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HANSARDLeaving the EUMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point about the good record this country has on workers’ rights. I can confirm that I believe we should not just be automatically…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUWe are working with suppliers that provide medicines to the UK to ensure that there will be a continuity of supply and that patients will continue to receive the medicines they…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. We all want to see the continuation of the progress that has been made in Northern Ireland, and the economic situation for people in…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUI believe that my right hon. Friend, along with some of my other right hon. Friends, previously indicated to me that he understood that work done by others outside this House had…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUI have just answered exactly that question in relation to a vote, and my view has not changed in the 30 seconds or so since I answered my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUObviously, the hon. Lady and a number of Members in this House have raised the issue of World Trade Organisation arrangements. Of course, there are many parts of the world that we…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUAs my right hon. and learned Friend said, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 makes clear that the provisions of the 2010 Act apply to the withdrawal agreement and require it…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe hon. Gentleman talks about money spent. Money was indeed spent on securing all the contracts let. Third-party due diligence was properly carried out and would have been…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUWhat the Government are doing is taking the instruction of this Parliament, which was to get changes to the withdrawal agreement and to the backstop, so that this Parliament can…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUFirst, I did make it clear that the deal that the Government had put forward was analysed in the economic analysis. We recognise that there was not economic analysis of the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUIt is not the case that the only resolution of the issue of the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is a customs union with the European Union.12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUSome of the people the hon. Gentleman has referred to have also referred to the need for us to find creative solutions to ensure that we can deal with the issue that has been…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUI refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave to that question earlier.12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUAs I indicated in my statement, we are continuing our discussions with the official Opposition, but it is also the case that this House made clear what it is that it wants to see…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe hon. Gentleman raises a specific case. I do not know all the details of the case that he has raised. If he is reflecting the fact that we are saying that those who are…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUMy hon. Friend has very neatly pointed out the contradiction in many of the contributions that have been made in the House today.12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe Government’s position is very clear. We believe it is better for this country to leave with a deal. That is the position that the House of Commons has taken, but the House of…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUAs I have just indicated, there are businesses saying to me that article 50 extension does not solve the problem for them. What they want to see is a deal agreed by this…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe immigration Bill, I believe, is in Committee today, so work is being done on the immigration Bill. [Interruption.] The right hon. Gentleman says it is in Committee: it is the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUMany things happen in Parliament, and not just in this Chamber. The hon. Gentleman might wish to point out to his constituents that the Government have taken the decision of not…12 Feb 2019