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James Duddridge Excerpts
Tuesday 27th March 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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Perhaps I should have said that those 250 new diplomatic posts are in addition to the 50 extra diplomatic positions that we are putting into our European network.

James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) (Con)
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Is there a possibility of using some of the Brexit dividend to further expand our diplomatic posts, particularly in the Commonwealth?

Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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My hon. Friend anticipates developments that may unfold in the next couple of months. I do not wish to steal my own thunder, though, so he will have to contain his impatience on that.