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HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateObviously I congratulate Nissan on what it is doing and on its stunning manufacturing performance, and we are working very hard to protect supply chains, not just for Nissan but…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI am afraid the straight answer is no. I must repeat the humility with which we approach the judgment of the Supreme Court and, indeed, the Supreme Court itself but, on the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI congratulate the hon. Lady on the eloquence with which she has just made the point I tried to make earlier. She might direct her wrath at the Leader of the Opposition, because I…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI cannot prophesy exactly what my itinerary will be in the course of the general election campaign, but I cannot exclude the possibility that I may indeed pay a visit to the hon.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateNo, and that is why we are all here today.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI am aware of the campaigns that have been run not just by the hon. Gentleman but by other Plymouth Members in respect of Vanessa George, and I will certainly undertake to meet…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateWe are going to go for a deal, and we are going to come out on 31 October.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateWith the greatest respect to the hon. Gentleman, I think I did set out in some detail the areas in which we are now making progress. But I must say, to repeat the point that I…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateWhat that shows, Mr Speaker, is that you cannot trust the Lib Dems. The hon. Lady wants a second referendum, but her party leader, as I understand it, wants us to revoke the whole…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateAs I have said many times to the House, I do not want an election. It is open to the hon. Gentleman to try to persuade his colleagues to vote for a Queen’s Speech and the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateWe need to get on and deliver a deal. In any event, we will obey the law and we will not extend.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI can certainly give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. I am not aware of any such muzzling, except, of course, the muzzling of the Leader of the Opposition, who has been…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI refer the hon. Lady to what I have already said. We respect the judiciary and we respect the Supreme Court, but I humbly disagree with what the justices have said.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI remember well that happy afternoon we spent in J.D. Wetherspoon’s. I noted the popularity of my hon. Friend with his constituents, and I also noted their determination to get…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI certainly do take this House exceptionally seriously. Our constituents—all of them, across the whole country—actually feel that their opinions are being undervalued because they…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI am afraid that my hon. Friend is absolutely right. The best thing that all those who deprecate that description of the Bill could do is repeal it, get rid of its effect or—even…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThe Government provided all the evidence that we were asked to provide. Let me tell the hon. Gentleman that I was Mayor of London for eight years, during which I went around…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI thank my hon. Friend, who is a doughty and mighty campaigner for the Isle of Wight, as I have seen for myself. I thought that he was going to ask me about the island deal that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI thank my hon. Friend. He is, of course, quite right in the sense that the people of this country can see all kinds of forces in this country going to quite extraordinary…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman could easily test that proposition if he had the gumption to go for a general election or a vote of no confidence, which he is failing to do.25 Sept 2019