Debates between Clive Betts and James Duddridge during the 2017-2019 Parliament

Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes

Debate between Clive Betts and James Duddridge
Monday 7th October 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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I thank my hon. Friend for asking that question. No deal is indeed made more likely by the House not supporting the Government’s position. As for the Leader of the Opposition, I think that MPs and the public are coming around to the idea that he is flip-flopping on these issues left, right and centre, and want a general election so that they can re-elect a Government with a strong Conservative majority.

Clive Betts Portrait Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab)
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A few days ago, I asked the Minister whether the term “infrastructure” included cameras. He was not quite sure at the time; now that he has had a few days to go away and look it up, will he give us an answer?

James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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I do not think I said that I was not quite sure. I think I used the words, “It would have been something that was considered,” but that the House should not read anything into that in any way. I think that is what I said, virtually verbatim, and that remains the position.

Irish Border: Customs Arrangements

Debate between Clive Betts and James Duddridge
Tuesday 1st October 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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We are trying to get Stormont back up and working.

Clive Betts Portrait Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab)
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The Minister said there would be no hard infrastructure at the Irish border. Does the term “hard infrastructure” include cameras?

James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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I do not want to get into the detail of the actual proposal, but I will say that while there are not cameras across the whole of the border, there are cameras on parts of the border. However, the hon. Gentleman should not infer anything from that; I do not want to get dragged into the detail, but clearly it would have been one of the options that were looked at.

Compliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019

Debate between Clive Betts and James Duddridge
Thursday 26th September 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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I want to restore trust in the House. There is genuine division—it is not just an issue of linguistics and language. The House is divided; the country is divided. That is why we want to provide as much clarity as possible: we want a deal, and if we do not get that deal, we will obey the law as it stands at the time.

Clive Betts Portrait Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab)
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Is the Minister saying that the Government believe that if this House does not agree a deal and does not agree no deal by 19 October, there is a doubt that the law requires the Prime Minister to sign the letter asking for an extension?

James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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I am not going into that legal advice. I have not done that. I think the hon. Gentleman is asking if that is the point that I am making. That is not the point that I was making. In my answer to the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), I talked of legal advice and the normal conventions around it.