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The UK is the second largest legal services market in the world and the largest legal services sector in the EU. It contributes £27.9 billion to the UK economy and £4.4 billion in net exports. It relies, in part, on uniform market access the EU and the European economic area. What are the Government doing
Following the Government's defeat on Saturday 19 October 2019, the Leader of the House made a Business Statement on Monday 21 October 2019. Below is my response in full:
Parliament sat on Saturday 19 October 2019 to vote on a motion to approve the Government’s Brexit deal. This was the first time Parliament sat on a Saturday since the Falklands conflict.
On Thursday 17 October 2019, Boris Johnson’s minority Government was defeated for the 9th time. I voted in favour of an amendment to the Business of the House motion that the House shall sit at 9.30am on Saturday 19 October 2019 to debate the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
I responded to a Business of the House motion on Thursday 17 October 2019 that the House shall sit at 9.30am on Saturday 19 October 2019 to debate the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
The President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan, spoke at a meeting in Parliament on Thursday 17 October 2019, which I attended . We heard first hand about the ongoing situation of how the lives of the people in Kashmir are being affected.
There are no policies for the people, so the Government want to rig the next general election. Requiring voter ID will disproportionately affect people from ethnic minority backgrounds and working-class voters of all ethnicities. The Government only want votes for the few.