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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)Yes, of course.09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention; she makes her point very well. If the Foreign Secretary wishes to reply, I will happily give way.09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)No, I will not give way. I simply say that the House has an opportunity tonight to express its view that the Prime Minister should obey the decision that was taken by both Houses…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)The only point of any importance that the Prime Minister has just included in his speech is his clear indication that he does not intend to follow the law that has just been…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)The point I was making was that this will be against a backdrop of unemployment, increasing deindustrialisation and deepening poverty within our society, so it is not surprising…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)First, where are the Prime Minister’s proposals for the renegotiations? Where are they? When were they published? What is their content? Secondly, if the Prime Minister seeks no…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)We are the responsible party in this room, and we do not want to crash out with no deal. There is also the issue of trust in a Prime Minister who is unable to answer any questions…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. [ Interruption. ] I think we have had quite enough playground politics from the Conservative party this evening. The one thing the Prime Minister…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)I hope that the Prime Minister will reflect on proroguing and shutting down Parliament to avoid a Government being held to account, because that is exactly what he is doing today…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I want to put on record my thanks to you for being a superb Speaker of this House, my thanks to you as a colleague in Parliament, and my thanks to…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will be brief, because the whole House wants to get on to the important debate that you have just agreed to. I want to ask for a very urgent debate on…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I beg to move, That this House has considered the welcome completion of all parliamentary stages of the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill and has considered the matter of…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)Indeed. I do not keep the Prime Minister’s diary. He may keep his own, but he is certainly not here to reply to this debate. I believe he ought to be, as the motion is…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)One second. Even the Prime Minister himself implies that he will break the law.09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)No, I will not give way at the moment. No. 10 has briefed that the Prime Minister will defy the law. Until the Government have abided by that law, I do not believe there will be a…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I do not really wish anyone dead in a ditch, even if that is their own wish. The first answer that the Prime Minister gave ought to have been that he accepted the will of the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy first question to the Prime Minister, and no answer given! I asked what proposals had been put to the EU. We asked yesterday—many colleagues asked—and he seems utterly…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI really fail to see how I can be accused of undermining negotiations, because no negotiations are taking place. The right hon. Gentleman has been Prime Minister for six weeks,…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, you do not have to go very far from the portals of this House to see real destitution: people begging and sleeping on the streets; child poverty is up compared with…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. If the Prime Minister does to the country what he has done to his party in the past 24 hours, a lot of people have a great deal to fear from his…04 Sept 2019