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We are coming up to Christmas, one of the great feasts of the Christian year that marks the birth of Christ and the bringing of hope to all mankind, but we should recall another event, which is much more recent in time but which happened more than a quarter of...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 December 2017
Reference
633 c1333
House
House of Commons

I am about to deal with the evidence, but of course I will give way.

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 December 2017
Reference
633 c1333
House
House of Commons

I am not seeking to defend the Putin regime. There is much in Russia that is not perfect. I was a member of the Council of Europe delegation to the presidential elections, and I know it is

not a perfect democracy, but let us keep a sense of proportion. So...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 December 2017
Reference
633 cc1333-4
House
House of Commons

I am grateful to the Chairman of the Select Committee, and of course we must keep a sense of proportion. I am quoting from a well-established institute and I want to give another point of view in this debate, which I think is fair enough.

I mentioned that the majority of...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 December 2017
Reference
633 c1334
House
House of Commons

I will not give way; I have got to finish now. The paranoid tendency to see a red under every bed is very much alive, albeit changed, and there is an explanation for such paranoia. Look at Trump’s victory, and look at the success of Brexit in the referendum. Things...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 December 2017
Reference
633 c1334
House
House of Commons

No, I will not give way to the hon. Lady. Russia is that excuse today. Perhaps the reality is that voters might not agree with the established liberal

consensus on Brexit. Perhaps voters in Britain, America, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere have legitimate concerns that they feel are not being addressed....

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 December 2017
Reference
633 cc1334-5
House
House of Commons

We have the Foreign Secretary in front of us today, and he has chosen his words very carefully, so I think we should reserve our ire for the evil of this regime. However, may I ask him about what this statement is really about, which is why Islamic State grew...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 November 2017
Reference
630 c1376
House
House of Commons

Having been a Member of Parliament for many years prior to devolution, I am acutely aware of the total inadequacy of direct rule. Will my right hon. Friend assure the House that he is undertaking the negotiations with the utmost urgency and intensity to get a deal on devolved government?

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Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
15 March 2017
Reference
623 cc377-9
House
House of Commons

What progress has been made on the establishment of a new administration in Northern Ireland following recent elections.

Asked by
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
15 March 2017
Reference
909181; 623 cc377-9
House
House of Commons