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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Virtual Participation in Debate

"On the point of equal treatment, the right hon. Member is right, because one of the first things the Government did under the proceedings under the pandemic motion was suspend the English votes for English laws procedures. They recognised that they would be practically unworkable, and they actually removed that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Virtual Participation in Debate

"The point that the Chair of the Procedure Committee is making about the amendment and about this being a House matter is very important. It should be a free vote. I am carrying quite a significant number of proxy votes, but I have consulted in advance with the Members for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Virtual Participation in Debate

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Virtual Participation in Debate

"The point is exactly as the hon. Gentleman makes it, because the Government continue to put a rocket up the case for independence by refusing to accommodate the requirements of all Members of Parliament for Scotland. We are specifically exempt from legislation that now prevents people from Scotland from travelling …..."
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Written Question
Virtual Proceedings
Monday 23rd November 2020

Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to bring forward provisions to enable hon. Members who are required by law to self-isolate under NHS test and trace procedures to participate in substantive proceedings of the House by virtual means.

Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg

We have ensured that people who cannot be here for a range of reasons can vote by proxy and participate in interrogative proceedings. The Government has brought forward a motion to allow additional virtual participation for debates in the Chamber for any member who has been classed as clinically extremely vulnerable. The change is in line with the Government advice to the whole country that the clinically extremely vulnerable should currently not go into work.

I will continue to engage with Members on how we best strike the balance between facilitating virtual participation and allowing scrutiny and legislation to continue. As I have always said, we continue to keep this matter under review.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Committee on Standards

"When my name went down on the call list, I thought this would be a debate on one of the usual consensual motions, when we congratulate the candidates on the quality of their CVs and wish them all the best, but it has clearly turned into just a little bit …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Committee on Standards

"That is exactly where we seem to be heading, because it seems to me that if the integrity and the suitability of a candidate that has gone through the entire system is now being questioned on the Floor of the House, then in fact the integrity and suitability of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Committee on Standards

"It goes back to my fundamental point that I do not see how the system can produce one qualified candidate and one non-qualified candidate. It suggests that the Government are questioning the integrity of the system as a whole, and in that case we have to have a much bigger …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2020
Business of the House

"Yes, but a growing proportion of Members simply cannot take part and would be able to if we switched on virtual participation in debates, while those who wanted to come would be able to. For example, we could have a debate on my early-day motion 1001 on the emergency gift …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Business of the House

"We welcome the opportunities that will exist for scrutiny, and I refer the Leader of the House to the amendment that we tabled to the coronavirus extension motion, which detailed some of the kinds of scrutiny that already take place in Holyrood. Perhaps there are lessons that can be learned …..."
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