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HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way because I did not have time to give way to him in the end. I think he would acknowledge that it is a slight exaggeration to…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhen the Leader of the House last made this point, I pointed out that the Prime Minister promised that if her deal was not passed, she would find time and make arrangements for…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend keeps referring to me, yet I voted for the Prime Minister’s withdrawal agreement three times. I accept that the House, by a large majority, is settled on a course,…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I beg to move motion (C), That this House instructs the Government to: (1) ensure that any Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration negotiated with the EU must include, as a…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I agree that in addition to a customs union we would probably need some modest regulatory alignment to ensure an open border in Ireland and at Dover, but the regulatory alignment…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. With the help of the people who work with me, I have got a damn sight nearer to a majority in this House than anybody else has so far, apart from…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)May I first of all say that I hope, for the reputation of this House and the reputation of the political institutions of this country, that we will achieve a majority for at least…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I might do so when I have got going, but the filibustering on the business motion means that we have very little time for debate, so I am going to make an effort to keep my speech…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)With apologies to my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans), I will give way to my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset once, because this is his process.01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)My right hon. Friend and I are in complete agreement. As he quite rightly says, we must avoid no deal occurring by default in a fortnight’s time simply because the House of…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)No, I will not give way. As I have said, we have just had two hours of filibustering, and I do not want my speech to be spun out. Let me illustrate why I think motion (C) does not…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)No, I am not going to give way. It would be unfair to other Members who have had this whole debate crammed into three hours. In 1972, we used to have all-night sittings on much…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)As I have said, the motion does not conflict with the Government’s withdrawal agreement. If the motion is passed or if it is subsumed by common market 2.0, which I will also vote…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I shall be accused of bias if I give way to my right hon. and learned Friend. I urge the Liberals to proceed on that basis, and similarly, the Scottish nationalists. I agree with…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)As I have mentioned the Scottish nationalists, I will of course give the hon. and learned Lady the right to reply.01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I will vote for the single market, if it is presented in a proper way, and I would have voted for the motion in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) last…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)As I am referring to the DUP, I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman, but I am a Unionist. He thinks the Irish backstop is not a Unionist proposition. Motion (C) is a…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I agree that to have an open border—unless we invent these magic X-ray cameras whose discovery some of my hon. Friends think is imminent—we will need to be in a customs union and…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)No, I am sorry; I will go back to being strict, though when I refer to parties or people, I feel it is courteous to let them respond. Let me now deal, finally and very briefly,…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)No, I will not, in the interests of other Members who wish to speak. First, that argument is not actually accurate. It is true that trade agreements with other countries would…01 Apr 2019