Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Jones and David Nuttall

Thursday 27th April 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Jones]

It is very likely that the necessary competencies will be created to allow the devolved Assemblies themselves to make those statutory instruments.

[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

Many have criticised the Government’s plans to make minor and technical changes to legislation using so-called Henry VIII powers, but this is in fact no more than plans to use delegated legislation. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the use of delegated legislation is actually an established part of the legislative procedures used in this House?

[Mr Jones]

Yes, my hon. Friend is entirely right. Any such statutory instruments would be made pursuant to statute, which would of course go through this House and the other place in the normal way.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Jones and David Nuttall

Thursday 9th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

Thanks to the new opportunities that will open up for the UK after we leave the EU, the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has said that the UK will have the fastest growing economy in the G7 over the next 30 years. Does my right hon. Friend agree that that demonstrates that manufacturing has nothing to fear from our leaving the EU?

[Mr Jones]

My hon. Friend is entirely right to point out that the naysayers and doom-mongers who said that the British economy would crash after we decided to leave the European Union have been proven wrong.

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[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the huge investment by Dyson in research and development facilities in the UK is a sign of confidence in the UK economy outside the EU?

[Mr David Jones]

Yes, it certainly is. That is only the latest in a long line of new investments in the British economy, showing the huge confidence that the international business community has in our country.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Jones and David Nuttall

Thursday 1st December 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

T5. Does my right hon. Friend reject the advice of those calling for a second referendum and agree with me that seeking to reverse the decision that the people of the country made on 23 June serves only to undermine public trust in the House and in our democracy?

[The Minister of State, Department for Exiting the European Union (Mr David Jones)]

My hon. Friend is entirely right: there will be no second referendum.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Jones and David Nuttall

Thursday 20th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Jones]

No. Over the coming months the Government will consult all interested parties—including the devolved Administrations, who clearly have an interest in this policy—to ensure that future funding commitments represent value for money and are in line with our strategic priorities.

[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

Does my right hon. Friend agree that one great advantage of the UK leaving the EU is that it will give us greater flexibility over how we spend our regional aid, and that as we will no longer be paying as a net contributor to the EU, we will have more money to spend on these schemes?

Commission on Devolution in Wales

Debate between David Jones and David Nuttall

Monday 18th November 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Jones]

We certainly propose to use the Scotland Act as a model, but these matters require further negotiation, and further details will emerge in due course.

[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

The Secretary of State’s statement referred to the investment of £250 million to build a new prison in north Wales. May I urge him to have urgent discussions with his colleagues in the Ministry of Justice to make sure that from the moment it opens it is a completely drug-free establishment?