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Alan Brown

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Business of the House
Thursday 21st December 2017

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Yes, I will.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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Scottish Tory Back Benchers have agreed that clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill is flawed and amounts to a power grab. Is the situation with broadband not the same, and is it not time that the Minister worked with the Scottish Government instead of trying to bypass them?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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We have tried to work with the Scottish Government for years, but when the First Minister first took my hand on a cold Christmas eve, she promised me broadband was waiting for me. It is three years later and we are still waiting for the Scottish Government to get on with it.

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