Debates between Alex Burghart and Siobhain McDonagh during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Alex Burghart and Siobhain McDonagh
Thursday 23rd November 2023

(11 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alex Burghart Portrait Alex Burghart
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My hon. Friend will be pleased to hear, and will remember from discussions we had as the Procurement Act 2023 was making its way through Parliament, that Northern Ireland will benefit from the new post-EU regime that we have brought in. Unlike our friends in Scotland, who chose to opt out, England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been able to shrug off the overly bureaucratic regime that we inherited from the EU and create, alongside small and medium-sized businesses, a brand-new way of doing things. I know that small and medium-sized enterprises in his constituency will ultimately benefit from that.

Siobhain McDonagh Portrait Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab)
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5. Whether he has had discussions with the independent adviser on Ministers’ interests on declarations of interest by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.