, but can he assure me that the international law of UNCLOS—the United Nations convention on the law of the sea—will be adhered to, despite his Government’s apparent intention to breach international law around this agreement?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Sep 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"The hon. Gentleman is mischaracterising the attempts by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan) to point out that qualification standards in Scotland are higher than those required in English schools. I can tell him right now that free schools, which are so popular with his …..."
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