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HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European UnionI refer the noble Lord to the question that I answered earlier. We cannot completely rule out no deal because, as I have repeatedly said, that is the legal default—and that is…28 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European UnionMy Lords, as my noble friend Lord Cormack and the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, helpfully reminded us, here we are again. As my noble friend the Leader noted in her opening remarks,…28 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European UnionWe are going round in circles here. I refer to the point that I made. Has somebody got a copy of the Motion?28 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European UnionI think that you can read that as taking no deal off the table. Of course, we are doing our best. No deal is not our preferred option. We want to avoid no deal if at all possible,…28 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European UnionBecause the noble Baroness is asking us to take no deal off the table, and we do not think that that is possible because it is the legal default—as I have said many times in this…28 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsMy Lords, the CJEU in the case of Wightman held that a member state can unilaterally revoke its notice to withdraw under Article 50. Such a revocation must be unequivocal and…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsI thank the noble Lord for his questions, although it is a slight surprise to hear from him a suggestion that we should revoke Article 50— indeed, not all of Article 50 but just…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsOf course we do not want no deal, if that was the implication of the question put by the noble Baroness, but that is the legal default option both under the Article 50 process in…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsLet me say to the noble Baroness that of course I can give her a reassurance that we are negotiating hard alongside Gibraltar. Gibraltar will leave the EU at the same time as the…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsThe noble Lord makes a powerful point, as always. I think most members of the public do want to see us just get on with it. An extension to Article 50 is not a solution; it is…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsWell, there are different forms of remain—an extension to Article 50 or a revocation of Article 50, both of which have the effect of remaining. But we are very clear that that is…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsI am not sure I want to give from the Dispatch Box advice to Wetherspoons on its purchasing policies. I hope it will continue to serve its customers well, and I hope it will…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsMy Lords, what I love about these Question Time sessions is that, no matter how much preparation you do, you never cover where the questions could go. I have to say that I have…24 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Further ReferendumMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for so excellently introducing this important subject and giving us an opportunity to debate it today, and I thank all other noble…17 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Further ReferendumI understand the firm view of the Liberal Democrats on this; they have been dogged in pursuing it. I do not know whether the noble Lord was in the House yesterday, when I…17 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Further ReferendumI asked my Permanent Secretary whether any work was going on in DExEU, which is my department, and he confirmed that it is not. He will have to ask Cabinet Office Ministers…17 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Further ReferendumI am grateful to the noble Lord for the opportunity to correct that. It was an administrative error. It did not correspond to the draft of the Parliamentary Question that I signed…17 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Further ReferendumI can tell the noble Lord that it is firm government policy that we will not be holding a further referendum. The question of how we would hold a second referendum on this matter…17 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Support for Remaining in the EUMaybe the noble Baroness should stop being so dismissive of the referendum result in the first place. The Government have said that we take the opinion of Parliament extremely…16 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Support for Remaining in the EUMy Lords, a no-deal Brexit is on the cards because Parliament has legislated for our leaving on 29 March, which accords with how the majority of people in Wales voted. The best…16 Jan 2019