Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown welcomes the Government statement late in the evening on the withdrawal agreement and the new legally binding instrument and asks if the deal is approved whether there is sufficient time to get the necessary legislation through the House.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, who is Deputy Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, pays tribute to the outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General Sir Amyas Morse who has come to the end of his ten-year tenure and welcomes the appointment of Gareth Davies.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown highlights funding problems facing headteachers in Gloucestershire and calls for similar schools with similar demographics to receive the same level of funding irrespective of where they are in the UK.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown says when Prevent or other authority counsels a young person who is still intent on going to ISIS or other similar organisation, then the Government should consider withdrawing their passport for their own safety.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown calls on the Government to give children’s social services the information and finances they need to deal with the growth in the number of children being taken into care as a result of domestic violence.
Speaking in Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown outlines the choice between remaining in the customs union or a fully functioning UK trade policy and calls on the Opposition leader to accept the will of the British people and back a free trade policy.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown highlights the unfair distribution of education spending and in particular the difference between the highest-spending local authority and one of the lower-spending local authorities such as Gloucestershire.
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown explains why he will support the deal to give businesses certainty and because of the risk of ending up with no deal, but he makes it clear to the Government that they must come back with a better deal.