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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will come to the hon. Member for Wallasey (Ms Eagle), but first I will call the Father of the House.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to the Home Secretary for signalling, with her usual good nature, that she is willing to appear before the Committee.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI inform the House that I have now considered advice on the certifiability of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill under Standing Order No. 83J, with which I am sure…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI note what the hon. Lady says. The position is as I have explained. As colleagues will understand, senior figures in this place anticipate different scenarios and it is not…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI gently say to the right hon. Gentleman, who has already had an opportunity to question the Prime Minister, that I hope it is a point of order rather than a point of frustration.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOrder. I accept that feelings are running high, but the right hon. Lady must be heard.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe right hon. Lady makes her own point in her own way. It requires no comment from me, but I thank her for saying what she said.22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOh, we are wallowing in the realms of metaphysical abstraction, as Burke would have said, and almost certainly did, albeit not in relation to this Bill.22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HousePoint of order —[Interruption.] No, question to the Leader of the House from Ruth Smeeth.22 Oct 2019HANSARD British Children: SyriaI am most grateful to the Minister and to colleagues for taking part. [ Interruption. ] Yes, I will take points of order. The day would not be complete without them.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThis is a matter of diary management between the right hon. Lady and the Home Secretary, but I think the general principle is that if a Minister has for some reason to duck out of…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI think the matter will be resolved speedily. [ Interruption. ] I do not require any help from a Member on the third row who thinks he has some role to play in these matters. He…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her point of order. I think the fairest thing I can say to her is: it is a factual point, of which the Leader of the House and, I am sure, the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI do not think that the right hon. Gentleman requires my endorsement. Suffice it to say that a book could be written on the subject of the genesis of programme motions and he may…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIf the right hon. and learned Gentleman will forgive me, I will come first to the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts), whom I have kept waiting.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOh, very well. Whether it will profit the hon. Lady, I do not know, but I am offering my benevolent assistance within the limits of my modest capabilities.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI have two points. First, I do not sniff or cavil at the concern that the hon. Lady raises about the allocation of time, but ultimately the House has ownership of time in the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am sorry, but the hon. Lady, in the course of her attempted point of order, frankly elevates me to a status that I do not enjoy. It is well beyond my limited capabilities to…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt is a great relief to the House; I was worried that the hon. Gentleman might explode in the atmosphere, which would have been a most unfortunate scenario.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOrder. There is so much noise in the Chamber that I fear that the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), who enjoys the exalted status as Chair of the Northern Ireland…22 Oct 2019