Contributions
574 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019We do not want an extension, but we will obey the law as it stands at that time.26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019Our focus is on a deal. When it comes to the point that the hon. Lady refers to, we will look at the law very carefully and we will obey the law.26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I want to restore trust in the House. There is genuine division—it is not just an issue of linguistics and language. The House is divided; the country is divided. That is why we…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I am not going into that legal advice. I have not done that. I think the hon. Gentleman is asking if that is the point that I am making. That is not the point that I was making.…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I thank the hon. Lady for the work she does on defence and for giving me the opportunity to confirm this Government’s belief in the international rule of law, specifically and…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I thank the right hon. Gentleman for reminding me whose words I was stealing to try to sound eloquent. Anybody in this House who predicted where we might be in a week would be a…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019The Prime Minister will obey the law.26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019If I may try to be clearer, the Government want to be transparent, we want a deal and we will use every bit of wriggle room we can find to get that deal.26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I hate to disappoint the hon. Gentleman, but we will obey the law.26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019It is not that negotiations have just restarted. Michel Barnier’s mandate to negotiate has not formally started, and that cannot happen until the European Council, where…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I thank my hon. Friend for that question. A lot could change between now and 19 October, and providing clarity that we will obey the law is clearer than picking specific laws and…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019The Prime Minister constantly meets and talks to all members of the Conservative party and other parties.26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019The Prime Minister answered a large number of questions and there was plenty of opportunity when he spoke for more than three and a quarter hours. I suspect that there will be…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I thank the hon. Gentleman enormously for allowing me to pay tribute to my successor— [ Interruption.] Predecessor, apologies. It is a great disappointment that, while he saw the…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019No, not at all. The hon. Gentleman is right to say that the timetable is highly constrained, but after three and a half years we have only ourselves to blame collectively as a…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019I think that is well beyond my pay grade.26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019That is a fair question, but I am not necessarily going to give the hon. Gentleman an answer that he will be happy with. I have already said that the Government will take advice,…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019We have the highest rate of employment for decades. I am specifically responsible for small and medium-sized enterprises in deal and no deal. While some of the larger businesses…26 Sept 2019HANSARDFreedom of MovementThat will depend on decisions and arrangements with individual countries. The UK has made a big, bold offer to EU nationals in this country, and I encourage those countries to…05 Sept 2019HANSARDPolicing and SecurityI spoke this week to the Home Secretary and the Policing Minister about security matters and exiting the European Union. My Department’s Ministers and officials hold regular…05 Sept 2019