Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Sep 2018
Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement
"Would the Bill need to be passed completely unamended? If an amendment were passed, would the British Government have to go back and renegotiate with the European Union?..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Sep 2018
Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement
"I am listening to the right hon. Gentleman’s point about the divorce payment. Is he making the case that Nigel Farage should be deprived of his pension pot?..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Sep 2018
Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement
"It is especially apt that we are having this general debate today as undoubtedly Brexit will be the major issue facing us as Members of Parliament over the coming weeks and months. We are about to enter a huge parliamentary moment when it comes to the withdrawal agreement meaningful vote, …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jul 2018
EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legislation
"The Secretary of State knows that parliamentary arithmetic seems to be against the British Government. If they fail to get approval for their withdrawal agreement, they will face four options: they could extend article 50 in order to renegotiate; they could move a motion of no confidence to allow the …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 17th July 2018
Asked by:
Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question
to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, at what time and on what date his Department shared the finished White Paper, The Future Relationship with the United Kingdom and the European Union, published on 12 July 2018, with the Welsh Government.
Answered by Robin Walker
The UK Government White Paper on the future relationship between the UK and the EU was shared with the Welsh Government in the morning of 12 July - the day of publication.
I also spoke with the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Prof. Mark Drakeford AM, first thing in the morning, before the official publication, to talk through the White Paper. We had a positive discussion on its content.
Certain elements of the White Paper were shared with the devolved administrations in advance of publication, as referenced in PQ 163536.
Written Question
Tuesday 17th July 2018
Asked by:
Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question
to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which sections of the White Paper, The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published on 12 July 2018, his Department shared with the Welsh Government before 12 July 2018.
Answered by Robin Walker
There has been extensive engagement with the Welsh Government on a variety of key policy areas that relate to the White Paper.
The content of the White Paper was discussed at a number of meetings, including the Joint Ministerial Committee for EU Negotiations and the Ministerial Forum on EU Negotiations. Discussions covered a range of areas of the draft White Paper, including the Future Economic Partnership and the Future Security Partnership.
Four draft sections of the White Paper were shared with the Welsh Government in advance of publication for their comment. These were:
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jul 2018
EU: Future Relationship White Paper
"The intergovernmental agreement signed between the Welsh Government and the British Government was meant to result in equitable decision making on Brexit policy. Does not the fact that the Welsh Government were not even consulted on the contents of the White Paper indicate that that agreement is not worth the …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jun 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"Is it not the case that the Minister is placing legal constraints on the Governments of Wales and Scotland, but only political constraints on the Westminster Government?..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"Is not the reality that trade deals with, for instance, the US and Australia would require concessions on regulatory standards that would create impenetrable trade barriers with Europe? When it comes to trade policy, surely one bird in the hand is better than two in the bush...."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Mar 2018
European Union Citizenship
"My hon. Friend is making his usual excellent case when he leads these debates. We could go even further back to Saunders Lewis, who was the president before Gwynfor Evans. Saunders saw our European heritage as vital to his vision for Wales for the future, partly driven by his time …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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