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Written Question
Climate Change
Tuesday 9th July 2019

Asked by: Baroness Debbonaire (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2019 to Question 270779 on Climate Change and with reference to with reference to her oral contribution of 26 June 2019, Official Report, column 650, what the evidential basis is for the statement that a regret motion in the House of Lords has the effect of blocking a Statutory Instrument.

Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead

I have nothing further to add to my answer to the Hon Member during my oral statement of 3 July.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Jul 2019
G20 and Leadership of EU Institutions

"The Prime Minister says that she is immensely proud that Britain became the world’s first major economy to commit in law to ending our contribution to global warming by 2050, and so am I. I am proud to have been part of that Parliament, and I am proud that my …..."
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Written Question
Climate Change
Wednesday 3rd July 2019

Asked by: Baroness Debbonaire (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to her oral contribution of 26 June 2019, Official Report, column 650, what the evidential basis is for her statement that the Labour party in the House of Lords is trying to block the net zero 2050 legislation.

Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead

I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave her during my statement on the G20.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q1. If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 26 June...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"As the thousands of people demonstrating outside would tell the Prime Minister, tackling climate change and biodiversity makes the world safer, more beautiful and sustainable for our children and grandchildren. Does she agree that one of the first acts of the next Prime Minister should be —urgently—to introduce a new …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jun 2019
European Council

"Further to the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), may I press the Prime Minister a bit further on the discussions about climate change? What discussions did she have, or can she report back to us, about the need to move to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Jun 2019
Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill

"My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. Does he agree that the changes made to the wording of the amendment since Committee give more scope to the authority to have regard to a company’s policy on corporate social responsibility other than in respect of blacklisting? Have I read that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Jun 2019
EU Parliament Elections: Denial of Votes

"The Minister does not seem to have accepted the fact that this vote happened as a result of something that was entirely predictable. The Department for Exiting the European Union has a Minister for no-deal Brexit. Why has it not considered that the third of the possibilities outlined by the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q12. The Prime Minister must be considering her legacy. She said she wants to correct burning injustice, so will she commit to supporting legislation such as that proposed by my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) so that abortion in Northern Ireland becomes a health …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 May 2019
Leaving the European Union

"The Prime Minister asks what it would say about democracy if we put this back to the public. The Leader of the Opposition has said from the Dispatch Box that if the Prime Minister likes her deal so much—this is roughly what he said—she should not be afraid of putting …..."
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