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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Sep 2020
Covid-19

"I accept the need for these restrictions, but the Prime Minister must know that they come at the worst possible time for hospitality and tourism in Cumbria, the lakes and dales and elsewhere, because furlough is ending just as the low season begins. He could back the targeted package proposed …..."
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Written Question
Brexit: Negotiations
Thursday 4th June 2020

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are engaged in negotiations with the EU on a post-transition period trade deal.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

Negotiations with the EU are led by Task Force Europe. This is a small central unit within the Prime Minister’s Office led by the Chief Negotiator David Frost and currently has 42 staff. These negotiations are a cross-departmental effort and accordingly involve a larger number of staff overall. For example, more than a hundred UK staff have been involved in recent negotiating rounds, supported by FCO officials and others.

Written Question
Civil Servants: Coronavirus
Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been re-deployed to support the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government's number one priority is the response to the covid-19 outbreak. As such many civil servants within departments are working on different aspects of the overall response to the pandemic, and have been redeployed to do so. Comprehensive details of these internal redeloyments are not held centrally. The Government Resourcing Hub is also moving civil servants to COVID-19 roles across different departments.

Written Question
County Councils: Elections
Monday 27th April 2020

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether EU nationals will be eligible to stand as candidates in the county council elections scheduled for May 2021.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Further to the response given to PQ 1802 on 29 January 2020, there has been no change to the rights of EU citizens resident in the UK to stand and vote in local elections. The Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are responsible for their own franchises.

Written Question
Ministers: Conduct
Thursday 5th March 2020

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who enforces the Ministerial Code against the Prime Minister; and what the process is of that enforcement.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Paragraph 1.6 of the Ministerial Code sets out that Ministers are personally responsible for deciding how to act and conduct themselves in the light of the Code and for justifying their actions and conduct to Parliament and the public.

The Ministerial Code should be read against the background of the overarching duty on Ministers to comply with the law and to protect the integrity of public life.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Local Government Finance

"I am fully supportive—as we were during the coalition—of the Government’s plans to devolve power to the regions of England and to local authorities. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree, though, that if this is about local people making local decisions, they should not be forced to accept a Mayor …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Local Government Finance

"I will characteristically endeavour to behave, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a massive honour to follow the hon. Member for Orpington (Mr Bacon). I hope that he is now feeling the relief that he was looking forward to earlier. The combination of Orpington and nerves rings a bell with me. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Brexit Readiness: Operation Yellowhammer

"The chief executive of the Dale Farm dairy co-operative, who speaks for 1,300 dairy farmers across the United Kingdom, says that leaving the European Union without a deal would “wipe out” all profitability in the dairy sector. Cumbrian dairy farmers know that too, yet there is not a single explicit …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Secretary of State oversee the innovative technology in radiotherapy that will be needed to meet the NHS long-term plan to diagnose more patients earlier?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q3. This logjammed and underworked Parliament could become one of the best if we chose to work across the parties to fix our broken social care system. Through free votes, good will and hard work, we could design and then enact a new deal for social care that would bring …..."
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