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HANSARDEU Trade Agreements: ReplicationThe past two and a half years have been a very painful process, as the wild and optimistic promises about what could be achieved from the Brexit process have collided with…13 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUAlthough strength in pursuit of a principle is to be admired, inflexibility and denial in the face of the facts is not, especially when the future of the country is at stake. The…12 Feb 2019HANSARDCounter-Daesh UpdateGiven what the people of Iraq and Syria faced when ISIS/Daesh suddenly acquired control of large parts of territory, what has been achieved in the years since is really quite…11 Feb 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I shall also vote for amendment (j) tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves), and amendment (i) in the names of the right hon. Member for Meriden (Dame…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018No. The lorries will be backed up from Dover, and a lorry stuck on the M20 cannot be in Germany to pick up the car parts that car plants in Britain require in order to function.…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018No, I will not give way.29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018No, I will not give way. Those businesses do not want tariffs, bureaucracy, delays and checks. The truth is that no one has any idea about what customs officers in Calais will do…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I say to the right hon. Gentleman, as I have said to the House before, in the end, if we are to make progress, people will have to compromise. It is a very British tradition,…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018Well, in truth, it is very hard to see what she can come back with if my right hon. Friend is correct in his assessment. It is odd, to put it very gently, that we are spending so…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I will give way, but then I want to make progress.29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I am concluding. We pass private Members’ Bills every year and there is nothing wrong about that. We need to take control of the process because the Government have clearly lost…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I fear that my hon. Friend is right, as the Prime Minister will find out. She will have to return to the House, I suspect, and say, “I am sorry, but I could not get the thing to…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I think we all realise that today’s debate is predominantly about process, but that cannot hide one essential truth: we are facing a crisis; our country is in a state of suspended…29 Jan 2019HANSARDContingency Planning: EU Member StatesIn a week in which P&O has announced that it is reflagging its entire cross-channel fleet in Cyprus, Sony is following Panasonic in moving its European headquarters from the UK to…24 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Free Trade AgreementsI want to ask the Minister a very simple question, to which I would appreciate a direct answer. How many of the 40 or so agreements on which an arrangement has been reached to…24 Jan 2019HANSARDTenant Fees BillFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. First, if the Government Whip had not said, “Not moved,” we would now be in the debate on the motion. If we had had that…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionLast Wednesday, the Prime Minister said to the House that she would reach out to try to find a way forward on the crisis facing our country, but having listened to her statement,…21 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI want to address what happens next, if, as seems likely, the Prime Minister’s deal is defeated this evening. The first question is “What will the Prime Minister do in that…15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI would give way, but time is very short and many other Members want to speak. The reason the Prime Minister has got into such difficulty is that, as we will discover tonight, the…15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActNo, as I am going to conclude my remarks. And the House of Commons will in the end have a chance to vote on that. The referendum result came as a shock to many in this House, but…15 Jan 2019