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HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend not only for his question but for bringing Professor Tim Briggs to see me. When Professor Briggs came to see me, he did raise this issue of spreading the…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman raises a very important point about the considerable benefits that these city deals can bring in bringing together provision by both government at all…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilWe have, as my right hon. Friend knows—she has been involved in some of these discussions—been looking at the alternative arrangements that could be put in place, and further work…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilI point out to the right hon. Lady that she talks about the response of business, and business was very clear that it wanted the House to support the deal— [ Interruption. ] Yes,…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilMy right hon. Friend is right to draw attention to that conclusion. There are certain unilateral commitments that we have made—unilateral commitments in relation to Northern…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilAs I have said in the House before, I am happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and other Members— [Interruption.] I have been meeting them. As the Leader of the Opposition indicated, I…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilThere are two ways in which the extension has been granted by the European Union Council. The first, of course, is for us to exit on 22 May with a deal, if this House were to…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilActually, what I said was that “as things stand”, I was not bringing back the meaningful vote, but “I continue to have discussions with colleagues across the House to build…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilI hope my hon. Friend will have a little more patience, because the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will soon set out more detail on this, but we stand by the commitment he…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. People would ask what on earth we were doing if, having voted to leave the EU nearly three years ago, they then found themselves electing…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilThe House votes many times on many different issues. It voted on whether to ask the people of this country whether we should leave the EU. The people made that decision. At the…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilI said in my statement that the House had voted twice to reject no deal and may very well continue to vote to reject no deal and attempt to ensure that no deal cannot take place.…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilMy hon. Friend makes an important point. It is about the responsibility to ensure that we do have appropriate governance in a no-deal situation, where significant decisions would…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilWhat I have genuinely been trying to achieve through everything that I have been doing is ensuring that we respect the wishes of the people of Northern Ireland, and that we…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilMy hon. Friend is tempting me to indicate what we might do. We do not know what the options are. We do not know which options will be chosen, or the sequence in which they will be…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilOver time, the Government have taken a number of actions to ensure that we can deal with introducing more control into our immigration system. One of the advantages of ending free…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilIn my statement, I set out the Government’s position in relation to the indicative votes and that remains the Government’s position.25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilMy hon. Friend is right that there are those across this House who obviously have continuing concerns with the withdrawal agreement, but there are many across the House who do not…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilI apologise to the hon. Gentleman; just a bit of female multitasking was trying to take place there. In terms of the concept of the confirmatory vote, that is often attached not…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilIt will be debated and voted upon later this week. I would be happy to inform my hon. Friend outside this statement when I have checked which day it is, but it will be one day…25 Mar 2019