Written Question
Thursday 8th March 2018
Asked by:
Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) commission an investigation into how a lunch engagement with the Foreign Secretary came to be auctioned at the Presidents Club dinner of 18 January 2018 and (b) the findings of that investigation.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Foreign Secretary had not agreed to support this event and knew nothing of his inclusion in the auction. The offer was not authorised and will not take place.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Mar 2018
UK/EU Future Economic Partnership
"Yesterday, I had an email from a senior businessman in the north-east, who says that the Prime Minister and her Cabinet
“seem to ignore…the real nature of global trade today…Our businesses wishing to trade with China or the USA build new facilities there”.
They do not
“send goods halfway around …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Prime Minister has done much to tackle modern slavery. My constituent was trafficked here as a child, sold at least once on the long journey, and then forced to work in the dark in a cannabis factory for years. Now the Home Office is proposing to send him back …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Jan 2018
Carillion
"This case is very similar to that of Southern Cross. We can see that, although we can transfer jobs, the provision of services and money to the private sector, ultimate responsibility and financial risk stay with the public sector. How high is the contingent liability set in the minute that …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 12th December 2017
Asked by:
Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to appoint an anti-corruption champion.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The government announced yesterday that John Penrose MP will be the Prime Minister's new Anti-Corruption Champion.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Oct 2017
European Council
"I am sure the Prime Minister’s confidence is well placed in that, were it necessary, the EU would agree to our being an independent member of the World Trade Organisation. In that situation, however, we would also need the agreement of every member, including Russia. What price does she think …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Oct 2017
UK Plans for Leaving the EU
"I am sure the Prime Minister knows that the Supreme Court did not opine on the question of whether article 50 was revocable, because the question before it was about our involvement. Therefore, why, when asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr Bradshaw) what advice she …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments/Ministerial Code
"In 1523, Cardinal Wolsey become the Bishop of Durham. He never visited his diocese. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that hon. Members do not start behaving like medieval clerics instead of modern politicians?..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Informal European Council
"The Prime Minister said that the other European Union member states welcomed the clarity of her objectives. Did she have any discussion with them about the realism of completing the substantive negotiations within 18 months?..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 18th January 2017
Asked by:
Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are also employed directly by Ministers and paid (a) by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and (b) any other body.
Answered by Ben Gummer
Information about any civil servant's outside employment is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.