Parliament - Geraint Davies

Rights related to residence: application deadline and temporary protection

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Surely my hon. Friend accepts that ultimately the test of when courts can diverge from EU law should be set in this Parliament and applied by our courts and that, if there is any question, it...

Prevent Programme

Commons debates

The Minister will know that the word “Islam” is the Arabic word for peace. Does he agree that the focus of Prevent activity should be to ensure that people in the Muslim community do...

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Department for Exiting the European Union

Geraint Davies received a response to a question they put to the government

What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the length of the transition period on the outcome of negotiations with the EU on the future relationship between the UK and the EU.

Topical Questions

Exiting the European Union

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State knows that Airbus contributes billions of pounds in taxation, employs tens of thousands of people and wants business continuity after a short transition period. Will he...

Interpretation

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Does the hon. and learned Lady agree that the European Court of Justice underpins our fundamental values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law? Does she also agree that, outside it,...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

That is very helpful. Let us get this point clear. Something like 44% of our trade goes to the EU, so it is enormously important to us. However, less than 5% of the EU’s trade overall comes...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. If there has been any lack of clarity let me make it clear that I am saying that we are in the EU at the moment and obviously do lots of...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful for your guidance. I guess the point is that sovereignty is about our ability to make laws here without intimidation or interference, but that we could find ourselves outside the EU...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Lady makes an excellent point about the chilling effect of that overhanging threat. Let us be clear on the specifics. Lots of people talk about the impact of this on our health service...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Well, that was very helpful. Some hon. Members have failed to understand this. I remember the big debate over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, for example, and over these...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

This is not sovereignty; it is madness and self-harm, on which point I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman.

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

What we are talking about is the freedom of this Parliament to influence the outcomes for our electorate. [Interruption.] What I am saying, as my hon. Friend chunters in his seat, is that we will...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

I apologise for responding to the speech made on this subject by the right hon. Member for Wokingham, but I will not go on about that any more. I want to focus on clause 38, on sovereignty, and...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

To be clear, I said that the proposition was remain or public vote on the deal. The Labour party position essentially was that the oven-ready Brexit would be bad for Britain—it would make...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a pleasure of sorts to follow the right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) and the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). On the issue of sovereignty and democracy, it is worth...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

The pleasure is all mine. Does the Minister agree that the United States is undermining the WTO by not appointing judges to the appellant court? The Americans do not want a rule-based system;...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Minister give way?

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Does the Minister agree that if we must have a certain level of equivalence to sustain a reasonable level of trade, we will be obliged to accept the EU’s changes, which will be made without...

When I arrived 1997 the background was public school boys who arriving with a hierarchical view of the world alongside a system where there was no career structure, no human resources no appraisals no support for staff or even MPs. Geraint Davies

Geraint Davies