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HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo, nay, never— [ Interruption. ]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. 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 will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Mr Gyimah) and then to the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I have spoken to Michael Creed, who is the responsible Minister, but there are additional challenges that agriculture and food processing…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI will give way to the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) in a second, but I will not give way to the hon. Gentlemen from the SNP. First,…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionIt would be for the House to decide tomorrow what type of extension it believes is appropriate. The most important thing that we could do is to rally behind a withdrawal agreement…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo, no, no. I hope that people recognise that I have tried to take as many interventions as possible, but we must now move on to hear from the principal Opposition spokesman and,…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThank you very much, Mr Speaker. I hope that I was able to outline earlier some of the real difficulties in leaving without a deal on 29 March. It is perfectly open to Members to…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo. The choices before this House as a result of the decision not to endorse the Prime Minister’s deal last night are unattractive, and I have laid out just how unattractive some…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI said before the hon. Gentleman was better than Jeremy Corbyn and he proved by his intervention that he is much, much better than Jeremy Corbyn. I do not agree with the hon.…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThere is one thing that is better than Jeremy Corbyn, and that is the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle).13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI will tell you one thing that is worse than Jeremy Corbyn, and that is the prospect of an independent Scotland with the gaggle of, as I said earlier, part-time partitionists in…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThank you very much, Mr Speaker. Once again, I am grateful that you are in the Chair. The Labour party is now committed to a second referendum, but many of its leading…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThat is exactly what the motion today is designed to assert, and that is why I hope that people will support it.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am fortunate to speak after the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a spring statement in which he underlined the fact that this country has had the longest period of uninterrupted…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe hon. Lady, for whom I have enormous respect, is absolutely, 100%, totally right. Of course, it is up to this House to take that decision, but it is the case, whatever the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionObviously there is a diversity of views in this House, but I agree with my hon. Friend that it is in the interests of British farming, and indeed our broader environment, that we…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe Prime Minister and others have said that previously, and I am happy to place on the record once again at this Dispatch Box exactly that commitment.13 Mar 2019