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HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentDoes my hon. Friend agree that the failure to recognise the difference between a real-terms and cash increase is frustrating for headteachers? In schools in my constituency,…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentDoes my hon. Friend agree that the effect of these cuts has fallen particularly on funding and provision for children with special educational needs, and that no amount of…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEU CitizensNo, I was here.09 Jan 2020HANSARDEU CitizensRefusing to provide paper proof of status, rejecting Labour’s proposal to grant automatic status, granting only uncertainty inducing pre-settled status to people who have been…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo, I will not give way. If, however, trade negotiations do not get concluded with record speed over the next few weeks and months, we will be holding this Government to account.…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillSome hon. Members appear to think we are still in the Christmas pantomime season; we are not. Just saying that does not make it clever and does not make it right. All the…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMadam Deputy Speaker, my congratulations on your election to your new post—a historic appointment—and welcome back. First, I will say that we in Her Majesty’s official Opposition…09 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI rise to speak about parliamentary sovereignty. Clause 38 is a puzzle, and we have tabled our amendment 11 to tease out more of that puzzle, to try to work out what it is for and…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger, and I look forward to serving under your guidance. It is also a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. This is about who we want to be as a country—who I believe the British people already are—and how we want to be seen. As Conservative…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOne of the things that interests me about the right hon. Gentleman’s argument is what we will do when we are trying to resolve a dispute over a trade agreement at a supranational…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe hon. Gentleman is quite right. It is because of that uncertainty that many people in Northern Ireland have understandable fears about the future.08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThat sounds like an eminently sensible idea. The Opposition support the cross-party amendment, new clause 55, and I will come on to the other clauses. The Labour party has…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention but, of course, it is far from clear that that will be the case. What we are actually seeing, even from the Secretary of…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I, too, sat through yesterday’s debate, and that seemed to be what was being said. The Brexit Secretary himself said that there will have to be…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is well aware that the Labour party had leadership hustings last night and that the Front-Bench team were here and fully engaged. I am talking now about…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI do agree with the hon. and learned Lady on that. I say again that that shows why we need this amendment, because it is about the scrutiny of the process. If we are to accept…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI beg to move amendment 11, in clause 38, page 37, line 24, at end insert— “and has been so during the period since the passage of the European Communities Act 1972.”08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI understand the difference between a law and a directive. I also understand the fact that we were perfectly capable of making our own laws during the past 40 years. Let us take…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am going to continue with my example, because this is incredibly puzzling. I do not recall such a thing at any stage in the passage of this Bill or any other Bill that I have…08 Jan 2020