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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Last week in this Chamber, the Prime Minister said that the Leader of the Opposition is

“The biggest threat to our standing in the world, to our defence and to our economy”—[Official Report, 27 March 2019; Vol. 657, c. 313.]

In her judgment, what now qualifies him …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

"Eighty-four days ago I last spoke in this Chamber on Brexit and since that time nothing has fundamentally changed: the EU remains as intransigent as ever and people in this place are seeking to frustrate the will of the people, as was so eloquently outlined by the right hon. Member …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

"Hon. Members do not understand the democratic deficit that is coming out and that is completely obvious in places like my constituency and elsewhere. This is not about us. We have a decision to make. I am happy to compromise. I will compromise on money and on timelines—if I have …..."
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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Brexit
Thursday 31st January 2019

Asked by: Lee Rowley (Conservative - North East Derbyshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government has made good progress in laying the statutory instruments

required by exit day to ensure a functioning statute book. As of 31 January, my department

has laid four exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are

published on legislation.gov.uk, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Dec 2018
Exiting the European Union

"Can the Prime Minister give me one example of how a political reassurance, in law, can ever supersede the binding words of an international treaty?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Nov 2018
EU Exit Negotiations

"I have a huge amount of respect for my right hon. Friend and it gives me no happiness to say this, but nothing I have heard in the past two hours suggests that this is anything other than a bad deal. When will she realise that this is not the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 May 2018
Leaving the EU: Customs

"Well, well, well, it is Wednesday, it is an Opposition day, and we are doing the Humble Address again. That rarely used instrument of parliamentary procedure, which has not been seen much over the past 200 years, has suddenly been used half a dozen times in less than six months. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T5. Will the Minister confirm how employers in North East Derbyshire—small and medium-sized businesses—can be helped to win Government contracts?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 30 Oct 2017
Proportional Representation

"Is the hon. Lady not an example of how that is not the case? In her own constituency her party won less than 3% of the vote 20 years ago, but in the most recent general election it won 50%. Large numbers of votes can be moved in a relatively …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 30 Oct 2017
Proportional Representation

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I am a relatively new Member and I come from a safe seat—it just happens to be a seat perceived to have been a safe Labour seat until I managed to gain it with the help of everyone who …..."
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