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Climate Change Policy: Exiting the European Union (Agriculture) (23 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his strong point. Clearly, where the major market is within the UK, that needs to be protected. However, there is always the danger not just that other markets will be lost, but that the UK market may be lost if inferior and cheaper poultry were able to be imported into the UK. The protection of good-quality food from the EU is one of the major planks that it...

Plastics Recycling (23 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Sir Vince Cable) on securing this important and detailed debate. He was absolutely right to say that recycling and pollution are not necessarily linked. Indeed, climate change and pollution are not necessarily linked. We need to deal with both: we need to ensure that recycling is...

Brunei ( 4 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: I do not in any way doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman or indeed of Her Majesty’s Government; as he says, nobody should face punishment for who they are or whom they love. However, this situation does set up real difficulties for this country and our relationship with such a country, because of course it is entirely possible that we will have an LGBT member of HMG visiting...

Business of the House ( 3 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Business of the House ( 3 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that he is trying to have it both ways? Whether or not we believe that the constitution is currently perfect, which I do not, either the Government are capable of delivering decisions or, if they are incapable of forming a majority and making vital decisions, it is surely incumbent on the Members of Parliament to find ways to do so.

Business of the House ( 3 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: Given what the hon. Gentleman is saying about the House of Lords, will he join us at some subsequent time in reforming it?

Leaving the European Union — [James Gray in the Chair] ( 1 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: I know the estimated percentage of my constituents who voted leave. It is 56.7%. However, I have told them that my role is to represent their best interests, and that is what I am trying to do. I am trying to represent the best interests of them all—not just the people who voted for me, but the people who did not vote for me; and not just the people who voted leave, but the people who voted...

Leaving the European Union — [James Gray in the Chair] ( 1 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: Surely the point of a manifesto is to let the voters know what the party will do if and when it forms a Government. We wrote our manifesto in the hope and expectation that we would be able to form a Government and carry through the manifesto that we wrote. Unfortunately for the British people, we were not able to form that Government or to take control of the Brexit process. Clearly, over the...

Leaving the European Union — [James Gray in the Chair] ( 1 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: My hon. Friend talked about the anger of some of those out there. Does she agree that there is a lot of anger from some people who voted leave as well? If we believe in democracy and we want to ensure that we can deal with the anger on both sides from people who feel they are ignored, the only way to do that is to have another vote, to enable people to vote on fixed propositions rather than...

Leaving the European Union — [James Gray in the Chair] ( 1 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: Does my hon. Friend agree that should article 50 be revoked, that needs to be in conjunction with a people’s vote? We need to maintain people’s faith in democracy. If people are to have faith in democracy if we decide against something that was decided, albeit with a very small majority, we need to have another vote to be able to confirm the decision.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Serious Violent Crime: Police Investigation ( 1 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: What recent assessment he has made of the capacity of police forces to investigate serious violent crime.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Serious Violent Crime: Police Investigation ( 1 Apr 2019)

Sandy Martin: In addition to our need for police officers, public interface, intelligence gathering, evidence processing and so on depend on police staff. Does the Minister accept that the 30% cut in Suffolk police staff and the 72% cut in police community support officers since 2010 have reduced the capacity to investigate serious crime?

EU Exit Day Amendment (27 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the one thing that is genuinely undeliverable is a no-deal Brexit? We do not have the trading mechanisms to make it possible to deliver a no-deal Brexit and retain the stability of the country.

Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Employment and Support Allowance: Ipswich (26 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to allocate additional resources to reduce the waiting time for a tribunal hearing for employment and support allowance in Ipswich.

Tourism: East of England — [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] (20 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: I note that the motion on the Order Paper reads: “That this House has considered tourism in the East of England”. I wonder if the hon. Gentleman would be willing to be consider tourism in any part of the east of England other than Colchester. Might he recommend that people stay on the train for an additional 15 minutes in order to sample the delights of Ipswich?

International Trade Committee: Transition Towns and Fossil Fuels (18 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: Does my hon. Friend agree that the Minister ought to be made aware of the places where onshore wind was planned but, because of the changes in the financial regime, has been dropped, such as the two large turbines just south of Ipswich?

Integrated Care Regulations: Exiting the European Union (Agriculture) (18 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: Does the hon. Gentleman share my fear that people working extremely hard very late at night to get through vast quantities of regulations might make some mistakes?

Forensic Science Regulator Bill: Garden Bridge: Funding (15 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: My hon. Friend speaks about not having a repetition, but while this is possibly the largest example of public money being wasted on something that was never going to go ahead, public money has been wasted on other infrastructure projects, well after the time that it was obvious to anyone that they would not go ahead. Does she share my hope that we can stop this waste of public money in future?

General Election (Leaders’ Debate) Bill (15 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: In addition to the support from television companies for leaders’ debates during general elections, there has been massive support from the general public. Something that brought home to me just how important such debates are to the public was when they failed to get one during the previous general election campaign and felt short-changed due to being unable to listen to the leaders of the...

General Election (Leaders’ Debate) Bill (15 Mar 2019)

Sandy Martin: I believe that before that first televised debate, Richard Nixon was well ahead of John F. Kennedy, and it was seeing the performance of the candidates that led the American people to vote for John F. Kennedy. Does the hon. Gentleman share my profound relief that the American people voted for John F. Kennedy, not Richard Nixon?


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