Contributions
1,197 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister does not seem to understand. Her deal has been flatly rejected twice by this House by unprecedented majorities. Even this morning, the CBI said that no deal…13 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActSecondly, the motion uses the word “deliberately”. The risk of our being held in the backstop indefinitely has not been reduced; all that has been reduced is the risk that we…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am going to make some progress, if I may. Yet in her statement last night, the Prime Minister said that the joint instrument guaranteed that the EU could not act with the intent…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThat intervention has no relevance to the debate that we are having today. This debate is about the Government’s proposals in relation to leaving the European Union. The statement…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is clear that this Government delayed the vote from 11 December, then were found in contempt of Parliament for refusing to release legal information, then broke the record for…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActHaving a vote in Parliament on a potential improvement of rights is obviously a chance we would have to improve those rights, but it is not legally binding so as to defend those…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOh dear, this will be so disappointing to the people of Shropshire, it really will; I can’t believe he just said that. What we put forward in the referendum campaign was a…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActHowever people voted in the referendum, they want some certainty of their future: they want some certainty of their jobs, they want some certainty surrounding their trade.12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI was grateful for the support of the right hon. and learned Gentleman in the last Division that we had on this subject. Indeed, we had a very pleasant chat during that vote. I…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI met the Prime Minister in December to discuss the arrangements by which we would have debates on this whole process, and we absolutely agreed that the vote would take place on…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIndeed, and of course the political declaration is not a legally binding document. It is a declaration, and no more than that. I share my hon. Friend’s concerns about much of it,…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Government have been defeated again by an enormous majority, and they must now accept that their deal, the proposal that the Prime Minister…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI spend a great deal of time listening to people: people working on the shop floor in factories, people in small businesses, people who are worried about the future of their…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActAfter three months of running down the clock, the Prime Minister has, despite very extensive delays, achieved not a single change to the withdrawal agreement: not one single word…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThe Labour party has put forward very clear proposals. I shall come to them later in the speech, but, for the avoidance of doubt, they are about a customs union, access to the…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am not quite sure what that intervention adds to the debate. There was a referendum in 1975; yes, I voted in that referendum. There was another referendum in 2016; yes, I voted…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIndeed. The ERG seems to be slightly missing today, but I am overcome by the excitement and enthusiasm among all the Members sitting behind the Prime Minister.12 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesThis is a Government in chaos and a country in chaos because of this mess. I left my office at 20 past 3. At that time, Downing Street was unable to confirm who would be…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Changes(Urgent Question) : To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on progress made in achieving legal changes to the EU withdrawal agreement and the timetable for…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsViolent crime has doubled under the Tories’ watch. I have had a letter from Mike in Gosport— [Interruption.] Yes, it is important; he has something to say. Mike says: “The crime…06 Mar 2019