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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Statutory Obligations on Ministers

"The Government’s handling of this whole thing has been woeful. After yesterday’s shambles, I met staff of Reckitt Benckiser this morning, who told me that they are having to step up the preparations for a no-deal scenario, having received a letter from the Health Secretary saying that there could be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the immigration White Paper. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"As immigration was one of the key issues of the 2016 referendum, is it not a complete failure of Government that we will not have that White Paper before we vote next Tuesday? Can the Secretary of State say what he believes will happen with the crisis in our social …..."
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Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Former Members
Thursday 26th July 2018

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many former hon. Members hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within his Department as of 17 July 2018.

Answered by Suella Braverman

The Department does not routinely hold information on career histories of Civil Servants centrally as this would be held by individual recruiting managers or the Government Recruitment Service who run recruitment competitions. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service, as a permanent Civil Servant, is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles available at:

http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/RPApril2015.pdf.

Information on the recruitment of special advisers is set out in the special advisers’ code available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579768/code-of-conduct-special-advisers-dec-2016.pdf.

Special Advisers are bound by the standards of integrity and honesty as set out in the Civil Service Code but are exempt from the general requirement that Civil Servants should be appointed through an open competition.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"21. The European arrest warrant is a protection, so will the Minister update us on whether, when we leave the EU, the negotiated position that his Government will arrive at with the EU will give us the same protections that we currently have to arrest and detain criminals, which my …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jan 2018
Leaving the EU: Economic Analysis

"If work has been done on the regional impact of different Brexit scenarios, is not it in the national interest for regional devolved bodies and local councils to have this information, so that they can make appropriate plans for the future?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T5. The Secretary of State knows very well the importance of the renewables industry to the Humber, and he knows how important it will be for the industry to be able to trade competitively when we leave the EU. Will he support new clause 83, which calls for a full …..."
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Written Question
Arts: Free Movement of People
Monday 11th September 2017

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 30 January 2017, Official Report, HL778, column 971, whether the Government plans to secure free movement on the same terms as currently exist for all people connected with the arts after the UK leaves the EU.

Answered by Robin Walker

We recognise that many British citizens may wish to live and work in the EU after the UK’s exit. We are carefully considering our options and the potential impacts they may have on different categories of people. We will publish our proposals and discuss these arrangements with the EU in due course.

Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Legal Opinion
Thursday 7th September 2017

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Answer of 5 September 2016 to Question 43742, how much his Department (a) has spent on legal advice to date and (b) forecasts will be spent on legal advice up to March 2019.

Answered by Robin Walker

The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) has paid a total of £2,874,304.63 to the Government Legal Department (GLD) as of 31 August 2017 since the formation of the Department. The Department currently has a fixed fee agreement with the GLD of £3.7m per annum for the provision of approximately 40 (full time equivalent) staff who are providing dedicated legal services to DExEU. The department regularly reviews the level of resource required for all activities including legal advice.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jan 2017
Article 50

"The Secretary of State has mentioned a few times that this is a massive exercise in democracy. I put it to him that a useful tool in a participatory democracy is issuing White Papers. I do not understand why he has set his face against doing that, given that we …..."
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