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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI also recall that I strongly supported the social chapter to try to bring social justice across Europe, and I just remind the right hon. Gentleman of his historic achievement of…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillPeople voted in different ways in the referendum in 2016—that is obvious—but nobody voted to lose their jobs, or to find that their regulations and living conditions had been…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. She says it with heartfelt passion and she is right: there are many people who have come to this country from all over the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI have given way a great deal, as I am sure all Members would agree. I am going to make some progress and then give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillYes, it will. The only way forward for the Prime Minister would be to go on to WTO rules and then to seek a special trade deal with the United States. I do not know whether the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOn Saturday, we warned that, if the House passes the Government’s deal, it would be a disaster for our country. Now, as we look through the details of the Bill, we see just how…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillWe are challenging this Bill today and that is the whole point of this debate. As the hon. Gentleman well knows, my party’s policy is that we would negotiate an appropriate deal…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I also thank her and other colleagues, some of whom represent seats that voted heavily to leave, for their engagement, for the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy right hon. Friend’s constituency, which I know very well, was once a centre of manufacturing in Britain, but the Government of Margaret Thatcher put paid to that. He is right…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI do not think there is any process that allows an intervention on an intervention on an intervention. I think you would probably notice it, Mr Speaker.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am not giving way for a while. Why has the Prime Minister, instead of entrenching non-regression environmental standards into the Bill and the deal, taken out the level playing…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As a distinguished former leader of his local authority, he knows the importance of going through documents in detail and having a chance to…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Billrose —22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillParliament needs to do its job and that is what we should be given the chance to do; we should not be rushed into this 17 hours after the Bill’s publication. I would also say—I…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Of course, she is absolutely right that, while the Prime Minister claims that there is no intention in his mind to undermine workers’…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI do not know what has happened to the hon. Gentleman’s maths, but so far three Members have intervened who have expressed disagreement with the Bill and want to get a better deal…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Having on several occasions spent time with her in her constituency, talking to people in her community and visiting factories and…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI believe in the powers of persuasion and tonight I would like to persuade my hon. Friend: come with us, vote against this Bill and vote against the programme motion, because I…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillYes, I understand and accept the hon. Lady’s concerns on that. She is eloquently making the case for far more scrutiny of this Bill, so I am sure she will be joining me in…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will give way to my hon. Friend, with his quiet demeanour, but let me just say, on workers’ rights, that by removing any level playing field provision the Government are asking…22 Oct 2019