Mr Andrew Mitchell - Contributions

Mr Andrew Mitchell

Conservative
Commons, Sutton Coldfield (2001 - present)

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International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

Commons Chamber on 12 September 201412/09/2014

My right hon. Friend is extremely generous. In return for this extraordinarily favourable arrangement for British development policy, we have to honour the electorate by ensuring that we demonstrate that we really do secure the results that we promise—...

International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

Commons Chamber on 12 September 201412/09/2014

I will in a moment, but I want to make some progress first. On page 116 of the manifesto there is a very fetching picture of my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) teaching in Rwanda on Project Umubano. I was teaching in the classroom nex...

International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

Commons Chamber on 12 September 201412/09/2014

I am a co-sponsor of the Bill introduced by my right hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Michael Moore). With the exception of one very minor tweak, it encapsulates the wishes of all three major political parties in the commitme...

NATO Summit

Commons Chamber on 8 September 201408/09/2014

On ISIL, my right hon. Friend is clearly right to have been cautious and to have sought the widest possible support for any international action, including by going through the United Nations and working closely with the Arab League. Will he continue to m...

Birmingham Schools

Commons Chamber on 22 July 201422/07/2014

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and warmly congratulate her on joining the Cabinet. Is it not clear, as my right hon. Friend says, that there is no evidence of radicalisation or violent extremism, and that it is important to say that clear...

Sutton Coldfield (Royal Status)

Commons Chamber on 12 June 201412/06/2014

I am grateful for having been granted this Adjournment debate—my first for at least 10 years—on the subject of the re-assertion of the royal status of the town of Sutton Coldfield. The debate is particularly timely because last Friday Mr Speaker visited m...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

Commons Chamber on 19 March 201419/03/2014

My hon. Friend, as always, is absolutely right, and bearing in mind the speech by the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown), it is important to remember that in 2010 the richest 1% in Britain paid a quarter of all income taxes. Today t...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

Commons Chamber on 19 March 201419/03/2014

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, but can he imagine what it would be like today if the Opposition’s policies were being pursued? I wish to make a point that the Chairman of the Treasury Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Mr T...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

Commons Chamber on 19 March 201419/03/2014

I believe that Minouche Shafik is an absolutely outstanding public servant, and she has been appointed as a deputy governor of the Bank. I am sure the whole House will agree that it is an outstanding appointment. The economic plan that has been introdu...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

Commons Chamber on 19 March 201419/03/2014

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson), who speaks with passion for his constituents. Towards the end of his speech, he focused on the changes that the Chancellor has made to savings policy today. Those are significant r...

Detainee Inquiry

Commons Chamber on 19 December 201319/12/2013

My right hon. and learned Friend is to be commended for the candour and openness of his statement to the House today. Is it not clear that the right hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr Straw) was dealing with unprecedented and extraordinary circumstances in the...

Syria

Commons Chamber on 12 September 201312/09/2013

Will my right hon. Friend say a little more about what progress is being made at the United Nations to secure a resolution for unfettered cross-border access for the humanitarian agencies? He will be aware that most of the UN aid is going through Damascus...

Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons

Commons Chamber on 29 August 201329/08/2013

I am afraid I have had my injury time. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron), but this is a complex situation and the NGOs on the ground disagree on the matter. Even at this late stage, we must continue to dem...

Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons

Commons Chamber on 29 August 201329/08/2013

The views of the NGOs on this matter are mixed, but what is clear is that part of the contribution that Britain can make—and other countries more so—to the humanitarian situation is to fund the NGOs and agencies that are working cross-border. Virtually al...

Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons

Commons Chamber on 29 August 201329/08/2013

I cannot give my hon. Friend a direct answer, but I refer him to the Attorney-General’s legal advice, which I think makes it clear that that is the case. My third point is that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will recall from our earliest di...

Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons

Commons Chamber on 29 August 201329/08/2013

One does not have to follow the oratory of the hon. Member for Bradford West (George Galloway) to realise that the spectre of the debate on Iraq in 2003 hangs over this debate. I sat undecided in the gangway listening with care to the then Prime Minister...

Debate on the Address

Commons Chamber on 8 May 201308/05/2013

The hon. Lady is right to flag up the importance of that work, supported as she says by many of the organisations that stand up for human rights in difficult situations around the world. I have mentioned US leadership. On Israel and Palestine, which co...

Debate on the Address

Commons Chamber on 8 May 201308/05/2013

I agree strongly with my hon. Friend. He has direct experience of this issue, and we need to tackle the culture of impunity that grows up in such situations. It is important to use every possible mechanism —he eloquently described one such mechanism—and I...

Debate on the Address

Commons Chamber on 8 May 201308/05/2013

The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which is relevant to those who try to fill the pot when a humanitarian crisis occurs and support from Governments and taxpayers is essential. The answer is that we do it best by publishing whether people...

Debate on the Address

Commons Chamber on 8 May 201308/05/2013

The Government are successfully tackling the deficit, which, as the hon. Gentleman will know, is an essential precursor to tackling the debt. I revert to my point that if this generation fails to tackle that, future generations must address it. The point...

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