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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, can I thank you for granting my hon. Friend a long extension? She is absolutely right. Soil is at the heart of the fight against climate change, it is at the heart of…28 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will do my very best.28 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy predecessor in this role, now Leader of the House, introduced a national litter strategy, and since then a number of organisations, including Chichester council and my hon.…28 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. Our uplands are one of our environmental glories, and it is critical that those who live and work in the uplands and those who,…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseStuart.27 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Let me also take this opportunity to pay tribute to his consistent championing of the rights of EU citizens in this country: we admire his…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionLike me, the right hon. Gentleman argued that we should leave the European Union, and I take seriously the case that he makes. I shall go on to say a little about the amendment…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe hon. Gentleman has a wonderful cheek in saying I was speaking about the events of last night when he sought to intervene on me in the very first second of my speech. Perhaps…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI have none, so I do not know what my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) will ask me.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI want to make a little progress but will accept more interventions in due course. As a result of the House’s failure to agree to the deal the Prime Minister presented last night…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo. I wanted to stress that in underlining all these challenges and by emphasising that we are doing everything that we can to mitigate them, it is not the case—I made this point…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am very happy to give way to the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry).13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo. The Labour party is now committed to a second referendum, and indeed there has been no more impressive and articulate advocate of that position than the hon. Gentleman—13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo, nay, never— [ Interruption. ]13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe Father of the House makes an important point, but we cannot revoke article 50 and then invoke it again later. The European Court of Justice has made that absolutely clear,…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo. This is why we need to come to a decision.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThank you very much, Mr Speaker. For the benefit of the hon. Lady, let me say that I am simply making it clear that as a result of last night’s vote we face a series of…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe right hon. Lady is a distinguished criminal barrister; now I know what it is like to be cross-examined by her, but I also understand why lawyers are paid by the hour.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThat was revealing of the Scottish National party’s position: it wants to be in and then out, in the same way as it wants to be in the European Union but out of the common…13 Mar 2019