Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)
Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Louise Haigh(5 years, 1 month ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
As I have said, errors were made and that is why we have asked the director general at the Department for Work and Pensions to conduct a full review of how this process is being operated.
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)
Are any sanctions available for the companies involved in these mistakes, some of which presumably know full well that they should not be applying for the licences in the first place?
Elizabeth Truss
The issue is the issuance of licences. That is the issue I look at as Secretary of State and make sure that it is in place properly.
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Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Louise Haigh(7 years, 7 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
My hon. Friend is absolutely right; four of the 10 top global legal firms are based here in the UK. We have huge opportunities to promote English law and Scots law, and we are working on a global Britain legal summit to bring together leading figures in the industry to promote what we do overseas.
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)
My Bulgarian constituent murdered his wife by stabbing her to death 25 times in broad daylight. The Home Office has finally agreed to have him deported. Will the Secretary of State assure me that he will serve his full sentence in Bulgaria, both pre and post-Brexit?
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Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Louise Haigh(7 years, 8 months ago)
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Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)
I am afraid that the Secretary of State’s answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins) was simply not good enough. Can she explain why, after two years, she still has not commenced the law to protect our children from sexual predators?
Elizabeth Truss
I assure the hon. Lady, as I assured the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins), that this is imminent.
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Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Louise Haigh(8 years, 9 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When internal drainage boards work with local businesses and local councils, we can get really good local solutions. The community interest company is a particularly interesting model, which is being pioneered by him and his constituents in North West Norfolk. It could potentially be used elsewhere.
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)
Sheffield remains £20 million short of the investment it needs to protect our city. The Department is holding a teleconference with council leaders, but will the Secretary of State commit to visiting Sheffield to see the innovative flood defences we have planned that will protect the city from a potential £1 billion of economic damage?
Elizabeth Truss
As part of the national resilience review being led by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Sheffield is one of the core cities that will be looked at in particular to make sure it is sufficiently resilient to flooding. I am sure that as part of that review there will be a visit to Sheffield to ensure that that very important city has the protection it needs.