Extracts from Commons proceedings - Jan 9
Thursday, 10 January 2019 08:09
Extract from Commons debate on the EU Withdrawal Agreement Liz
McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab):...The UK’s overseas
territories—places such as The Falklands—did not have a vote, but
they will feel the impact of decisions made here in Parliament.
They are very concerned about the prospect of crashing out with no
deal. Paying tariffs on their trade with the EU will have a major
impact on their economies. It would be an act of gross
irresponsibility for a Government even to...Request free trial
Extract from
Commons debate on the EU Withdrawal Agreement
(Heywood and Middleton)
(Lab):...The UK’s overseas territories—places such as The
Falklands—did not have a vote, but they will feel the impact of
decisions made here in Parliament. They are very concerned about
the prospect of crashing out with no deal. Paying tariffs on their
trade with the EU will have a major impact on their economies. It
would be an act of gross irresponsibility for a Government even to
countenance the possibility of no deal, but rejecting this Brexit
deal does not give the Government licence to crash out without a
deal. It is high time that the Prime Minister stopped threatening
such an irresponsible act, which is definitely not in the national
interest...
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Extract from Commons
adjournment debate on Royal Marines: Basing
Arrangements
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr
Tobias Ellwood):...Before I turn to the UK Marine
footprint, I hope that the hon. Gentleman will not mind if I echo
some of the words used in a Westminster Hall debate earlier today,
which focused specifically on RM Chivenor. The Royal Marines play a
critical and unique role in the wider spectrum of our armed forces
capability. This year they celebrate their 350th anniversary. They
have much to be proud of in their long history, including a vital
role in Lord Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar, securing and defending
the Rock of Gibraltar in 1704, the infamous raid on Zeebrugge in
1918 that earned two of them the Victoria Cross, and the D-Day
landings in Normandy, where 17,500 of them took part in the largest
amphibious operation in history. More recently, in 1982, they were
essential to the recapture of the Falkland Islands...
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Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on RMB Chivenor: Planned
Closure
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr
Tobias Ellwood):...The Royal Marines were formed in the
reign of Charles II in 1664; they will celebrate their 355th
birthday this year and they have much to be proud of. They played a
vital role in Lord Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar; earlier, in 1704,
they had secured and defended the Rock of Gibraltar. Of course,
there was also the infamous raid on Zeebrugge in 1918, in which two
Royal Marines earned the Victoria Cross; and they were there at the
D-Day landings, when 17,500 Royal Marines took part in the largest
amphibious operation in history. More recently, in 1982 they were
essential in the recapture of the Falkland Islands...
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