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HANSARDEngagementsTo the best of my knowledge, there are more EU nationals living and working in this country than ever before, and, in many ways, that is a great thing, but we have, as the hon.…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving me that opportunity, and I do indeed express my gratitude, as I think I did last night. I am happy to repeat that today, for the…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend campaigns valiantly on that issue, and he is absolutely right. Both the Chancellor of the Exchequer and I have raised the matter personally with our counterparts in…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I said in the House on Saturday, there are clearly two schools of thought—two sides of the British psyche—when it comes to this issue. The House has been divided, just as the…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on what he is doing to promote the prospects of the new spaceport in Newquay which this Government are constructing; he is doing an outstanding job.…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI was with the hon. Lady until her last point. I certainly think that racism in football is utterly disgusting and should be stamped out at every possible opportunity. She will…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his support. I thought he was going to ask about the hospital in Watford, which I am delighted to say is going to be rebuilt, along with many others…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI must correct the hon. Gentleman, who just said this is our decision. It is the decision of the BBC. [ Interruption. ] No, come on, Opposition Members should be clear about what…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I have seen myself, my hon. Friend is a battler for the people of Telford; she does a great deal of good work for them. As a first step, my right hon. Friend the Health…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsSpeaking as the oldest son who has never seen any particular benefits from that rule, I understand completely what my right hon. Friend says. I will reflect on her request. I…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI understand that people who require the medical use of cannabis are going through desperate difficulties, and, of course, it is right that we have changed the way we do things.…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs so often, my right hon. Friend has spoken with complete good sense. I do think it was remarkable that so many Members of the House were able to come together last night and…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI know that this was raised many times in the House yesterday, and I believe that the Union is preserved, and indeed we are able to go forward together as one United Kingdom and…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsLet us be absolutely clear that the United Kingdom is preserved, whole and entire, by these arrangements, and indeed the whole of the UK will be allowed to come out of the…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. and learned Friend makes a reasonable case; alas, we cannot know what the EU will do in response to the request from Parliament—I stress that it was not my request…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsOnce again, the voice of Scotland—the voice of Angus. I thank my hon. Friend very much. We are indeed engaged in not just levelling up the provision of gigabit broadband across…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am as scandalised as the hon. Gentleman about the failure of the Mayor of London to improve air quality, if that is what I understood him to have just said. When I was Mayor of…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe fishing communities of Scotland will have a fantastic opportunity, by the end of next year, to take back control of their entire coastal waters—all 200 miles of them—and to…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsOn a duchess and a city, may I undertake to report back to the House on the progress we are making, Mr Speaker?23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his support. I can say to him that our policy remains unchanged: we should leave the EU on 31 October, at the end of this month. We will…23 Oct 2019