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HANSARDEngagementsI will ensure that Ministers in the Department for Education have heard the hon. Lady’s request, but let me just remind her and Members of the House that the schools budget this…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my right hon. and hon. Friends for the spirit in which they have sought to broker a compromise in this House. The amendment has four propositions. The first is…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise this appalling case, and our thoughts and sympathies are with Ms Whiting’s family at this time. As he said, it has been identified…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI referred to the elements of that amendment, which refers to one part of what became known as the Malthouse compromise, in response to an earlier question from one of my hon.…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that everybody across the House sends their sympathies and concerns to the family of Maryam. We recognise that this must be an incredibly difficult time. Decisions on…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this issue. I am sure that the whole House will want to join me in sending our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsObviously we continue to work to leave in an orderly fashion with a deal, but we have made funding available and it is being used to make sure that we have preparations for a no…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I was tempted to start by saying that I suspect his mother and I were at the school at a different time— [ Interruption. ] Oh, he says it…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI set out last week steps the Government are taking to increase our work on knife crime. I understand that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary met the west midlands chief…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am sure the whole House will want to join me in expressing our deepest shock and sadness at the news of the air crash in Ethiopia on Sunday. Our thoughts and prayers are with…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsIt may be to the benefit of the House, Mr Speaker, and I am sure that people will recognise this, if I try to keep my answers shorter than usual today. Let me say to my hon.…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI will be voting for the motion standing in my name.13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman talks about not wanting no deal yet repeatedly votes in a way that brings no deal closer. The deal that he is proposing has been rejected several times by…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI have been working for leaving the EU with a deal. Businesses and business organisations have been clear across the UK that they want MPs to back the deal. Yes, businesses worry…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsThere are passionately held views and differences of opinion on this issue, and I think it would be of benefit to the House if there were a free vote across the House.13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe CBI said that the Labour party’s policies would lead to a drop in living standards. That is not very good for the people who the right hon. Gentleman claims to stand up and…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThis is about the choices that this House faces. The legal default in UK and EU law remains that the UK will leave the EU without a deal unless something else is agreed. The onus…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The House has today provided a clear majority against leaving without a deal. However, I will repeat what I have said before. [Interruption.]13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsYes, I am happy to tell my hon. Friend that I have spoken to a number of EU leaders about the desire that we have for UK citizens in their countries to be fully protected were…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I recognise the point the hon. Gentleman made about the aerial bombardment all those many years ago and the impact that had on the local community. On the specific case,…13 Mar 2019