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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018My Brexit policy, and the policy of the Government, has been about the vote that took place in 2016 in the referendum and about delivering on leaving the European Union.29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018On a point of order, Mr Speaker. A fortnight ago, this House clearly rejected the proposed withdrawal agreement and political declaration, with just 202 Members voting in favour.…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018If the hon. Gentleman wants to look for different views about the issue, perhaps he can talk to some of his colleagues. He might try to get the Leader of the Opposition to focus…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018Those are exactly the issues that we want to work on, and several proposals have been put forward. However, what matters today is that Parliament makes it clear to the EU that the…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I will take more interventions in a little while, but I want to make the point that the essence of any negotiation is to find a mutually acceptable solution. That is the spirit in…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I give my hon. Friend that assurance: it has to and will come back to this House. Legally speaking, ratification of the agreement can take place only in the act of passing the…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018As I have referenced my hon. Friend in my speech, I will give way to him.29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I say to all Members of this House that I have already been very generous in taking interventions. I am sure that many Members wish to contribute to the debate, so I will make…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018In order to deliver what the hon. Gentleman wants and ensure that we do not leave with no deal, we need to agree a deal. What we are doing today is looking at a series of…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018No. I have said to the hon. Lady that I am going to make progress. I am not prepared to stand still and put at risk either the Brexit that the people of this country voted for or…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018No, I am going to explain. This amendment will give the mandate I need to negotiate with Brussels an arrangement that commands a majority in this House—one that ensures we leave…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018No, I am going to make some progress. None of the amendments I have addressed so far will ensure that we deliver Brexit. Instead, they simply provide more arguments against action…29 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union Withdrawal Act: Section 13(11)(a) StatementFurther to section 13(11)(a) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the 2018 Act), the Government propose to proceed with the steps outlined in my statement of Monday 21…24 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, may I extend my deepest sympathies to Rachael Knappier? We recognise that this growth in non-surgical treatments increases the need for consumer protection, and we are…23 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important issue and highlighting that case, which shows the horrors that so many people went through during the holocaust. We welcome the…23 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Gentleman will know, there are many cases in which some of the measures that have been used do not properly reflect the situation on the ground, but obviously we look…23 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe have been reflecting on the economic security of our citizens across the whole of the UK, and that is why we put forward the proposals that we did last summer and why the…23 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman obviously looked carefully at the economic analysis, and he will have seen that it looked at the impact of different issues in relation to the trade…23 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Not just he, I and all Conservative Members, but all Labour Members stood on manifesto pledges to respect the result of the referendum and to…23 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsIt is obviously very important for all of us that people are able to feel and be safe in their homes, and I understand residents’ concerns over this issue of cladding. We fully…23 Jan 2019