European Union Integration
There have been votes in Parliament on the degree of the UK's integration with the European Union. Specific matters voted on include the UK's opt out from the European Union Police and Criminal Justice Measures and the establishment of a European Union External Action Service.
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Tom Pursglove almost always voted against more EU integration
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On 30 Dec 2020:
Tom Pursglove voted in favour of cooperation with the EU and its member states on subjects including crime, transport, research and nuclear non-proliferation.
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On 30 Dec 2020:
Tom Pursglove voted in favour of cooperation with the EU and its member states on subjects including crime, transport, research and nuclear non-proliferation.
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On 9 Dec 2020:
Tom Pursglove acted as teller for a vote on Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 — Exiting the European Union (Immigration and Asylum)
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On 25 Nov 2020:
Tom Pursglove voted for the UK's appeal courts not to be bound by decisions of the European Union Court of Justice, after the transition period associated with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the union.
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On 30 Jun 2020:
Tom Pursglove voted to end the general right for nationals of European Union member states, European Economic Area states and Switzerland to enter and reside in the UK while retaining such rights for Irish citizens.
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On 18 May 2020:
Tom Pursglove voted to end the general right for nationals of European Union member states, European Economic Area states and Switzerland to enter and reside in the UK while retaining such rights for Irish citizens.
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On 8 Jan 2020:
Tom Pursglove acted as teller for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — New Clause 10 — Implementation Period Negotiating Objectives: Erasmus+
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On 8 Jan 2020:
Tom Pursglove acted as teller for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — New Clause 29 — Close Alignment with EU Single Market — Participation in EU Projects — Rights and Protections
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On 24 Oct 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted in favour of the UK Government’s proposals for leaving the European Union.
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On 23 Oct 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to remove rights for EU, Swiss and Turkish nationals to pursue business activities in the UK following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
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On 15 Oct 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to transfer powers to set certain technical environmental regulations from the EU to the UK on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
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On 1 Apr 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against a permanent and comprehensive United Kingdom-wide customs union with the European Union.
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On 27 Mar 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to leave the European Union on the 12th of April 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.
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On 27 Mar 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against a UK wide customs union with the EU.
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On 13 Feb 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to make European Union laws regulating converting loans into "securities" for sale to investors effective and enforceable in the United Kingdom.
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On 11 Feb 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to allow the Government to update UK law to correspond with EU financial services laws currently making their way through the European legislative process.
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On 30 Jan 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to revoke arrangements for cross-border action to tackle infringements of various EU consumer laws.
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On 30 Jan 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted yes on Draft Maritime Transport Access to Trade and Cabotage (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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On 28 Jan 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to confirm the rights of Irish citizens to enter and remain in the UK without permission but to otherwise make European Union, European Economic Area and Swiss nationals, and their family members, subject to UK immigration controls.
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On 16 Jan 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to maintain and improve coordination and cooperation between EU member states in the field of policing and justice, particularly in relation to serious organised crime.
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On 19 Dec 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted yes on Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
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On 19 Dec 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted to amend the law on accounts and reports from corporate bodies to remove the involvement of the European Union and to remove preferential treatment of bodies from the European Economic Area.
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On 17 Jul 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against making retaining membership of the European medicines regulatory network a government objective.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against making the UK's withdrawal from the EU conditional on seeking, as an objective for the UK's negotiation of the withdrawal agreement, full access to the internal market of the EU rather than merely European Economic Area membership.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against making the UK's withdrawal from the EU conditional on seeking, as an objective for the UK's negotiation of the withdrawal agreement, an international agreement which enables the United Kingdom to continue to participate in the European Economic Area.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against largely retaining the EU "Charter of Fundamental Rights" as part of UK law following the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted not to make incompatibility with the general principles of EU law actionable in the UK courts following the UK's withdrawal from the union.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against steps designed to ensure that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU does not result in the removal or diminution of any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures that contribute to the protection and improvement of the environment.
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On 17 Jan 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
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On 17 Jan 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
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On 20 Dec 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against the UK retaining the EU's common customs tariff and common commercial policy.
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On 13 Dec 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to allow ministers to withdraw the UK from the European Economic Area, the European single market.
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On 12 Dec 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to allow laws which were required by the UK's membership of the European single market to be weakened, removed or replaced by Ministers after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
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On 21 Nov 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against requiring the UK Government to report on changes to EU legislation which form part of UK law, and against requiring the Government to consider adopting such changes to ensure that the rights of workers and employees in the UK are no less favourable than they would have been had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA.
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On 21 Nov 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights remaining part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
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On 21 Nov 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against retaining general principles of EU law derived from EU treaties, direct EU legislation and EU directives, as part of UK law after the UK leaves the EU, and voted to only retain those general principles deriving from European Court [of justice] case law.
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On 14 Nov 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to end the supremacy of EU law in domestic law and to remove the mechanism which enables the flow of new EU law into UK law.
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On 14 Nov 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted not to require courts or tribunals to have regard to anything done on or after exit day by the European Court, another EU entity or the EU.
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On 11 Sep 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to end the supremacy of EU law in UK law; to convert EU law into domestic law on the UK's exit from the European Union and to give ministers the power to correct deficiencies in retained EU law.
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On 11 Sep 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to end the supremacy of EU law in UK law; to convert EU law into domestic law on the UK's exit from the European Union and to give ministers the power to correct deficiencies in retained EU law.
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On 13 Mar 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against guaranteeing EU derived rights, and the potential to acquire residency rights, for EU and EEA citizens legally resident in the UK.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against the UK remaining a member of the European Atomic Agency Community (Euratom) when withdrawing from the European Union and against treating leaving Euratom separately from leaving the European Union.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 1 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 1 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 7 Dec 2016:
Tom Pursglove voted in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union and in favour of starting the process by 31 March 2017.
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On 14 Sep 2016:
Tom Pursglove was absent for a vote on UK Withdrawal from Membership of the European Union
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On 14 Mar 2016:
Tom Pursglove voted to take account of carbon dioxide emissions traded via the European Union to Emissions Trading Scheme when calculating the state of the UK carbon account for periods from 2028.
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On 9 Mar 2016:
Tom Pursglove voted against the UK opting into a proposed EU directive on combating terrorism; supporting work directly with other countries and recognising that national security is a matter for individual nations.
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On 14 Dec 2015:
Tom Pursglove voted to support the Government's decision not to opt into a European Union response to disproportionate migration into certain states involving measures to relocate individuals in need of international protection (asylum).
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On 18 May 2022:
Tom Pursglove voted not to express support for a series of policy proposals put forward by the leader of the Scottish National Party Ian Blackford MP. The policies in question were: protecting workers' rights, doing more in respect of the cost of living and climate change; increasing benefits; imposing windfall taxes; retaining existing EU derived law and retaining the existing Human Rights Act.
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On 26 Jan 2021:
Tom Pursglove voted not to require the standard of chemical regulation standards to be at least that which applies in the EU.
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On 15 Jul 2020:
Tom Pursglove voted no on Extension of the Transition Period Following the UK Leaving the EU
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On 20 Jan 2020:
Tom Pursglove voted in favour of the Government’s proposals for leaving the EU.
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On 4 Sep 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against requiring the Prime Minister to seek a delay to the UK leaving the EU until 31 January 2020 unless MPs have approved either terms of a withdrawal agreement, or withdrawal without an agreement.
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On 4 Sep 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against requiring the Prime Minister to seek a delay to the UK leaving the EU until 31 January 2020 unless MPs have approved either terms of a withdrawal agreement, or withdrawal without an agreement.
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On 3 Sep 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against enabling the House of Commons to pass a bill to require the Prime Minister to seek to delay withdrawal to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement, unless doing so is approved by MPs.
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On 25 Jun 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to exclude wind and water turbines from a special reduced rate of VAT applying to the supply and installation of energy-saving materials in residential accommodation.
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On 9 Apr 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against seeking to delay the UK leaving the EU until 30 June 2019.
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On 2 Apr 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to, if the UK withdraws from the EU, remove protections against traders discriminating against customers on the basis of a customer's nationality or location.
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On 1 Apr 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against continued relatively free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the UK, EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, achieved via membership of European Free Trade Association (EFTA); and against external tariff alignment between the UK and the EU.
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On 27 Mar 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted against continued relatively free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the UK, EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, achieved via membership of European Free Trade Association (EFTA), but without a customs union with the EU.
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On 26 Mar 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted to approve the Government's assessment of the UK's medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission.
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On 29 Jan 2019:
Tom Pursglove voted voted not to seek to delay the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union; not to rule out leaving without a withdrawal agreement; and against Scotland remaining in the European Union.
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On 11 Sep 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against making the continued participation of the UK in the European Arrest Warrant a negotiating objective during negotiations over the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted for greater partnership and cooperation between European Union members, the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community, and the Republic of Armenia.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted to strengthen relations between the EU, its Member States and Cuba
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted to broaden engagement, dialogue and cooperation with Canada in areas of common interest, such as: human rights and democracy, international peace and security and effective multilateralism, economic and sustainable development, and justice, freedom and security.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted to strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and Australia in a range of sectors of mutual interest.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest.
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On 17 Jul 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against making it a UK negotiating objective to establish a free trade area for goods between the UK and the EU and, if that cannot be agreed by the 21st of January 2019, against making reaching an agreement to enable the UK’s participation in a customs union with the EU a negotiating objective.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against making the UK's withdrawal from the EU conditional on a statement on how the UK's continued participation in a customs union with the EU was sought during negotiations on the withdrawal agreement.
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On 23 Jan 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against a transition period of at least two years for the transition to a domestic nuclear regulatory regime from the framework provided via the European Atomic Energy Community.
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On 17 Jan 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against requiring an agreement for the UK to remain a member of the EU single market and customs union before allowing ministers to make regulations to implement an agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
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On 16 Jan 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted to preserve, on the UK's withdrawal from the EU all rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures present in UK law as a result of the UK's membership of the EU.
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On 16 Jan 2018:
Tom Pursglove voted against retaining a EU "Charter of Fundamental Rights" as part of UK law following the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
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On 20 Dec 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against a transition period of at least two years prior to implementation of an agreement on the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union during which existing arrangements with the EU covering trade, security, regulations and financial contributions would be maintained.
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On 14 Nov 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against requiring the consent of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
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On 19 Apr 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted to approve the Government's assessment of the UK's medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against requiring the Prime Minister to give a series of undertakings before giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against seeking to protect the residence rights of citizens of the European Union and their family members who were lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against requiring notice of the UK's withdrawal from the EU to preserve rights acquired in Northern Ireland as a result of European Union membership and against requiring the notification to preserve the right of the people of Northern Ireland determine for themselves if they prefer a union with Great Britain or a sovereign united Ireland.
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On 7 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted not to make publication of an assessment of the financial liability of the UK towards the EU, and a statement on the economic impact of the UK leaving the single market, a prerequisite for the Prime Minister giving notification of the UK's intention to withdraw from the EU.
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On 7 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted not to prevent the Prime Minister giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union if the European Council have not undertaken that if the United Kingdom Parliament doesn't agree the terms of the United Kingdom's leaving of the European Union the United Kingdom's will remain an EU member under the existing terms.
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On 6 Feb 2017:
Tom Pursglove voted against only allowing the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union a month after the approach to, and objectives for, withdrawal negotiations have been agreed by representatives of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland administrations.
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On 7 Dec 2016:
Tom Pursglove voted in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union and in favour of starting the process by 31 March 2017.
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On 6 Jul 2016:
Tom Pursglove was absent for a vote on EU Nationals Currently Living in the UK — Right to Remain
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On 15 Jun 2016:
Tom Pursglove was absent for a vote on European Union Membership
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On 23 Mar 2016:
Tom Pursglove voted to approve the Government's assessment of the UK's medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission.
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On 24 Feb 2016:
Tom Pursglove voted to require digital tachographs which use satellite positioning, and can be read remotely, to enforce rules on driving time and rest periods for certain lorries and buses.
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