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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActOur freedom to negotiate free trade agreements will be dependent on the level of alignment that we have. What is different about the political declaration, compared with the…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI will make some progress. I am cognisant of the fact that some 80 Members are down to speak in tonight’s debate. In coming to these deliberations, the House should also be under…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActNo one who has ever done a negotiation with the United States would use the word “easy” to describe it. That is something that comes across rather quickly to anyone who has had to…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI will give way to the hon. Lady in a moment. Let me just say something briefly about two other suggestions. Some Members have raised the prospect of a so-called Norway or EEA…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActBut we will be taking those decisions. That is the whole point of leaving the European Union: those decisions will be in the hands of the British Government and the British…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI will give way one more time in a moment. There are also Members of this House who have advocated a second referendum, but there are three substantive problems with that…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI have to say in all candour to my hon. Friend that having spoken to a number of my colleagues in Norway, their advice was to retain the ability to have our own free trade…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI have already given way to the hon. Lady and I will not do so again. This was further confirmed by the last general election in which the two main parties, comprising over 80% of…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActAs usual, my hon. Friend makes a very good point very clearly. There are, across the House, a number of potential destinations that Members want to see: a Norway-type option,…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI am grateful for how the hon. Gentleman is setting out his arguments, but if he feels that he was ill informed when article 50 was triggered, why did he vote for it?14 Jan 2019