Parliamentary Activity Feed - Thangam Debbonaire

Business of the House

Commons debates

My constituents—like, I am sure, the constituents of Members across the House—are concerned about reaching net carbon zero as quickly as possible. Could we have a debate in...

Education and Local Government

Commons debates

Does my hon. Friend agree that the effect of these cuts has fallen particularly on funding and provision for children with special educational needs, and that no amount of protestations from the...

Education and Local Government

Commons debates

Does my hon. Friend agree that the failure to recognise the difference between a real-terms and cash increase is frustrating for headteachers? In schools in my constituency, headteachers tell me...

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Commons debates

No, I will not give way. If, however, trade negotiations do not get concluded with record speed over the next few weeks and months, we will be holding this Government to account. We will expose...

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Commons debates

Some hon. Members appear to think we are still in the Christmas pantomime season; we are not. Just saying that does not make it clever and does not make it right. All the Conservative Members who...

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Commons debates

Madam Deputy Speaker, my congratulations on your election to your new post—a historic appointment—and welcome back. First, I will say that we in Her Majesty’s official...

EU Citizens

Exiting the European Union

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

No, I was here.

EU Citizens

Exiting the European Union

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

Refusing to provide paper proof of status, rejecting Labour’s proposal to grant automatic status, granting only uncertainty inducing pre-settled status to people who have been here legally...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

As the Minister cleverly spotted, amendment 11 is a probing amendment. We have explored the concept of sovereignty extensively, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

One of the things that interests me about the right hon. Gentleman’s argument is what we will do when we are trying to resolve a dispute over a trade agreement at a supranational...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

This is quite extraordinary because, again, the right hon. Gentleman seems to have forgotten that there was a referendum in which the British people chose to be in the European Union, and they...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

Indeed. I find it most puzzling that Conservative Members who argued for a so-called return to parliamentary sovereignty in this country are quite happy to nod through a Bill that wipes away...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

I understand that we are leaving on 31 January. I understand the result of the general election. I am addressing this clause and our amendments to it, which is entirely proper and entirely in...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

The last time I looked, most—although admittedly not all—the Government’s Ministers were democratically elected. We participated in the creation of the rules of that Council. I...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

Regulations that would have been discussed either in the European Parliament or the Council of Ministers, and those people are also elected and have been for decades. Members have been elected to...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

I am going to continue with my example, because this is incredibly puzzling. I do not recall such a thing at any stage in the passage of this Bill or any other Bill that I have been part...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

I understand the difference between a law and a directive. I also understand the fact that we were perfectly capable of making our own laws during the past 40 years. Let us take an example that I...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise to speak about parliamentary sovereignty. Clause 38 is a puzzle, and we have tabled our amendment 11 to tease out more of that puzzle, to try to work out what it is for and to expose some...

Parliamentary sovereignty

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 38, page 37, line 24, a t end insert— “and has been so during the period since the passage of the European...

Main power in connection with other separation issues

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

I do agree with the hon. and learned Lady on that. I say again that that shows why we need this amendment, because it is about the scrutiny of the process. If we are to accept this ridiculous...