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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jan 2019
Leaving the European Union

"indicated dissent...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jan 2019
Leaving the European Union

"I am referring to Standing Order No. 14...."
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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Brexit
Thursday 10th January 2019

Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

Answered by David Lidington

The Cabinet Office Accounting Officer has not sought a Ministerial Direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What progress his Department has made on further voter ID pilots. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am grateful for that answer. Bishop Auckland has the lowest rate of passport ownership in the entire country. Does not the Minister understand that expensive forms of voter ID will exclude thousands of people from exercising their democratic right to vote?..."
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Written Question
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
Tuesday 18th December 2018

Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what human rights risk assessments have been undertaken for each Conflict, Stability and Security Fund programme in 2018-19.

Answered by David Lidington

The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund takes its responsibility to manage human rights risk very seriously and has robust processes in place to do so. All projects must comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations. Measures to mitigate risks are embedded in the way our programme teams work. Teams are required to identify a range of risks, including human rights, ahead of starting a programme and must continue to monitor those, and any emerging risks, throughout implementation.

In addition as part of an additional risk management process all security and justice programmes must have an Overseas Security and Justice Assessment (OSJA) which has been approved at the appropriate level, if necessary by Ministers. The CSSF confirms OSJAs are in place for all security and justice programmes as part of the annual review process. The CSSF does not hold a central record of all OSJAs.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Dec 2018
European Council

"This afternoon, on a cross-party basis, 60 Members of Parliament wrote to the Prime Minister asking her to rule out no deal. She knows the costs. What possible reason can she have for not doing that now?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Dec 2018
Exiting the European Union: Meaningful Vote

"After the referendum, I had several public meetings with my constituents and they told me that they thought we should have a cross-party negotiating team. The Prime Minister’s strategic process error has been the failure to build consensus across party, across the House and across the country, culminating yesterday in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Dec 2018
Exiting the European Union

"The Prime Minister said in her statement, and I agree with her, that the majority of people in this House do not want no deal. She also knows that the ERG is a small minority in this House. Rather than writing a side letter, which will not satisfy the ERG, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Nov 2018
Progress on EU Negotiations

"Further to the Prime Minister’s last answer on the meaningful vote, will she make it clear that she and her new Brexit Secretary accept the recommendations of the Procedure Committee to have the votes and debates on amendments before the debate and vote on the main motion?..."
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