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Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber (9 Jul 2018)
Discussions with the European Commission including a solution for trade across the Irish border and a commitment to the UKâs membership of the Single Market and Customs Union – Lord Dykes.
Upcoming Business – Lords: Select Committee (19 Jun 2018)
Economic Affairs Committee: The use of RPI.
Witnesses: (at 3:35 PM) Dr Geoff Tily, Senior Economist, Trades Union Congress Mr David Lloyd, Head of Institutional Portfolio Management , M&G Mr Simon Briscoe, Consultant on statistical matters
Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber (18 Jun 2018)
Statutory Instrument relating to the Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Canada Trade Agreement) Order 2018.
Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill: Stage Lighting: Efficiency Regulations (15 Jun 2018)
Will Quince: ...Being as observant as he is, as a non-practising barrister, he will know that I mentioned that the regulations come into effect in 2020. Nevertheless, the Government are talking about frictionless trade, and given that this trade regulation will apply across the European Union, it is really important to have an exemption that applies across the EU. We are requesting this exemption for...
Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisons (15 Jun 2018)
Lucy Frazer: I welcome this report and share PCS’s commitment to improving rehabilitation and reducing recidivism in prisons. We look forward to ongoing work with HMPPS’s National Trade Union Side on this critical issue. Since An Alternative Vision for Prisons was published we have launched the Education and Employment Strategy on 24th of May 2018, which sets out the government’s...
Trades Union Congress 150th Anniversary - Motion to Take Note (14 Jun 2018)
Baroness Prosser: I thank the Minister very much indeed, and of course all contributors to the debate. I think that I did say in my remarks that we in the trade union movement do not expect the Government—or anybody else, for that matter—to do our organising for us, but what we look for is a framework that welcomes the contribution of the trade union movement. Despite the warm and much appreciated...
Backbench Business - Windrush: 70TH Anniversarybackbench Business (14 Jun 2018)
Diane Abbott: ...in the NHS. Many Windrush-era persons, whether from the Caribbean or elsewhere in the Commonwealth, came to work in transport. There was, for instance, Bill Morris, who rose to lead one of our largest trade unions—the Transport and General Workers Union, as it was then—but who had begun as a bus driver. It is no coincidence that Britain now has both a London Mayor and a Home...
Brexit: Trade in Food — [James Gray in the Chair] (14 Jun 2018)
Neil Parish: ...takes the place of a proper sector-by-sector analysis by DEFRA, which still needs to be done. I make that point very strongly. I also thank the Minister because I know the work he does to understand the trade deals and to get a good deal in the future for this country; he cares very much about that, which I respect. In particular, the deal we do on the border between Northern Ireland and...
Scotland: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Statement (14 Jun 2018)
Lord Duncan of Springbank: ...the Secretary of State for Scotland in the other place. The Statement is as follows: “I would like to make a Statement on the operation of the Sewel convention and its application to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in relation to Scotland. Mr Speaker, these are serious times and serious issues. I have come to the House today with respect and ready for constructive debate, and I...
Public Bill Committee: Ivory Bill: Pre-1975 musical instruments (14 Jun 2018)
Kerry McCarthy: I start by drawing the Committee’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It was good to hear the Musicians’ Union and the other associations that gave evidence confirm that they were delighted with the progress that has been made. I know that when an ivory ban was first talked about, they were very concerned that, given all the talk about...
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Sewel Convention (14 Jun 2018)
Chris Stephens: ...right in every other workplace. He made no mention in his statement of anything about the views of civic Scotland. There has been an overwhelming negative reaction, such as that from the Scottish Trades Union Congress, to the current form of clause 11 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. Does the he not agree with the STUC that in its current form clause 11 is devolution’s...
Business of the House (14 Jun 2018)
Andrea Leadsom: ...week will include: Monday 18 June—Consideration of Lords amendments to the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill, followed by a motion to approve a statutory instrument relating to the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Canada Trade Agreement) Order 2018, followed by a motion to approve European documents relating to EU trade agreements: EU-Japan Economic Partnership...
Rolls-Royce Redundancies (14 Jun 2018)
Margaret Beckett: ...regarded. I was pleased to hear the Secretary of State say that he recognised the huge importance of a world-class company such as Rolls-Royce, especially as we approach our departure from the European Union. These are the kind of jobs, and this is the kind of industry, that we want for the future, because of its export potential and because of its potential throughout the world. However,...
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food (14 Jun 2018)
George Eustice: ...departments on our departure from the EU. Ministers and officials regularly liaise with colleagues across Government on food sector issues, including HMRC, Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade, the Food Standards Agency and others.
Written Answers — Department for Exiting the European Union: Portsmouth Port (14 Jun 2018)
Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if (a) he or (b) officials in his Department will visit Portsmouth to meet with representatives of Portsmouth International Port to discuss the effect on trade at that port of the UK leaving the EU.
Scottish Parliament: Sexual Harassment and Inappropriate Conduct Inquiry (14 Jun 2018)
Rhoda Grant: ...to make a complaint. Being abused should not spell the end of a career. We need to protect the people who are often the first point of contact for our constituents. Added to that, we need to encourage all staff to join a trade union, so that they have an organisation behind them that will support and guide them if they are subject to abuse. Within parties, we also have a responsibility to...
Exiting the European Union: Customs Arrangements (14 Jun 2018)
Robin Walker: No, I agree with the Conservative and Labour manifestos that said that we should be leaving the customs union and ensuring that we have an independent trade policy, but we also want to deliver the frictionless trade that businesses up and down our country need.
Exiting the European Union: Single Market: North-west Economy (14 Jun 2018)
Suella Braverman: Absolutely; the integrity of the United Kingdom is paramount as we pursue these negotiations. I am very encouraged by the Government’s commitment to securing a unique and mutually beneficial free trade agreement with the European Union, that supports our businesses, our jobs and our economy.
Exiting the European Union: Free Trade Agreements (14 Jun 2018)
Robert Courts: What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK remaining in the customs union on its ability to negotiate new free trade agreements throughout the world.