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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2016
Parliamentary Sovereignty and EU Renegotiations

"No.

This is largely a Tory party drama—a blue-on-blue issue—with very little relevance to the lives of ordinary people who are struggling to pay their rents and mortgages, and to get their kids to school. The Prime Minister has repeatedly given in to his own right wing, seeming not to …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Common Foreign and Security Policy

"It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Wilson, as we are neighbours in the north-east.

I welcome the detailed report. I understand it runs to 301 pages and I have genuinely tried to read and digest them all, but the important outcomes detailed there highlight how …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Common Foreign and Security Policy

"You want me to ask questions...."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Common Foreign and Security Policy

"I will get to my question, quickly...."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Common Foreign and Security Policy

"The question is: is it right that the document is about being proactive, about building capacity across the member states? The European Scrutiny Committee believes that the Government do not have sufficient scrutiny arrangements in place, and the Minister has said that the arrangements have been less than perfect, so …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Common Foreign and Security Policy

"It is becoming increasingly clear that these European Committees are less about the documents themselves and more about giving a stage to the Eurosceptics in the Tory party so that they can have a go at those on their own Front Bench.

My understanding is that the document is a …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 25 Jan 2016
Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy

"As this is my first outing in one of the European Committees, Mr Rosindell, I hope that the Minister will handle me gently.

I understand that the action plan is about third countries and not our internal EU partners. None of us would have any problems in principle with the …..."
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Written Question
UK Membership of EU
Tuesday 12th January 2016

Asked by: Pat Glass (Labour - North West Durham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had in the Council of the EU as part of negotiations on the UK's membership of the EU on free movement of people in the EU and access to in-work benefits.

Answered by Lord Hammond of Runnymede

The Government is negotiating reform of the EU and a new relationship for Britain with the EU to fix the aspects of our membership that cause so much frustration in Britain. Following a substantive and constructive discussion at the December European Council, Member States agreed to work toward ‘mutually satisfactory solutions’ at the February European Council.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I first thank the Secretary of State for the update on the situation in Istanbul? Of course, our thoughts are with anyone caught up in this awful situation.

Those campaigning to leave the European Union have made much of the unrealistic argument that Britain can simply walk away and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Colombia...."
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