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HANSARDDebate on the AddressBut I am going to give way, before I come to a juddering conclusion, to my right hon. Friend.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressNot only can I give my hon. Friend that absolute and unequivocal guarantee, but I am delighted to say that 2 million EU nationals in this country have already registered under the…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy hon. Friend is completely right on that, and I congratulate him on everything he is doing to advance the cause of Scottish fishing, in stark contrast to his opponents on the…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am delighted to give way to a great campaigner for Scottish fishing.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI will give way, with pleasure.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy hon. Friend has anticipated a point that I am about to come to, but let me deal with it out of order, as it were, and say that we will be bringing forward legislation to…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI can certainly give the Father of the House exactly that assurance. The objective of Brexit is not just to give business the certainty of concluding this whole affair; it is, of…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. I must direct her back to the answer I gave a moment ago: we are looking very carefully at HS2, and she should wait…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy hon. Friend is entirely right. That is why there is a massive increase not just in primary school funding, not just in secondary school funding, but in SEND funding across the…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressIncluding, particularly, Cheltenham.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressMay I respectfully suggest to the right hon. Gentleman that that might be a good reason—if it were true, which it is not—for his party to support a deal. I must say that I find it…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She raises a very good point. At the heart of the Queen’s Speech is provision for a new independent environmental regulator that will…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI reassure the hon. Gentleman by saying that the trade Bill is in the Queen’s Speech, so I very much hope that we can count on his support in voting for any deal we might secure…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy right hon. Friend is completely right. What we have is a choice between a semi-Marxist, if not Marxist, Opposition that would set this country back decades and a one nation…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I know that he campaigns passionately on this issue and I merely repeat what I think he would agree with: no one should escape…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am going to give way for positively the last time.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI concur entirely with my hon. Friend. The one thing that would be more divisive, more toxic, than the first referendum is a second referendum. Let’s get Brexit done.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressThe right hon. Lady knows there is an ongoing review of HS2, but this Government will be conducting the biggest infrastructure revolution of our time. I suggest that she contain…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy hon. Friend is completely right, and the entire country is yearning for this House to come together and to work together to get Brexit done. If we can get a deal, I think it…14 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsIf I may say so, my hon. Friend has put his finger on the heart of the question and is entirely right. That is the distinction that it is important for all right hon. and hon.…03 Oct 2019