🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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Existing electoral law seeks to control the spending and supervise the message whenever we go into elections. Does the Minister share my concern that it might not be adequate to control and supervise the advertising and campaigning that takes place on social media, where most of our constituents are more likely to get the message and where it is so important to ensure adequate controls?
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I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his role today. I remember when my right hon. Friend resigned from the Cabinet because of his disagreements with Brexit policy—a route I subsequently became familiar with—but does his experience not remind him that there are honourable, different opinions across this House about how we leave the European Union and about how we interpret the will of...
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I have had heartbreaking meetings with constituents from Hastings regarding the loan charge, where I have heard tragic and sad stories about the destruction of families and their finances. Although I of course welcome the review that is to take place, may I urge the Chancellor to reconsider the position of not suspending the loan charge during the review period?
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I congratulate my hon. Friend on his elevation to this important role. While many of us on the Government Benches, and in fact across the House, are concerned about the impact on currency markets of the obvious contradiction between the Benn Act and the Government’s consistent position that we are leaving on 31 October, everybody on the Government Benches is united in the knowledge that...
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I must raise my concerns about the Attorney General constantly saying that this Parliament is dead. This Parliament was elected in 2017. It reflects the divisions in this country, the divisions in our communities and the divisions in our families. The failure is that we have not yet reached a compromise. Many of us long to leave the European Union, as we set out in the referendum, but are...
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Work and Pensions: The work of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. 10:30 am; The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Witnesses: Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions Neil Couling CBE, Change Director General and Senior Responsible Owner, Universal Credit, Department for Work and Pensions Emma Haddad, Director General - Service Excellence, Department for Work and Pensions
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The hon. Lady is determined to demonise what is a very sensible approach to trying to ensure that universal credit delivers what it is intended to deliver. She has given us a catalogue, as always, of the things that she disapproves of, but let me just highlight the things that are relevant, perhaps, to what we are discussing today. On the one hand the hon. Lady criticises me for, as she puts...
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I thank my right hon. Friend for his question and his continued interest in ensuring that the poorest in our society and in his constituency are well looked after. The purpose of the managed migration pilot is to make sure that we get it right; constantly engaging with stakeholders will be part of that, and of course we will take any learnings from that.
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendations of the Electoral Commission's 2018 report, entitled Digital campaigning: increasing transparency for voters, on the transparency of (a) political online advertising, (b) costs from political parties and (c) sources of campaign funding.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to tackle online deep fakes in political campaigning.
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Home Office Ministers have regular meetings as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.
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No Home Office Minister attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner.
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Home Office Ministers have regular meetings as part of the process of policy development and delivery.
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I have met with Stonewall since my appointment as Minister for Women and Equalities and we discussed this report. My officials also regularly engage with Stonewall on various matters associated with LGBT Policy, including how the Government can improve outcomes for transgender people.
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An impact assessment was completed in early 2016 which considered the changes being made as part of the Immigration and Nationality Fees Order (2016), the details of which can be found via the following link: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/33/pdfs/ukia_2016003 3_en.pdf We believe the current policy which requires payment of a fee for all applications for British Citizenship, meets...
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The Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) 2018 report will be published. The MAC publishes its reports at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-adviso ry-committee
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