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Julian Knight Excerpts
Tuesday 9th June 2015

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Philip Hammond
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I welcome the news from Suriname. It is a slow process, but progress is being made. As I have said many times in the House, Saudi Arabia is an important ally of the UK. Our relationship is vital to our domestic national security and gives us access to senior levels of the Saudi Arabian leadership. That enables us to make our views known on these issues—and we do.

Julian Knight Portrait Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con)
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T10. Does my right hon. Friend agree with me and the CBI that the EU should take some lessons from the UK and adopt more flexible labour markets?