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HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureMy hon. Friend knows the procedures of this House as well as I do. As I said in answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois), that is a matter…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThe hon. Lady asks me to speculate about the contents of the Prime Minister’s letter, and I am not in a position to do that. That will be revealed in the course of the week, I…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureIt is self-evident: in that case, we would leave on 29 March with no deal, because that is what the EU would have forced us to do.18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureI am unsure what the hon. Gentleman is referring to as being amendable. The motion will or may well be amendable with respect to— [ Interruption. ] A motion on 25 March will be…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureMy hon. Friend has done good work on that amendment, and we have worked hard to try to incorporate some of that thinking into the withdrawal agreement. That process is ongoing.18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureI thank the hon. Lady for her concern about my answers. They were actually produced after Mr Speaker spoke— [ Interruption. ] Things move very fast in this place, as she knows. It…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureIf my hon. Friend is asking me whether the timeframe is short, of course it is short. However, as I have said many times, the House voted last week to extend the article 50…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureAs I have repeated many times, we have a process, and this urgent question is all about the process, which I have outlined. I know that people are saying that this is impossible,…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureI am delighted that my hon. Friend sees the world the way I do. In fact, the Government’s choice would have been to get the withdrawal agreement through the House and then leave…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureWe have in fact had many votes on SNP amendments to revoke article 50—18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureOr amendments to have a second referendum and all the rest of it. It is therefore unlikely that such a motion would get through the House, and it is not the Government’s intention…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureI cannot stress enough how interested I am in the fact that the hon. Gentleman does not feel that we have set out a plan for an extension. I mentioned the SI that would be laid…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureIn respect of no deal, the House has made its voice very clear. In respect of extending article 50, the House, once again, has made its voice very clear and the Government have…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureMy right hon. Friend asked, essentially, two questions. He asked how long the extension would be. That depends on whether the meaningful vote goes through. If we have a deal and…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThe hon. Gentleman produced a whole battery of questions. He asked why we had not sought an extension. The European Council will start on Thursday; at that point a letter will be…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureI am delighted, and not wholly unsurprised, by my right hon. Friend’s intervention. I have followed his speeches and declarations in the House with interest for many years. The…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureA very amusing interjection. The Government have made clear, and the Prime Minister made clear a couple of weeks ago, that in the event of the meaningful vote not getting through,…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureOn the first part of the right hon. Gentleman’s question, I am not here to wrangle with him about the meaning of his amendment; all we know is that the amendment was rejected so…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThere were lots of questions from my right hon. Friend. She made some remarks about my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s votes last week. I voted exactly the same way as…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension Procedure[ Interruption. ] Thank you very much. That is good advice—always gratefully received. As set out in a written ministerial statement, and in accordance with the motion approved by…18 Mar 2019