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HANSARDBrexit: OptionsWe are being very open and transparent about the legislation that is required. On secondary legislation, I can update the House that 449 statutory instruments have been laid—that…18 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken today, and for the many insightful and considered contributions. Indeed, I am particularly grateful to those noble Lords…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalMy Lords, the Motion before us asks the House to take note of the ongoing discussions with the European Union. These discussions follow from the statutory debate on 29 January in…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalIt means that we are confident that we can pass all of the necessary legislation required. I can only repeat the words that my right honourable friend used. I also heard the…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalIndeed I will. I have been preparing for today’s debate and sitting in the Chamber, but I will have a look when I get the opportunity. I can also assure the noble Lord, as he…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalThe planning of parliamentary processes and times are matters for the usual channels, in which the noble Lord used to take part, but we remain confident that we will deliver the…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalI will give way to the noble Lord in a second, if he will allow me to finish my paragraph. This is part of our long-term planning, with statutory instruments being laid since…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalThat this House takes note of the ongoing discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalI think that she said “all the necessary legislation”—so yes, I do agree with the comments that she made. As of today we have made positive progress and laid more than 420…13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalI knew the Opposition would approve of that. I know that the noble Baroness will wish to speak to her Motion in a moment and so, if noble Lords will forgive me, I shall wait until…13 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I thank the noble Baroness for her question, but I am afraid that I do not recognise the word “pause”. Pausing Article 50 is not an option. The UK could either revoke Article 50…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I did not hear that suggestion yesterday, but if we did not leave the European Union until the end of 2020 we would not have an implementation period, would we?05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I always get a very warm welcome from all parts of this House. As a representative of the Government, I can only tell the noble Lord what the policy of the Government is as set…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I can certainly say to the noble Lord that, on this side of the House, we are committed to listening to what the people told us in the referendum in 2016 and to implementing that…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50It is difficult to comment on that specific example without seeing it. I hope that departments want to work with the noble Lord’s committee to make sure that the quality of…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I am tempted to reply that if the noble Lord was a little less obstructive in Committee, then we would not—05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50Of course proper scrutiny is important, but raising a series of irrelevant points is not helping anybody. We are totally committed to the proper scrutiny of all the required and…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50My Lords, our position remains clear. We will respect the outcome of the referendum and will not revoke the Article 50 notice. We are committed to delivering on the instruction…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I remind the noble Lord that as well as getting the meaningful vote passed by Parliament we need to legislate for it. Clearly, that is quite a challenging programme, but we will…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50I do not agree that we are corralling anybody; we are attempting to convince Members of Parliament that the best way to avoid no deal is to vote for a deal. I am pleased that a…05 Feb 2019