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HANSARDLeaving the European UnionThe noble Lord is absolutely right that the Bill would need to be ratified by both Houses of this Parliament and the European Parliament within that timeframe. There is a June…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place earlier today by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister. The Statement is as…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI thank the noble Baroness and noble Lord for their comments. The noble Baroness rightly said that both Houses of Parliament had rejected leaving without a deal on several…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy noble friend will know that both the Conservative and Labour parties at the last election stood on manifestos to deliver the result of the referendum. We have had talks with…22 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 40(4) (so far as it relates to Thursdays) and (5) be suspended until the end of the session so far as it is necessary to enable notices and orders relating to…22 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhen I have the information to provide, the noble Lord will be the first to know.22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionWe certainly want a positive and fruitful relationship with the European Union going forward. That is why we are working towards this deal. That is why we believe that this deal…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionThe Prime Minister has been very clear that she does not support a second referendum. We do not support a second referendum but, if the withdrawal Bill gets its Second Reading, it…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy noble friend will know that, as we have announced, the Bill will be published on Friday, so noble Lords will indeed have the chance to look at it. I am sure that, through the…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI suspect that each side will interpret the European election results as they wish, as we saw with the local election results, so I am not sure that I can agree entirely with my…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI think I have been quite clear on the process in terms of a second referendum. There will be opportunities within the discussions on the withdrawal Bill for debates to be had on…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy noble friend is absolutely right that the withdrawal agreement is an agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The EU has been very clear that this is the…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI am glad the noble Lord at least agrees with one element of the withdrawal Bill, and I look forward to his support on the rest of it.22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionAs I have said, we want to deliver on the first referendum. The people said they wanted to leave the EU; we have been in negotiations with the EU for several years now; and we now…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI do not accept that. I gently remind the noble Lord that the 2016 referendum was the biggest democratic exercise in our history, where the British people voted to leave the EU.22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionMy noble friend is absolutely right that Conservative MPs were indeed elected on the manifesto, and there is nothing hard line about that whatever. We believe that the deal we…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionPeople have not seen the withdrawal Bill yet. It is being published on Friday, so I urge the noble Lord and colleagues down in the other place to wait, look at it, reflect, and…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI am grateful to the noble Lord for what I think are his kind words—I shall take them as that anyway. As I said, I believe that we want to leave the EU in an orderly and smooth…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI am afraid that I will sound like a stuck record but, as I said, we have said that there will obviously be discussions and debates on a second referendum during the passage of…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionIt is certainly true that we have not been able to get a majority in the House of Commons to support the deal; otherwise, we would be having a different conversation, which would…22 May 2019