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Written Question
Ministerial Policy Advisers
Thursday 19th June 2014

Asked by: Ian Swales (Liberal Democrat - Redcar)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on redundancy payments for special advisers since May 2010.

Answered by Hugh Robertson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), to today's Parliamentary Question 200473.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2013
Europe

"As a fellow officer of the chemical industry all-party parliamentary group, I know that the hon. Gentleman is well aware that that is Britain’s leading export industry, ahead of the car industry. The chemical industry relies on long-term investment. Does he agree that the political risk premium that we now …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2011
National Referendum on the European Union

"Is my hon. Friend aware that one of Tesco’s most profitable areas is the part of eastern Europe that is in the European Union?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2011
European Union Bill

"Does the Minister agree that if we accept the amendment, we are setting up a perverse incentive for the Government of the day to seek a low turnout if they wish to get a measure through? That might affect the way they publicise a referendum or engage with the process...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2011
European Union Bill

"The sovereignty of Parliament is obviously absolutely key. If we passed the sunset clause, sovereignty would in effect pass to the next Government, not the next Parliament. As the hon. Member for Luton North (Kelvin Hopkins) said, a future Parliament has the power to change this legislation. The sunset clause …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Mar 2011
European Union Bill

"I give due credence to the hon. Gentleman for all his knowledge on the issue, but can he think of an historical precedent where the citizens of one country have had referendum rights over a treaty to which their country is not a party?..."
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