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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillFor the clarification of the right hon. Gentleman—I know he realises this already—there are no checks GB-NI. There will be some light—touch measures to ensure there is no illegal…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will respond by just repeating the point that those arrangements are automatically terminated after four years unless a majority in the Northern Ireland Assembly expressly…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillBy your leave, Mr Speaker, I shall make some progress. Let us pause for a second and reflect on the scale of the choices before us. If we rejected this new deal, what would the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Billindicated dissent .22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIf I may, I say to the hon. Lady that I understand the point she makes, but she has had an answer, I believe, from my right hon. Friend the Chancellor yesterday. I think it will…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI can of course give the right hon. Gentleman the assurance that not only will this country maintain the highest standards both for environmental protection and of course for…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am delighted to say that the settled status scheme is proceeding apace, and we have every hope that the entire 3.4 million will have registered by the time of the deadline.…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend is completely right. Those who have argued for three years that they are motivated primarily by a desire to avoid no deal have only one logical course of action…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI think I have given way quite a lot during this speech and I wish to wind up because I know that hon. Members will wish to make their own contributions to the debate. For three…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Let me say in response how welcome it is—even joyful—that, for the first time in this long saga, this House has accepted its…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOn the hon. Gentleman’s point about clause 31, the intention is very clear: the intention is to allow the House to participate actively and fully in the building of the future…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe divisions will continue. [Interruption.] I give way to the hon. Gentleman.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillPerhaps even worse— [Interruption.] Perhaps even worse, if we do not get this thing done we face the continuing acrimony and the abuse that I am afraid is still heard—perhaps…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend is right, and the consequence of not getting this done and not voting through this deal tonight is to continue with the creeping paralysis that is affecting certain…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI can indeed give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. [Interruption.] There will be no race to the bottom. For right hon. and hon. Members who wish to be involved in the building…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend has given excellent advice to the House, and I thank him very much for his support. I wish to stress that the whole House will be involved in devising that future…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. We come together now, in the very best traditions of this House, to scrutinise this Bill and then take the decision that…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI know that that will be welcomed by my hon. Friend.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe House will know full well that these are transitory arrangements. If the people of Northern Ireland choose to dissent from them, they melt away, unless by a majority they…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend makes exactly the right point: this Government wish to have the highest possible standards for workers across the country because we believe that that is the right…22 Oct 2019