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Written Question
Martin Selmayr
Friday 6th April 2018

Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if the Government will make an assessment of whether the appointment of Professor Dr Martin Selmayr as Secretary General of the European Commission was done through professional and fair recruitment and selection procedures.

Answered by Suella Braverman

Appointments to the European Commission civil service are an internal matter for the Commission.

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"I wonder whether the Minister thinks that perhaps the person in the Whitehall establishment who leaked this document would be better off moving, and working in Brussels. Was the methodology used in this report, or whatever it is, the same methodology that said the country’s financial future would tank if …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jan 2018
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
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"My hon. Friend says a number of extreme Brexiteers in this House want to leave at any cost. Does he accept that a small number of Members will do anything—anything—to stop the United Kingdom carrying out the wishes of the British people to leave the European Union?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"I am following my hon. Friend carefully. Does he agree that my constituents’ relatives from the Caribbean should have the same opportunity to come to this country as those from the European Union, who can come here by right? That is part of the reason why many people from ethnic …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir David, and it is also a pleasure to follow the Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker). I pay tribute to his calmness and tolerance in taking a very difficult Bill …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"I agree. One of the good things about the Minister is that he is not a lawyer, which is perhaps why he has been able to treat this matter with quite a lot of common sense. The debate has been rather taken over by lawyers and lawyer speak, and it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"I certainly trust this House but, to be honest, many of the people who were pushing that amendment saw it as a way of delaying things before we got into the detail of getting an agreement. I did not get called to speak during the debate on amendment 7, but …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

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