Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Rushanara Ali Excerpts
Tuesday 29th January 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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As I have just pointed out, we have given extra grant funding to the police forces. We are also achieving better efficiencies in conjunction with the Home Office, and we have covered the cost of additional pensions as well.

Rushanara Ali Portrait Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab)
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Workers at Dyson, Jaguar Land Rover and Ford are among the casualties of the threat of no deal. Given the number of jobs at risk, is it not time for the Chancellor to get off his backside and ask the Prime Minister to rule out the threat of no deal and to stop holding Parliament and the country to ransom?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Philip Hammond
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Parliament speaks for itself, and Parliament clearly has the opportunity to speak on this issue. I will continue to work with the Prime Minister to try to ensure that the deal that we place before the House of Commons is improved in a way that allows Members of Parliament to get behind it to ensure that we are not faced with the unacceptable choice of either no deal or no Brexit.