Written Question
Monday 12th September 2016
Asked by:
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat - Sheffield, Hallam)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the resources required by his Department to manage the process of leaving the EU over the next 12 months.
Answered by Alan Duncan
None.
Written Question
Monday 12th September 2016
Asked by:
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat - Sheffield, Hallam)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff working on matters related to the EU are on secondment to his Department from the private sector; from which companies such staff are seconded; what roles such staff have in his Department; and what the cost to the public purse will be of such secondment.
Answered by Alan Duncan
None.
Written Question
Monday 12th September 2016
Asked by:
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat - Sheffield, Hallam)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many additional employees he plans to hire from outside the Civil Service for the purposes of managing the process of leaving the EU; in what roles those employees will be deployed; over what timescale those employees will be under contract; and what the cost to the public purse such employment will involve.
Answered by Alan Duncan
None.
Written Question
Monday 12th September 2016
Asked by:
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat - Sheffield, Hallam)
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 legal advice related to the UK voting to leave the EU from (a) the Government Legal Service and (b) external legal firms; and how much he plans to spend on such advice over the next 12 months.
Answered by Alan Duncan
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not spent anything on external legal advice related to the UK voting to leave the EU.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2016
EU Membership: Economic Benefits
"I am grateful to be following the right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) because he is widely considered to be one of the more erudite spokesmen for the Brexit campaign. I waited with bated breath for a cogent, coherent and practical economic analysis of why Britain’s economy would thrive …..."Nick Clegg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2016
EU Membership: Economic Benefits
"Being called “off beam” by the hon. Gentleman is quite something. He and I share a passion for Sheffield, however, so I shall put that aside for a minute. In the economy of this country, 78% of GDP is generated by services. Services are barely affected by taxes, tariffs and …..."Nick Clegg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2016
EU Membership: Economic Benefits
"Dare I say it, but even by the fairly specious standard of the statistics bandied about by both sides in this campaign, the way the right hon. Gentleman used statistics was spectacularly misleading. From listening to the Brexit campaign, people would think that the club we have been a member …..."Nick Clegg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2016
EU Membership: Economic Benefits
"I will, if I may, make a little progress.
The second point, which is completely omitted by the analysis of Brexit campaigners, is our current account deficit. To be fair, the Government are very silent on that as well, for the very good reason that it is shockingly large. We …..."Nick Clegg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2016
EU Membership: Economic Benefits
"If I may finish this point, I will then give way.
The only way in which that current account deficit is sustainable is if strangers from elsewhere in the world invest in assets in this country—in property, infrastructure, the financial services sector, factories and companies. It is on those investors, …..."Nick Clegg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2016
EU Membership: Economic Benefits
"May I just finish this point?
What will those strangers say as they see year after year of grinding political, constitutional and economic uncertainty? Why would they continue to invest in UK plc? And if they suddenly pull out their money, I tell you what will happen: the pound will …..."Nick Clegg - View Speech
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