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HANSARDLeaving 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 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 EUWe are in talks with the European Union, so the premise of the hon. Lady’s question is, I believe, not correct. They are talking to us about what changes could be possible in…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUWe will be consulting on the nature of the shared prosperity fund and the criteria under which it will operate, so I will ask the relevant Minister to meet the hon. Gentleman in…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe deal we have negotiated on security does provide. There are, as the right hon. Gentleman knows, two areas where it does not specify the particular instruments that will be…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 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 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 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 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 EUI said that the Government had put forward a deal and that an economic analysis was done on that deal. The political declaration was part of what was brought to the House. The…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThat point was raised earlier by the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson), to whom I responded by making clear the work we have been doing with suppliers of…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUWe are committed to ensuring that our environmental standards do not fall. I believe that it is in the interests of this country—indeed, it is the desire of this House and this…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUWe will ensure that this country is prepared. The hon. Lady refers to an orderly Brexit. The deal that we negotiated—setting aside the issue of the backstop and the changes to…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUI agree with my hon. Friend that we do need to ensure in the negotiations that people recognise the options that are available. As I have said to a number of Members, we are not…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe hon. Lady and I have a different view in relation to a second referendum, as I have expressed earlier. I think it is important that we deliver on the referendum that took…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUWe are indeed. We have ramped up our preparations. We are continuing our preparations for no deal. We are engaging not just with Government Departments but with the devolved…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe second part of that question was not addressed to me, so I will not be responding to it. The right hon. Gentleman stands up and says that we are recklessly running down the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDInvestigatory Powers OversightI have today laid before both Houses a copy of the annual report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Lord Justice Sir Adrian Fulford. The report covers the year 2017,…31 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about what we are aiming to ensure that we get from leaving the EU, which is the ability to have that independent trade policy. That is so…30 Jan 2019