Parliamentary activity - Paul Blomfield

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

No. I have taken one intervention from the hon. Gentleman and, with respect for those wishing to speak, I will follow the injunction of the Chair and make progress. The Government are sending a...

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

The right hon. Gentleman came back at me on the quote I gave about trust. That quote was from the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, and it was about trust in relation to the...

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

That is certainly an additional answer.

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I think the answer was provided by the Northern Ireland Secretary when he spoke to the House on the issue and he said that—let us all think on...

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

I am happy to give way again. I am interested to know whether the hon. Gentleman will pursue his point about the Sheffield steel industry, on which he is usually wrong.

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the right hon. Member for that intervention. I would be interested to know his views on article 184 of the withdrawal agreement, which embraces the political declaration as the basis for...

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He sums up well the seriousness of the decision before us today.

Clause 11 - Modifications in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise to speak to amendments 52 to 60, which I tabled with my hon. and right hon. Friends. Together, these amendments seek to provide a solution to the mess that the Government have got...

Clause 46 - Power to provide financial assistance for economic development etc

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

I am happy to take that point, because I would have imagined that the consultation that the Government promised but have failed to deliver would have at its heart real engagement with the...

Clause 46 - Power to provide financial assistance for economic development etc

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise both to reflect on today’s debate and speak to amendments 14, 15 and 16, which are tabled in my name and those of my hon. and right hon. Friends. In doing so, I hope to strike a...

Import Duties

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK firms have applied for a duty deferment account for VAT on imported goods.

Import Duties

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK firms applied for a duty deferment account in (a) July 2020 and (b) August 2020.

UK Trade with EU

Department for International Trade

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many UK firms (a) exported to, (b) imported from and (c) exported to and imported from the EU in the 2019-20 financial year.

UK Trade with EU

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals were qualified as customs intermediaries in the UK in (a) July and (b) August 2020.

Barbecues: Moorland

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of moorland fires caused by BBQs from May to August 2020.

EU Grants and Loans

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his proposals on a state aid regime to be implemented after the end of the transition period.

Free Zones

Department for International Trade

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the UK Global Tariff on the economic merits of freeports through tariff...

Immigration: EU Nationals

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to allow the resumption of appointments for EU citizens to scan ID documents as part of applications to the EU Settlement...

Free Zones: Infrastructure

Department for Transport

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential need for increased infrastructure investment in areas designated for freeports.

Free Zones

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what lessons his Department has learnt from the previous incarnation of freeports, from 1984 to 2012, that he plans to implement when establishing new...