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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jan 2017
Article 50

"The Supreme Court’s judgment is welcome in that it establishes that the will of this House is sovereign and superior to the royal prerogative, but it is unwelcome in that it seeks to take back from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland powers that had been devolved to them. Will the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. What his policy is on giving evidence to Select Committees other than the Committee on Exiting the European Union. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"To curb the Secretary of State’s manic optimism, would it not be beneficial for him to get a dose of reality from the Welsh Affairs Committee, which went to Aberystwyth this weekend? Somebody came to me and said, “My company has decided after the referendum not to expand here in …..."
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Written Question
Royal Prerogative
Monday 7th November 2016

Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2016 to Question 49982, what the effect on the operation of the Ponsonby rule would be of the triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functions of the EU by the use of the prerogative.

Answered by David Jones

The Government has consistently said it will comply with all the constitutional and legal obligations that apply to the deal that we will negotiate with the EU. However, the Government's position is that the Ponsonby Rule (as codified in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010) is not relevant to the invocation of Article 50.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Oct 2016
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union

"There seems to be some political forgetfulness here. Does the Minister not recall that the Chancellor has forecast financial bumps along the road? Others fear that they will not just be Brexit bumps, but that a vast sinkhole will open up in the road, into which the British economy will …..."
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