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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Mar 2017
Article 50

"I congratulate the Prime Minister on her stamina, as she has been at the Dispatch Box for two and a half hours and we are only halfway through. At the Home Affairs Committee, we at least gave her a chair to sit on throughout our sessions.

I congratulate the Prime …..."
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Written Question
British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
Tuesday 14th February 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British citizens live in (a) the EU and (b) each EU country other than the UK.

Answered by Ben Gummer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Written Question
Prime Minister: Ministerial Policy Advisers
Tuesday 7th February 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, what the total number of special advisers working at Number 10 is, by (a) gender and (b) ethnic minority background.

Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead

A list of special advisers was published on 21st December 2016, and copies have been placed in the libraries of both Houses. Information on the gender and ethnicity of special advisers is not routinely collected.

Written Question
Russia: Foreign Relations
Tuesday 7th February 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, when she last held discussions with President Putin.

Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead

I held a bilateral meeting with President Putin in the margins of the G20 Summit in September. Discussions covered Syria and our bilateral relationship.

Written Question
Yemen: Foreign Relations
Tuesday 7th February 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, when she last held discussions with President Hadi of Yemen.

Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead

I have not yet held discussions with the President of Yemen though the UK engages regularly with President Hadi. Most recently, Minister Ellwood called President Hadi on 15 January.

The UK government continues to stress to all parties that a political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to Yemen and end the conflict.

Written Question
Commonwealth Secretariat
Tuesday 7th February 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, when she last met the Secretary General of the Commonwealth.

Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead

I met the Secretary General of the Commonwealth at the UN General Assembly in September 2016. The Minister for the Commonwealth, The Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, meets regularly with the Secretary General, and did so most recently on 21 December 2016.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Informal European Council

"May I welcome the €200 million that has been pledged for the Mediterranean crisis? As the right hon. Lady knows, 3,800 people have travelled from Libya to Italy since 1 January. I ask her to be very careful with regard to the Libyan coastguard, because there is strong evidence that …..."
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Written Question
Immigration: EU Nationals
Monday 6th February 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens who have entered the UK since 23 June 2016.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Dec 2016
European Council 2016

"May I press the Prime Minister on the reply she gave to the parliamentary leader of the Scottish National party, the right hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson), on Yemen? I appreciate she was the only leader of a foreign country to address the Gulf Cooperation Council recently and the …..."
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Written Question
Yemen: Military Intervention
Friday 16th December 2016

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions she has had with King Salman on her visit to the Gulf in December 2016 on the situation in Yemen; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead

I discussed a range of issues with King Salman related to the Gulf Region. The UK Government has been clear that we want to see a durable ceasefire and the resumption of peace talks because a political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to Yemen.