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HANSARDEU Exit: No dealAs the Prime Minister said on Tuesday, the only ways to rule out no deal are to revoke article 50, which we will not do, or for Parliament to vote for a deal. We are working to…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Exit: No dealThere are a whole host of reasons. First, we want to get a deal over the line. May I just remind the hon. Gentleman what the House voted for, or against, yesterday? It voted…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Exit: No dealI am fairly hopeful that the vote on 12 March will be carried by the House because it is the one for the deal.28 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Exit: No dealMy hon. Friend makes a strong point, with which I mostly agree, although the Government have been preparing for two and a half years for our leaving without a negotiated deal so…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Exit: No dealPersonally, I think we are lucky to have such a brilliant Secretary of State for Scotland. I completely understand that the hon. Gentleman has taken a very principled position on…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will have seen the announcements about the Treasury guarantee for the funding measures she mentioned. We are also exploring more long-term alternatives, so this…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsProbably better than my confirming that is for me to point the hon. Lady to the written ministerial statement laid before the House earlier this week, which goes into great…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has some good figures, and I have some extra, updated figures for him. The devolved Administrations received a total of £120 million in the 2019-20 EU exit funding…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am surprised that the hon. Lady is not. I believe she has sat on a number of the statutory instrument Committees. We have nearly completed our statutory instrument programme to…28 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments, and I can confirm that the answer to his first question is yes. His second question was about why we have introduced the draft…21 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUSorry, I am afraid I do not have time. However, this Government do not want to have to utilise that work.14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI am afraid I am not going to give way. As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has consistently made clear, the only way to avoid no deal is to support a deal, and unless this…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI thank the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman, the hon. Member for Darlington (Jenny Chapman), for her comments about people’s speeches. She mainly chose people on her own side,…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUAs my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we have three options to deliver on the will of this House. Initial discussions with the European Union covered all these…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI thank my right hon. Friend for that clarification. This afternoon continued the tradition of robust discussion on this subject, with a degree of deliberation that is only…14 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionThat is remarkably clear for a Liberal Democrat. The hon. Lady mentioned that of those writing to her, the biggest group are people arguing for no deal. That is no surprise, when…04 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionYou have to ask?04 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. You have obviously heard my speech many times before; I believe that is why you are just about to scoot off to do…04 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionTo the best of my knowledge, I did not hear anybody mentioning that in the campaign, or in the debates in Parliament that led to the referendum being granted. I can honestly say…04 Feb 2019