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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2019
Article 50 Extension Procedure

"Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) on securing it. It is particularly interesting that the Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has been given the task of responding. As he rightly admitted, he, like the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"During yesterday’s debate, the Minister for the Cabinet Office clarified that, in the event of the House voting on 14 March for an extension to the article 50 process, the Government would be required to bring forward legislation and that the House would have a chance to approve whatever final …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. The Minister has already made clear the reasons why the European Statutory Instruments Committee recommended that the draft regulations be upgraded, and why he accepted that recommendation. I agree that the draft regulations are largely technical in nature …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jan 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Earlier this week the chief executive of the civil service publicly confirmed what Ministers know and the public suspect, which is that despite the huge amounts of money being thrown at it, the Government will not be fully prepared to exit the European Union in 64 days’ time without a …..."
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Written Question
Brexit
Wednesday 16th January 2019

Asked by: Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether all international treaty and non-treaty arrangements in which the UK participates through membership of the EU will be replicated by 29 March 2019.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris

We are committed to maintaining the relationships and cooperation we currently enjoy with third countries and international organisations as we exit the EU. This is why we have agreed with the EU that they will notify treaty partners that the UK is treated as a Member State for the purposes of its international agreements with third countries during the Implementation Period. This provides a basis for continuity during this period.

We are also working with third countries to put in place new arrangements that replicate the effects of existing agreements, as far as possible and where relevant, and which would come into force either on exit in the event of ‘no deal’ or at the end of the Implementation Period.

Written Question
Judgements: Appeals
Friday 21st December 2018

Asked by: Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the total amount of money spent by the Government was to seek permission from the Supreme Court to appeal the decision of the Inner House to make a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union on Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.

Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng

The total amount of money spent cannot be quantified because work conducted on this case, like others, is recorded under a general DExEU legal file. Accurate estimations cannot be provided due to the nature of work undertaken. Our Annual Report and Accounts for Financial Year 18/19, will disclose the Department's legal costs.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Office for Budget Responsibility’s analysis of the recent Budget suggested that there could be an underspend of up to £400 million in the £1.6 billion Brexit funding pot that the Chancellor allocated back in March to prepare for leaving the EU. Will the Secretary of State tell the House …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Given that the Department’s role is now largely confined to domestic preparations for exit, many will find that answer deeply troubling. But it is not surprising that no-deal preparations are not being taken seriously, because they have been a bluff from the start. Yesterday, the Chancellor told the Treasury Committee …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 25 Oct 2018
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2018

"May I, too, say that it is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck?

The regulations are uncontroversial, so we do not intend to divide the Committee and I do not intend to detain us for very long, but I would like to probe the Minister on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"As you will know, Mr Speaker, Labour’s 2017 general election manifesto was rightly hailed as a transformative blueprint for a Britain that works for the many, not the few, but even we did not go so far as to propose the nationalisation of roll-off, roll-on lorry ferries. In addition to …..."
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