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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillOurs is not a delivery problem; ours is a bar on sending. Ours is not just that it is too difficult; ours is that it is too difficult because of the international customs…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThis Bill is prospective in its tone and purpose. It is about going forward. It is about solving the problem that has been put upon us. The hon. Member says, “Oh, let’s reset.”…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillNo, I will finish my point. That is the fundamental issue here. We also had it on the legacy Bill. Again, it is not about the merits or the de-merits of the legacy Bill, much of…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI have been very generous in giving way. In a way I am not assisting my cause, because I know Government Members want to talk the Bill out. I would rather see them take a stand on…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI fear that there is a lot of truth in that. As I say, the politics took over. A further truth is that for some—not all, but some—enthusiasts of the protocol arrangement of a…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMy Bill is about seeking to restore democracy to the arrangements. That is why I want to take back from Brussels control over our laws. My Bill is a charter for democratic…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillBrexit was a national vote, decided for better or for worse on a national basis. The people of London did not vote for Brexit, but no one is saying they should now be ruled by…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillNo, I am going to make some progress. I strongly refute the fallacy that to depart from the Windsor framework is to breach international law. On the contrary, to perpetuate the…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThe hon. Member knows that from experience. I want to make some progress, and to make one point very strongly: the economic consequences are dire for Northern Ireland. We have…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillAbsolutely. I will return to that.06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI respectfully and utterly disagree. As part of the United Kingdom, we are all subject to the Human Rights Act 1998. The Human Rights Act is what fundamentally gives the hon.…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillAbsolutely. I printed them off a couple of months ago and I was staggered by how voluminous just the titles are. It is not just 300 laws; it is 300 areas of law which have been…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI will be dealing with that, but the hon. Member invites us to think that it is appropriate that those elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly should turn up on Tuesday of next…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI respectfully suggest that the hon. Member reads a little deeper. She will discover that the Stormont brake is farcical. The previous Member for North Antrim in this House aptly…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillAnd if we can pull it, nothing happens. That is the value of it. The most limp excuse that I hear for this plundering of the Northern Ireland statute book by the EU is, “Oh,…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThe hon. Member touches on a fundamental. In June 2016, we all had the opportunity to vote on Brexit. Some liked it and some did not, but the question on the ballot paper was: “Do…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThe hon. Member may object from a sedentary position, but the challenge for her is whether her nationalism is more important to her than her democratic credentials.06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThe hon. Member might be interested to know that the growth area of the Northern Ireland economy is the services sector, which is the one sector not included by the protocol—it is…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I begin by thanking my co-sponsors for their help and support with the Bill: the right hon. Members for Chingford and…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThe hon. Member may wish to see the whole of the United Kingdom sucked back into the EU. I want to see my part of the United Kingdom enabled to follow the rest of the United…06 Dec 2024