Bernard Jenkin MP: speeches
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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- 2 Sept 2026 · EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK · Hansard source
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As a rather lone voice in this debate, I do not complain that it is not going to be a balanced debate, but somebody has to make the case.
- 2 Sept 2026 · EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK · Hansard source
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The referendum was in 2016, but all the legalities of membership of the European Union, including the Dublin convention, applied until 2021. The small boat crossings were rocketing before Brexit. They have nothing to do with it.
- 2 Sept 2026 · EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK · Hansard source
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Will the hon. Member give way?
- 2 Sept 2026 · EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK · Hansard source
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The question of scrutiny was raised by the Minister’s colleagues. In the absence of a European Scrutiny Committee, how is this stuff going to be scrutinised if he brings in direct applicability and direct effect of European laws?
- 2 Sept 2026 · EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK · Hansard source
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There are no tariffs.
- 2 Sept 2026 · EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK · Hansard source
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Which goods does the EU charge tariffs on? The hon. Member said that it charges tariffs; which goods are they on?
- 9 Jul 2026 · Jury Trials · Hansard source
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3. What advice she has given the Government on the potential impact of removing jury trials in certain circumstances on the rule of law.
- 9 Jul 2026 · Jury Trials · Hansard source
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Where is the evidence that jury trials are causing the delays? In the south-east and other parts of the country, the backlog is already falling. The Government should be commended for that, but what are the other causes of delays, and are they not much more significant than any delay caused by the fact that they are jury trials?
- 8 Jul 2026 · Maritime and Coastguard Agency · Hansard source
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May I help the Minister answer the question he was asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith), who is on the Opposition Front Bench? The answer is that the law is an ass and the law should be changed, as the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) said. How can it be that the law is interfering in a perfectly happy relationship between coastguard volunteers and the MCA? The law is an ass, and that is quite clearly the view of the coastguards I met last week in West Mersea in my constituency.
- 8 Jul 2026 · Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness · Hansard source
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Will the hon. Member give way?
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