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HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Item 4 on the list of written ministerial statements for today is about the continuity of trade deals. It would have been extremely helpful to…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI certainly do agree with my hon. Friend. Some in the Secretary of State’s party have been claiming that no deal would be better than a bad deal. Others have been claiming that…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI do not know whether my hon. Friend was in the Chamber just prior to the debate starting, but I raised a point of order with Mr Speaker—obviously, you were not here, Madam Deputy…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsIn a moment. Jude Brimble continued: “Manufacturers are often based in the heart of their communities and supporting many more indirect and supply chain jobs. Zero tariffs could…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI have two points. First, of course I will vote for a deal, but I will not vote for the Secretary of State’s bad deal. That is why we have put forward our own proposals for a good…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI was seeking an intervention, Madam Deputy Speaker. According to the Office for National Statistics, Australia was our 16th biggest export market over the past 20 years, with…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsYes, indeed. That is why I have consistently said that I believe that Brexit will do economic damage to this country. Unlike the hon. Gentleman, however, I believe in democracy. I…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsIt pains me to advise my hon. Friend of this, but in the last quarterly set of figures, that honourable exception of the north-east being the only region that exports more than it…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI just wanted to say thank you.21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade Agreementsrose —21 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Indeed, it is those who have bullied my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Wavertree who will have to answer for it. I hope the processes…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyI will in a minute, but I want to make a little progress. We recognise that social media can be a tremendous tool, enabling a more democratic and open media, but too often it has…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyI cannot agree with my hon. Friend on that point because it is for the national executive to take that decision—20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyThis morning, I saw the reports that I am sure my hon. Friend saw about not just the readmission of Derek Hatton, but the tweets that he mentions, and I wrote to the general…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I am sure that we all have similar stories to tell about the CST’s work in our constituencies. In my own constituency of Brent North, we have…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I do not understand how the people who say the things that he quotes can, with any integrity, think that they belong to our party.20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyI will give way, but it will be for the last time.20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyMay I just say that I agree with every single word the Secretary of State said? I thought he spoke incredibly powerfully, with great seriousness and with great measurement. It has…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyI am not taking any more interventions, as I said. It is only through education that we will protect future generations from falling into these insidious falsehoods —[…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyIt is only through education that we will protect future generations from falling into insidious falsehoods and conspiracy theories. I had the privilege of hearing Gena Turgel,…20 Feb 2019