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HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUIt is, as always, a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant). I believe that the Prime Minister and the Government deserve the time and the space in which…14 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUI welcome the Prime Minister’s statement. Does she agree that requiring legally binding changes to the backstop is not only reasonable but essential if we are to pass the deal…12 Feb 2019HANSARDKnife Crime Prevention OrdersI welcome my hon. Friend’s answer to the urgent question. We need to be unflinchingly robust on enforcement, but we also need to draw youngsters away from the risks of knife crime…04 Feb 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves), who made her case powerfully and cogently. I want to strengthen the hand of this Prime Minister…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I will make a bit of progress, and then I will certainly take at least one more intervention. The Bill nowhere sets out the substance of the approach that the right hon. Lady…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018The problem my hon. Friend has is that, although he has powerfully made the case for the Norway option, I have also read the cogent case made by my right hon. and learned Friend…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I thank the right hon. Lady for that, but the Bill states nine months very clearly, and the EU has made it clear that it would need to know the strategic objective of any…29 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI welcome the Prime Minister’s statement and support her determination to return to Brussels to secure changes, particularly to the backstop. Given what she said in her statement,…21 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and on top of that powerful point the effect of this deal is to give up control, and it would precipitate a democratic cliff edge. That is…15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActFor my part in this debate, I have always understood the case for compromise, but compromise cannot come at any price, and the deal before us involves the most severe and enduring…15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy hon. Friend is right on that, and I will come back to what I think the Prime Minister and the Government should do in the event that the deal is voted down. My third reason for…15 Jan 2019