Jonathan Djanogly calls for more investment in technology and for consolidation of the legal services marketplace to address the problems facing the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Following the Treasury response to the Urgent Question on customs clearance arrangements at UK ports after the UK leaves the European Union, Jonathan Djanogly highlights the importance to businesses of easy border crossing and no EU tariffs.
Jonathan Djanogly welcomes the Government’s movement towards supporting the Magnitsky amendment, which would freeze UK assets of people suspected of human rights abuses, and asks the Minister about Government support for a public list of named individuals.
Jonathan Djanogly welcomes the Prime Minister’s statement following the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. He highlights that sanctions are most effective when applied multilaterally, but raises concerns that when we leave the EU we will lose our position on the body that sets those sanctions.
Speaking in a debate on the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill which will establish the UK’s position on sanctions policy following Brexit, Jonathan Djanogly says sanctions are most effective when put in place by multiple countries and therefore calls on the Government to negotiate a position with the EU whereby we keep a decision-making and voting seat at the table.
Speaking in a debate on the Second Reading of the Trade Bill, Jonathan Djanogly backs a clause which aims to ensure continuity with regard to the GPA, or government procurement agreement, post-Brexit, as we will have to rejoin the GPA in our own right, rather than as a member of the EU.
