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HANSARDEngagementsWhat the DWP is doing is spending not just its resources but its effort—I thank all the staff in the DWP for this—out there, helping people into the workplace and ensuring that…22 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for reminding me of the visit to beautiful Mevagissey and of the good chips that he and I shared on that occasion. He is absolutely right about the…22 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I said earlier, I recognise that this is a worrying time for the hon. Gentleman’s constituents and others. The Government have been actively looking at what we can do. We have…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI think that the right hon. Gentleman gave the game away when he made it absolutely clear that, as far as he is concerned, the way to get this through the House is for everybody…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionWe have already made the Government’s position clear: the Second Reading of the withdrawal agreement Bill will be brought to the House after the Whitsun recess.22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionAs I have indicated in a number of answers to questions this afternoon, I have not changed my view on a second referendum. I believe that we should be putting into effect the…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionBecause I have been discussing, and business managers have been discussing, a timetable for the Bill’s passage. Obviously, a business motion and a programme motion have to be…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionThe right hon. Lady referenced what has happened to Greybull Capital’s company, British Steel. She will be aware, as others will, that a number of issues and a number of…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionMy right hon. Friend is right that, if the Bill is not passed, this House will be faced with a stark choice. That choice will be whether Members go for no deal, for revoking…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionWe have put forward to the House today a package of proposals. It is a new package of proposals. The right hon. Gentleman has been clear that, in relation to the operation of the…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI have said to my right hon. Friend and others on many occasions, and the EU Council has made it clear on many occasions, that the EU is not reopening the withdrawal agreement.…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI and my colleagues across Government voted to leave the European Union on 29 March. We continue to believe that the best way to leave the European Union is with a deal. That is…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionIf the right hon. Gentleman is talking about the issues on which there is significant division in this House—namely, customs and a second referendum—and taking those through in…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI am afraid that the hon. Gentleman knows my answer to that: if he really wants to ensure that we do not leave the European Union without a deal, the best way is to agree a deal,…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, particularly in the point he makes about the dangers of a no-deal Brexit for the future of the United Kingdom. That is a key concern of mine in…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionThe hon. and learned Lady says she does not have that responsibility. She is an elected Member of this House and she has a responsibility in the votes that she casts. She has said…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionThere have been a number of analyses of the impact of leaving without a deal. I think there would be an immediate impact economically of leaving without a deal. Over time, of…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionNo, I do not. No Government could have said they would accept whatever they were offered, rather than be willing to see no deal. If it had been a bad deal, I stand by what I said…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI have responded to similar points from the hon. Gentleman’s honourable and right honourable colleagues this afternoon. He wants to put a decision back to the people—we have to…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI do not think I would have been standing here at the Dispatch Box and have been in receipt of some of the comments that I have been in receipt of, from colleagues on my side and…22 May 2019