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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Liverpool City Council Funding

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the funding of Liverpool City Council.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. Liverpool has borne the brunt of a decade of austerity. Massive cuts in Government funding have hit the council hard, combined with benefit changes …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Liverpool City Council Funding

"The hon. Lady’s intervention precisely anticipates my next paragraph.

At that unprecedented meeting, members of the Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green and Liberal parties agreed unanimously on a call for urgent action from the Treasury. Liverpool MPs, led by my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle), have …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Liverpool City Council Funding

"The hon. Lady is absolutely right to put on the record the amazing contribution that LCVS makes, as do similar councils in other parts of the country. In the 12 years that I have been in Liverpool, I have been struck by the strong sense of community and the sorts …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Liverpool City Council Funding

"I thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for his kind words, and I echo his comments about our friend, the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree. He is absolutely right about the impact of universal credit and, before that, other changes—for example, the reductions in disability benefits and the introduction of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Liverpool City Council Funding

"I am a strong supporter of the city region devolution. The deal the Minister describes is welcome. However, the strong sense in Liverpool is that what the Government have given the city region with one hand does not make up for what they had taken away with the other, particularly …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Liverpool City Council Funding

"I welcome the additional powers for the city region Mayor, and I pay tribute to Steve Rotheram for his work. I absolutely echo what the Minister said about the renaissance in the city centre, but I represent suburban east Liverpool, and it does not always feel that way in some …..."
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Written Question
Yemen: Armed Conflict
Monday 7th October 2019

Asked by: Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op) - Liverpool, West Derby)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed the conflict in Yemen in his meeting with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on 24 September 2019.

Answered by Boris Johnson

Details of my meeting with President Rouhani are available on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meeting-with-president-rouhani-25-september

Written Question
Cabinet Office: Written Questions
Wednesday 8th May 2019

Asked by: Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op) - Liverpool, West Derby)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 237584 on Departmental Responsibilities, tabled on 27 March 2019 by the hon. Member for Liverpool West Derby.

Answered by David Lidington

I refer the Right Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 237584 on 8 May 2019.

Written Question
Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
Wednesday 8th May 2019

Asked by: Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op) - Liverpool, West Derby)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial requirements have been issued by the Cabinet Secretary in each year since 2010.

Answered by David Lidington

I refer the honourable gentleman to recent correspondence from Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, a copy of which has been placed in the library of the House, which clarifies previous answers on this subject.

As the Prime Minister’s most senior policy adviser and Secretary to the Cabinet, the Cabinet Secretary provides advice on a wide range of policy issues. Policy decisions are taken by ministers, within the framework of collective Cabinet responsibility, on the advice of the Civil Service.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"The UK has long played a leadership role within the European Union in shaping its development and humanitarian response. Can the Secretary of State reassure the House that even outside the European Union we will maintain close co-operation, so that the world’s poorest do not suffer as a result of …..."
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