Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Norman Lamb and Ronnie Campbell

Thursday 7th September 2017 Commons Chamber

[Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD)]

6. Whether the Government plan to continue to apply the Dublin III Regulation after the UK leaves the EU.

[Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab)]

20. Whether the Government plan to continue to apply the Dublin III Regulation after the UK leaves the EU.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Mr Robin Walker)]

The Prime Minister has been clear that we will continue to co-operate with our European partners on migration and asylum as we leave the EU. In our negotiations, we will discuss the exact nature of this co-operation as part of our future partnership, but as the Secretary of State said in his statement to the House on 5 September,

“We are a country with a strong tradition of tolerance and generosity, and if anything, I expect that to grow after we leave, not diminish.”—[Official Report, 5 September 2017; Vol. 628, c. 64.]

Health

Debate between Norman Lamb and Ronnie Campbell

Monday 9th June 2014 Commons Chamber

[The Minister of State, Department of Health (Norman Lamb)]

I thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed to today’s debate. It has been a wide-ranging debate stretching well beyond the NHS, as the shadow Minister said. I think that we all enjoyed the alternative Queen’s Speech from the hon. Member for Blyth Valley (Mr Campbell). His Front-Bench colleagues looked horrified, but it was the authentic voice of Labour.

[Mr Ronnie Campbell]

There were some good policies in there.

[Norman Lamb]

Well, let us just make sure that Opposition Front Benchers listen to the hon. Gentleman.

We can be justifiably proud, it seems to me, of the action we have taken in health and care over the course of this Parliament. The hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin) made a speech that faded away from agreement, but at the very start he made the point that we should all pay tribute to a really remarkable work force in the NHS—1.3 million people doing incredible work. We want to free those people up as much as possible to do the very best they can.