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HANSARDDebate on the AddressI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I am coming on to that in a moment, but I absolutely agree: what we need is a green new deal. We need a green industrial revolution,…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. We have almost a lost generation. Children are going to understaffed schools with very few teaching assistants, where headteachers are…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressQuite simply because we do not trust the Prime Minister. This Government have had three and a half years to get Brexit done and they have failed. The only legitimate way to sort…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressFreedom of movement has given opportunities to millions of British people to live, work and retire across Europe. It has benefited our economy immensely, with European Union…14 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsI thank the Prime Minister for an advance copy of his statement, but what we have before us is a rehashed version of previously rejected proposals that would put the Good Friday…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's Role in Creating a Safe EnvironmentI start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Jess Phillips) on securing this urgent question. It is extremely disappointing that the Prime Minister…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Thank you for what you have just said—and the sincerity with which you said it—about the threats made to Members of Parliament; the abuse, racism…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker. Yesterday’s Supreme Court verdict represents an extraordinary and, I believe, precarious moment in this country’s history. The highest court in this land…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI thank the Prime Minister for giving me an advance copy of his statement. Unfortunately, it was like his illegal shutting down of Parliament—“null” and “of no effect and should…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThank you, Mr Speaker. Quite simply, for the good of this country, the Prime Minister should go. He says he wants a general election. I want a general election. It is very simple:…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateIs to stop a no deal.25 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)The Foreign Secretary shakes his head and does not wish to intervene. The situation is simply this. The House has voted several times to say that a no-deal exit must be taken off…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)The right hon. Gentleman is quite right. Language has consequences, as people trot out what has been said by the Prime Minister and others, and turn it into the most abusive…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)That is an entirely hypothetical question. The question that the Prime Minister has to answer is: an Act of Parliament has been passed, and it requires him to take a specific…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)We have always wanted to get a deal, but what we do not want is the no-deal exit with all the dangers to jobs, living standards and supplies, and the Prime Minister and his chums…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)For the last time.09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I am glad the hon. Gentleman managed to read out his intervention that was given to him earlier. This is a debate about a Government saying that they will not abide by a law…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)No, I will not give way any more. The right hon. Member for Hastings and Rye resigned, saying that she had not seen any intensity of work going into negotiations with the EU. She…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)No, I will not give way. I have made that clear already. In her resignation letter, the right hon. Member for Hastings and Rye said the Prime Minister had committed an “assault on…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)It is extraordinary that the House is having to debate whether the Prime Minister will abide by a law that has just been passed by Parliament, and that the same Prime Minister,…09 Sept 2019