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HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I will not because many people want to speak. I hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive me. The anger expressed by some Members towards the Prime Minister’s deal is in part…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Is there not something really quite liberating about the debate we are having? The normal atmosphere and structure, with propositions from one side or the other, have all…27 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI return to the point that was made in the first intervention that the Minister took—that is, the Prime Minister’s categorical statement, which I have to say I welcomed today,…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve). The right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Sir Nicholas Soames) reminded us of the…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Actrose—25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI hear the hon. Gentleman’s argument, but for the reasons I am about to advance I think the Prime Minister made a very significant statement today, to which many others have drawn…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilThe Prime Minister has told the House that if her withdrawal agreement is not approved by this Friday, the extension we have been granted will last only until 12 April. If the…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionWe will not now be leaving the EU on 29 March, but this is crisis delayed, not crisis avoided. Will the Government now support the cross-party amendment for Monday tabled by the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI will give way to my valued fellow member of the Select Committee.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. I am not terribly interested in blame, but I am interested in analysing how we have come to this point. Some may regard that as…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionThe right hon. Lady makes a powerful point. There is a certain selectiveness in the Government’s reflection on the decisions that we have made. The public expect us to get on and…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI think that—not quite in fairness to the Prime Minister—her purpose and her method has been obvious for a long time. To Opposition Members, it has been, “My deal or no deal.” In…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI am very grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. Could he give an answer to this simple question? The Prime Minister has revealed today that she has applied for a…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionIt is a genuine privilege and pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening), who just made an outstanding speech about the state we are in. Let me just…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI can only presume that Mr Tusk is trying to encourage Parliament and the country finally to come to a decision. As the hon. Gentleman will be well aware, there is great…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI agree with the hon. Lady. It seems to me that the story of indulgence over the past two and three quarter years is the indulgence of one section of the Conservative party that…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In distinguishing between the character of the first meaningful vote and the second, in your statement you drew attention to the fact that, in the…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThe Minister’s assertion that my amendment of last Thursday would have bound future Governments comes as a great surprise to me because, as I recall, it asked for a motion to be…18 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe right hon. Gentleman’s argument that contrary views could not be heard is defective, as he will see if he goes back to paragraph 2 of the amendment. Sub-paragraph (d) says…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In the light of the important announcement made by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union in his closing speech that the Government…14 Mar 2019