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HANSARDEngagementsClearly, this is a very serious issue, and I understand that the judiciary and devolved justice authorities in Northern Ireland are keeping it under close and active…30 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 2019HANSARDEngagementsScotland is part of the United Kingdom and voted in 2014 to stay part of the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union. If the right hon. Gentleman…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe very simple fact that the right hon. Gentleman appears to have omitted is that the deal was brought to the House of Commons and the House rejected that deal. Therefore, we…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend raises an important issue and points out not only the good news of the 10-year high in the number of first-time buyers but the opportunities available for local…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman says “Of course not.” I think that is the first time he has actually accepted that you cannot just vote to reject no deal; you have to vote for a deal,…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsLast night, the House did vote to reject no deal, but that cannot be the end of the story.30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsI say to the right hon. Gentleman that I have pointed out that there are a number of options that people are putting forward that we are working positively with them on. I have…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsMay I say to the right hon. Gentleman that it would be helpful— [Interruption.]30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsI covered that in the answer to one of the right hon. Gentleman’s earlier questions. Perhaps if he listened to the answers to his questions, he would not have to repeat them.30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsWhat has been absolutely clear in my contacts with European Union leaders is that they want a deal. What the House voted for last night was to leave the European Union with a…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is a fine one to talk about coming together, when it was only last night that he agreed to actually meet me to talk about these issues. Time and again, he…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am just telling the shadow Foreign Secretary, if she will listen—let me give her a piece of advice: if she wants to shout things, it might be better to shout them in response to…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsAbsolutely. Last night, the House set a clear direction on the way in which it could agree a deal, and that, as the right hon. Gentleman says, is about dealing with the issue of…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend raises a very important issue. I certainly agree about the important role a free press and journalists play in our democracies, and I thank him for raising an…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman could not be more wrong. It is this Government who are ensuring that by 2020 the funding available to support—[Hon. Members: “Now!”] The funding we are putting…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that Members on both sides of the House will want to join me in sending our thoughts and prayers to all those affected by the collapse of the Brumadinho dam in Brazil.…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsI will ensure that the relevant Minister meets the hon. Gentleman and addresses this issue with him.30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, we all want to ensure that everybody in this country can have a safe and secure roof over their head—that nobody has to be on the streets sleeping rough. That is why we are…30 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise the excellent work that the Holocaust Educational Trust does, and the youth ambassadors. I have met some of these youth ambassadors,…30 Jan 2019