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HANSARDNo Deal: PreventionI would like to pay tribute to my former colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris). He was a wonderful Minister and it is a shame that he has left…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: PreventionThe hon. Gentleman is quite right: the House has shown no inclination to leave the EU without a deal. That is why my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is looking for a way…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: PreventionThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. If she has followed events this week, she will know that that is exactly why my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has extended the…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: UK Manufacturing SectorObviously, it has been the Government’s repeated intention not to leave without a deal. The hon. Gentleman will know that part 3 of the withdrawal agreement deals extensively with…04 Apr 2019HANSARDSecond ReferendumIn respect of the second referendum, as I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Tom Pursglove), it is Government policy to honour the 2016 referendum. That is what we have…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: PreventionOn Tuesday, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out a process through which we will seek to agree a plan to leave the EU with a deal. She has asked for a short extension…04 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have travelled in the north-east, although not quite in the hon. Lady’s constituency, and I have seen chemicals firms in the petrochemicals industry. They say with one voice…04 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK’s IP regime does indeed represent a gold standard internationally, and that will not change as we leave the EU.04 Apr 2019HANSARDLegislative Proposals: No Withdrawal AgreementGiven what we have seen in the past few weeks, I would never say “inconceivable”; anything can happen, as the right hon. Gentleman knows. I am confident that we will get a deal…04 Apr 2019HANSARDUK Manufacturing: Mutual Recognition of Regulatory StandardsThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that we have had extensive meetings across the country, and I have seen many companies. We continue to recognise the importance of UK…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: UK Manufacturing SectorFirst, I would like to confirm to the House that we are not zombies. Secondly, Spelthorne has manufacturing interests, as the hon. Gentleman’s constituency does. The manufacturing…04 Apr 2019HANSARDUK Manufacturing: Mutual Recognition of Regulatory StandardsThe question I ask myself—[Hon. Members: “Answer!”] I am answering the hon. Lady’s question. Given that she has so much concern for manufacturing interests in her constituency,…04 Apr 2019HANSARDLegislative Proposals: No Withdrawal AgreementThe Government have undertaken extensive work to identify the legislation essential to deliver our exit from the EU. In fact, as I speak, almost all the statutory instruments—93%…04 Apr 2019HANSARDLegislative Proposals: No Withdrawal AgreementI reject the assumption behind the question. As I stated, almost all the SIs required—93% of something like 600—have been passed. The hon. Lady is quite right that there are Bills…04 Apr 2019HANSARDSecond ReferendumMy hon. Friend will appreciate that a second referendum would have a very corrosive impact not only on our politics but on trust, which has been mentioned many times. A clear…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: OversightIn my response to an urgent question on Wednesday 20 March, I stated that during the implementation period, we will “technically be a member state [of the European Union]”, that…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActYes, yes.25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionThe hon. Gentleman very ably sets out the alternative that the EU has suggested, but he will understand that it is conditional on what happens in the meaningful vote. If the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionI know that the Prime Minister has worked tirelessly to get the deal across the line, as have other members of her Government. We still maintain that this deal is the best way in…22 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionAll I said—I want to repeat it—is that, in the event of the House voting down the meaningful vote, it would not be unreasonable to have subsequent votes to find out what the House…22 Mar 2019