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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am not going to deny that I am a bourgeois liberal, but many people in Scotland who are not bourgeois liberals voted to remain in the European Union. Will the right hon.…09 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI rise to give the support of the Scottish National party to the official Opposition’s new clause 2 and to speak to new clause 8, in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillAs I said earlier, it is clear from the Conservative manifesto that the Government intend a rebalancing of power between the Executive, Parliament and the judiciary. I think this…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillAs, I think, a Committee of the House of Lords pointed out, it is unusual for restrictions in relation to the Human Rights Act, the Scotland Act 1998, the Government of Wales Act…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI beg to move amendment 38, page 20, line 10, leave out “appropriate” and insert “necessary”. This amendment would ensure that Ministers can only bring forward regulations when it…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I rise to speak to amendments 38 to 49, which stand in my name and those of some of my colleagues; to amendment 10,…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIn the Scottish Parliament’s legal continuity Bill—which of course was struck down by the Supreme Court after the Conservative party retrospectively changed the law in the House…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe hon. Lady is making a powerful speech. She should ignore the jeers and concentrate on the forcefulness of the points she is making. Does she agree that the situation she has…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The reality is that if this discretion will be scrutinised only in the courts after individuals have raised concerns about the impact of…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI want to make a bit of progress now. I want to deal briefly with amendment 29, which is similar to ones advanced by other Opposition parties. It simply puts back in the Bill the…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI agree. It is inexplicable, unless Government Ministers want to take the advantage of the majority they have secured from the English electorate to renege on an important…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI entirely agree with that point.08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments, with which I entirely agree. Among the amendments that have been crafted by the SNP, new clause 43 is designed to oblige the…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe answer to that is that the whole scheme is not being bunged into this Bill. The obligation to maintain certain minimum-level requirements is being taken out by the Bill,…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThere is not much on which the right hon. Gentleman and I will agree, but we can agree on this point. There needs to be a recognition, along with the triumphalism of members of…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI have to say that I think the ship has sailed on that, because of the outcome of the election in England, but the ship has not sailed on Scotland’s constitutional future,…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for reminding me of the position in Wales. That of course reflects the fact that, again, this is a concern not just of nationalist…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThat is very much the experience of my Scottish Government colleagues across the board in this engagement with the British Government. In fact, in a recent keynote speech to the…08 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNot all, but many Members on the Government Benches have spoken about just the sort of free-for-all on rights that we fear. Of course, this partly comes from the conceit that…08 Jan 2020