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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy hon. Friend has a room next door to mine. Of course I will give way, and then I will make progress.04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI am responding to the hon. Lady if she just bears with me. I do not regard the threat of a no-deal Brexit as part of a credible negotiating strategy.04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI agree with the hon. Lady. Other Members will have lots of other experience of the potential consequences. These are not risks that we should take with our economy, businesses,…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillIf someone says, “You can jump off a cliff, with all the damaging consequences, in a couple of weeks’ time, or we could put it off for three months—which would you like?”, the…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Those industries and sectors, whose representatives we have all met and whose evidence we have heard, are troubled that the message that…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillLet me finish this point. Operation Yellowhammer, on which the report was published in The Sunday Times , talked about the potential for protests; significant delays for lorries…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillIf Members will forgive me, I am not going to give way again at this point. I have been reasonably generous and I am conscious of the time. It is important that we acknowledge the…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThe reason why I voted against the deal three times was not really to do with the withdrawal agreement—the legally binding treaty; it was to do with the nature of the political…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillNo, that is not the case. In those circumstances, the House could decide to ask the Prime Minister to go back. The central point is that it gives the House of Commons the ability…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI will give way one more time to the hon. Gentleman.04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI do not agree. Of course, we all recognise that with any of these provisions there is no guarantee that the European Union will grant a further request from the United Kingdom…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI have read those reports and they are of concern to me, as I know they are to the right hon. Gentleman and many others in the House. The aim of the clause is not, as I think the…04 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI did directly address that question in my speech on Second Reading, but the hon. Gentleman has not read clause 3(3), which explains the circumstances in which subsection (2), to…04 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The House has spoken this evening. I say to the Prime Minister that, if the other place passes the Bill, this House expects him to uphold the law…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsIt was reported yesterday that analysis done for the Department for Transport in the last fortnight says that in the worst case, the average delay for lorries and freight at Dover…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitIt is not just Chancellor Merkel who has confirmed that no substantive proposals have been put forward. Last weekend, the Irish Deputy Prime Minister said that “nothing credible…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)I am extremely grateful to the Leader of the House for giving way. Now that Mr Speaker has made it clear that there is nothing at all irregular about his acceptance of this…03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe Prime Minister has set out his new Brexit policy, but did he notice that, yesterday, the Taoiseach said that any suggestion that a whole new negotiation could be undertaken in…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentLeeds Central.25 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfBack in June, the Government’s view was that naval escorts for ships passing through the strait of Hormuz would not be appropriate because it would be seen as provocative and…22 Jul 2019