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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Dec 2017
Brexit Deal: Referendum

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Certainly, if there was enough time to ask our negotiators to go back to the table, I would have no problem with having that option. However, the real worry at the moment is this: we heard what the Secretary of State for …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Dec 2017
Brexit Deal: Referendum

"I was about to thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but that was such a ludicrous and frankly dishonourable one. It is very clear that I am talking about the idea that people should be able to look at the facts, which are not present right now, and were …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Dec 2017
Brexit Deal: Referendum

"The Minister says that the people voted for Brexit, but the ballot paper had no clear option regarding the single market and the customs union. Will he not accept that the Government have no mandate at all for the kind of extreme Brexit they are pursuing, whereby we would be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Exiting the EU: Sectoral Analysis

"Does the Minister recognise that, with his statement today, he really has turned farce into a new art form? When he asks what side we are on, I say that we on the Opposition Benches are on the side of the 29 million workers whose livelihoods absolutely depend on the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Nov 2017
Exiting the EU: Sectoral Impact Assessments

"Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman agree that we might ask how the Ministers even know whether the reports would undermine our negotiating position given that last week they told the Exiting the European Union Committee that they had not even read them? One does wonder why on earth …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Nov 2017
Exiting the EU: Sectoral Impact Assessments

"I am sure the hon. Gentleman is aware that there is a legal case pending, which my colleague in the European Parliament, Molly Scott Cato, is leading. Does he agree that rather than going through all the extra work, time and taxpayers’ money involved in fighting a legal case, the …..."
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Written Question
Trade Agreements
Tuesday 24th October 2017

Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the oral contribution of 17 October 2017, Official Report, column 739, whether the Government's undertaking that there will be a parliamentary vote on any withdrawal deal negotiated with the EU27 encompasses there being such a vote on how to proceed in the event that no deal is achieved.

Answered by Steve Baker

The Prime Minister has been consistently clear that Parliament will be fully involved in helping to shape the UK's future as we leave the European Union, whatever the outcome.

The Government has committed to both Houses of Parliament having a vote on the final agreement before it is concluded. We are focused on getting a good outcome and a deal that Parliament will want to support.

The Government is clear, however, that the British people voted to leave the EU and we will deliver on their instruction.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Oct 2017
EU Exit Negotiations

"With it looking increasingly likely that the Prime Minister’s claim that no deal is better than a bad deal might be put to the test, and with new research out today—not only the report mentioned by the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden) but the OECD report—indicating …..."
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Written Question
Brexit
Thursday 14th September 2017

Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 3.16 of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the UK and the EU: The Single Market, published in July 2013, whether the impact assessments relating to the effect of EU exit on 50 sectors of the economy conducted by his Department have reached conclusions different to those of the studies cited in the 2013 review about the effect of the Single Market on the UK's GDP.

Answered by Steve Baker

The government is carrying out a programme of extensive analytical work that will contribute to our exit negotiations with the EU, defining our future partnership with the EU, and informing our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks. As Parliament has also agreed, however we will not publish anything that undermines our ability to negotiate the best deal for the UK.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister recognise the risk of an impending governance gap with regard to environmental legislation? At present, the Commission and the European Court of Justice perform the vital role of both monitoring and enforcing laws. Domestic mechanisms like judicial review simply do not go far enough. What new institutional …..."
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