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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillParliament is sovereign, was sovereign and will be sovereign, and the clause recognises that fundamental principle in our constitutional arrangement, which is of great…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillYes. Clause 38 not only restates the historical position but reasserts our sovereignty during the implementation period. Parliament will be given extra powers, such as the powers…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI disagree with virtually all the hon. Gentleman’s points. We will take back control, hold that sovereignty, take our seat as an independent nation state on WTO rules, and engage…08 Jan 2020HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI thank my hon. Friend for her question. We will maintain environmental and animal welfare standards. I know that she works tirelessly to improve those standards, both in…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesThe right hon. Gentleman is right: we are in a constrained period and we are trying to do an unprecedented amount of work. Even separate to the problem of which he speaks…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI think everyone in the House believes in higher protections for workers’ rights and maintaining and expanding them over time. My hon. Friend makes an interesting point about the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI do not think I said that I was not quite sure. I think I used the words, “It would have been something that was considered,” but that the House should not read anything into…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI thank my hon. Friend for asking that question. No deal is indeed made more likely by the House not supporting the Government’s position. As for the Leader of the Opposition, I…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI must say that although I am reaching out across the Floor, I have given up on reaching out to the right hon. Lady. There are many Opposition Members and there is still hope for…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI can reassure the people of Dorset and the United Kingdom that we will be leaving on 31 October. Our preference is to do so with a deal, but we are very much ready to leave with…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI think members of the public are getting wise to what is going on: this Government are trying to deliver Brexit and this Parliament, collectively, is trying to frustrate it. My…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI am not going to get into the detail of —[Interruption.] Opposition Members who have been Ministers will realise that lots of people see documents, and Ministers do not…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesWith great sadness, I can confirm that I fear that some Members on the Opposition Benches and in this House simply do not want to follow the mandate of the British people. They do…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI can give the hon. Gentleman that confirmation, but I encourage him to discuss the detail with my colleagues at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. If that is…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI thank my hon. Friend for her work with the “MPs for a Deal” group, which brings together MPs from across a number of political parties. I welcome her introduction of the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI acknowledge, as I think the whole House would, that we are working to a compressed timescale compared with the previous negotiations, but those negotiations were not successful.…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI have already said that I will not comment on which documents I have and have not seen, or which versions I have and have not seen. This is a document that we are negotiating on.…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesYes. We would not propose it; I would not support it; and I do not think my right hon. Friend would support it. Perhaps the Liberal Democrats can say whether they would support it.07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesThe Government are looking for a tailored solution. Of all the trade between the UK and Northern Ireland, only 1% of goods cross the border. As well as trusted trader schemes,…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesMy hon. Friend is right. That is a particular problem with the Liberal Democrats who, for perfectly respectable reasons, do not want a no-deal exit but who will not back a deal.…07 Oct 2019