Functioning of Government Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Functioning of Government

Alison Thewliss Excerpts
Thursday 7th July 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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I cannot pre-empt the Prime Minister’s statement, but the business of Government will continue functioning as normal.

Alison Thewliss Portrait Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP)
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It is good to see the Paymaster General here—one of the last remaining living crew on the ghost ship HMG. In an effort to assist the burden of the skeleton crew who remain, we would like to arrange for the signing of a section 30 order to begin the process of moving some of the functions of government to a fully functioning set of Ministers in Holyrood.

Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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No matter who forms the Government of this country, the Union of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is of paramount importance, as the people of Scotland themselves decided in the referendum in 2014.