"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for all that he is doing to sort out this mess. Does he agree that the queues and delays facing British travellers under the EU’s entry-exit system were entirely avoidable? Had Britain kept its seat at the table, we would not be subject …..." Ben Coleman - View Speech
"I am not a doctor, but thank you so much, Madam Deputy Speaker. Perhaps I am a doctor from the university of life—who knows?
I pay tribute to Baroness Amos for this excellent report, and to my right hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) for commissioning it. …..." Ben Coleman - View Speech
"The Ockenden report is shocking and its findings are repellent. As my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) said, it is shocking how many of its findings also featured in a report on black maternal health that the Health and Social Care Committee, on which I sit, …..." Ben Coleman - View Speech
"The sanitary and phytosanitary rules, which are being discussing and negotiated with the European Union, will be implemented by the European partnership Bill. Does the hon. and learned Member not accept that that will give us a seat at the table, when it comes to developing food and drink standards? …..." Ben Coleman - View Speech
"I am afraid I will not; I have given way twice, and I do not think I will get any more time.
The European partnership Bill will also give Ministers the essential power to keep UK regulations in step with EU rules more broadly, without needing an Act of Parliament …..." Ben Coleman - View Speech
"That was a very powerful and upsetting speech. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Rutland and Stamford (Alicia Kearns) for raising that issue. There is a lot to think about.
In a world of growing uncertainty, our country’s economic security has never mattered more, which is why I …..." Ben Coleman - View Speech
"It will come as no surprise to anybody that what the previous Prime Minister said and the truth perhaps did not have the closest of relationships.
It is absolutely no surprise, looking at what has happened, that the London School of Economics found that new border checks and paperwork pushed …..." Ben Coleman - View Speech