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HANSARDShamima Begum and Other CasesSave the Children said that the death of this innocent, newborn baby was an “avoidable tragedy”, and I still have not heard any satisfactory explanation from the Home Secretary as…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Northern IrelandThe Northern Ireland protocol is there primarily to protect the peace process. Yesterday, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland made some rather unfortunate comments that…07 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeI thank the Minister for explaining why the Home Secretary is not here to answer this question, but there can be no doubt that the Home Secretary faces a massive crisis on his…07 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contractsrose —05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsOn that point, will the Secretary of State give way?05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsCan the right hon. Gentleman confirm, just for the record, that not a single penny of the £33 million paid out to Eurotunnel will be returned in the event that there is a deal?05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that, because he actually reinforces the point that I sought to make. The National Audit Office has that information, and the House of…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsYou are not telling the truth.05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that there is at least an apparent conflict between the reported out-of-court settlement of £33 million and the Secretary of State’s claim that the…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that it would be highly unusual in an out-of-court settlement for the party settling to stipulate how the party receiving the settlement would spend…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsThat is the bottom line. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I am going to draw to a conclusion, because I know that others want to speak. The history of this whole event,…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsThe hon. Gentleman is giving an excellent speech. Does he agree that if the SNP Government in Edinburgh or the Labour Government in Cardiff were guilty of this sort of profligacy…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contractsrose —05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsHas the hon. Gentleman, like myself and the official Opposition spokesman, ever come across a commercial case where the settler stipulates how the settlee must spend the money?…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI am grateful to be able to speak in this debate. I want to start by dealing with the red herring we frequently hear from Conservative Members that this debate is about impugning…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsIt may have been a nice try, but I am not going to leave this one alone. I want to know how much of that £33 million will be repaid in the event of there being a deal. I think I…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI will finish the chronology, and then I will give way. That was on 9 January. Later, I put in a written question: “To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what unforeseeable…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI will finish the chronology, and then I will give way. Finally, I raised the point again on 14 February with the Secretary of State for Transport, asking him what he meant by a…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contractsrose—05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI will withdraw it and I will speak later in full.05 Mar 2019