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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActThe Secretary of State makes a bewildering point, because I did not talk about being ill informed about the triggering of article 50, but he makes his own point and perhaps he…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActThe hon. Gentleman is extremely courteous and always punctilious about the truth of what is said in this Chamber. I simply stated the fact that the Prime Minister had said it was…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActOf course it was right to look at the 15-year long-term assessment. Nobody is disputing that. Indeed, I will quote later from precisely that analysis. The problem is—and this is…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActOh dear, Mr Speaker! It is precisely this lack of specificity that has left Members across the House unable to have confidence in the Prime Minister’s deal. I probably should not…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI am pleased that I gave way to my hon. Friend, who has said what it is critical to understand on both sides of the House: we cannot simply have deals with everybody that are as…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI will give way to the right hon. Gentleman in a minute—and quicker than his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development did. Ten days ago, I had the…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI am delighted to say that the rest of my speech will be doing precisely that; I hope it will satisfy the right hon. Gentleman. Alignment of standards is key to trade. That was…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI am glad to say that the one thing that I can honestly claim I have no responsibility for are the words of the right hon. Gentleman. When listening to some of the more extreme…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActNo. Actually, what is not helpful to the debate is to dismiss the existing economic modelling without presenting any credible alternative, to fail to provide any analyses of the…14 Jan 2019