My Work in Parliament - Pat McFadden Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East

Middle East: Security

Commons debates

The key question is about where all this is going. Iran has announced since this happened that it will not abide by limits on the use of centrifuges agreed under the JCPOA. What is the...

Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Commons debates

I am going to wind up soon. In my view, the right way to have dealt with this issue is not to do what the Prime Minister has wanted to do since day one—to go for an election before these...

Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Commons debates

The right hon. Gentleman makes a very wise point. When hon. Members such as the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) say, “You have blocked everything”, it is...

Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Commons debates

I voted for a number of proposals that would have kept us close to the EU economically, including customs unions, single market arrangements and other proposals. It is not the case that I have...

Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Commons debates

I do. There are many other points about this deal that we should properly explore, not least because for the first time, the proposal before us is to have two Brexits, not one—one Brexit...

Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Commons debates

I would like to proceed. Secondly, what is the right way to reach a resolution on an issue that has been so difficult for us and for the country? Surely the right way to reach a resolution on...

Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Commons debates

Those are not the only ways. There are three ways to avoid no deal: we can revoke, as the hon. Lady says, but that is not something we should do without the people having a say; we can agree a...

Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Commons debates

I begin with the revolutionary thought that if something was a bad idea yesterday, it might just be a bad idea today. I do not believe that the Prime Minister has been pushing for an election...

The Economy

Commons debates

Every month, Ministers stand at that Dispatch Box and boast about the unemployment figures—we heard some of it from the Chancellor today. They pat themselves on the back and tell themselves...

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

Commons debates

Does the Prime Minister agree with himself when he said: “We should go into those renegotiations with a clear agenda: to root out the nonsense of the social chapter—the working time...

European Union (Withdrawal) Acts

Prime Minister’s Statement

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. This is a slightly odd situation. My question is really for the Leader of the House, but because he made a point of order rather than a business...

European Union (Withdrawal) Acts

Prime Minister’s Statement

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

When Labour was in government, we legislated to go beyond European minimums many times, which included granting 6 million workers an extra eight days’ paid leave. For much of the time we...

Prime Minister’s Statement

Commons debates

There is a philosophical problem at the core of the Prime Minister’s argument today: he is promising his colleagues—particularly his most ardent Brexit-supporting...

Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria

Commons debates

As my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) said, the permission slip for this action was the decision by President Trump to withdraw US troops from the area. General...

Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes

Commons debates

Paragraph 13 of the memo issued last week confirms that even if the European Union agrees to the proposals, and even if Parliament then agrees them, they would not come into force for more than a...

Brexit Negotiations

Commons debates

With regard to the regulation of goods, as opposed to customs, the Government’s explanatory note says that these arrangements must receive the endorsement of the Northern Ireland Assembly...

Irish Border: Customs Arrangements

Commons debates

I want to take the Minister back to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Ms Eagle) about the Government’s obligations to obey the law and abide by legislation...

Legal Advice: Prorogation

Commons debates

The Attorney General’s defence today with regard to the Supreme Court judgment appears to be that because the Government won the semi-final, they should have been awarded the trophy. That...

G7 Summit

Commons debates

The Prime Minister has described the consequences of a no-deal exit as a few “bumps in the road”. If that is the case, is not the right time to have a general election after his few...

Priorities for Government

Commons debates

Do the Government stand by the commitment they made in the joint UK-EU statement of December 2017: “In the absence of agreed solutions, the United Kingdom will maintain full alignment with...