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HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThere have been, certainly, meaningful changes that affect, in the way that the House required, the operation of the backstop. I believe that what has been agreed in the joint…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionI will say a couple of things in response to the right hon. Gentleman. First, he is right in this respect: the treaties themselves, as he knows, make it clear that the European…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionIt is certainly our intention to lay the documents as early as possible this evening. They must be laid before the House concludes its business tonight if they are to be formally…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThe Prime Minister is still engaged in the talks in Strasbourg, but it is certainly her intention to speak personally to the First Ministers of both Scotland and Wales at the…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionWhen the right hon. and learned Gentleman got to his phrase about how the Opposition Front Bench was going to reject it, I thought that was the one that had been prepared a very…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his comments and for the work that he and others have done in developing ideas for alternative arrangements and for trying to make sure…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the Government’s negotiations to leave the European Union. May I start with an apology to you, Mr Speaker, and to…11 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that intervention.27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI thank the right hon. Lady for what she said about the papers published yesterday. I thought she was being uncharacteristically unfair to the Government in her criticisms about…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EULet me be clear that when the Attorney General has been talking to representatives of the European Commission this week and when my right hon. Friend the Brexit Secretary has been…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUIt is for the Irish Government to explain their policy. We will also have to deal, as I am assuming they will, with the reality of the plans that the European Commission published…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUMy right hon. Friend has been championing this approach for a long time. I am grateful to him and to other Conservative colleagues for their detailed discussions with my right…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUIf the House will forgive me, I have given way quite a lot and I want to move on to the substance of my speech. At the end of this afternoon’s debate, this House will have a…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI agree that the question about the definition of “temporary” is important, particularly in the light of the position, which the European Union has consistently taken in its…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI will come to that point when I address the amendment in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Dame Caroline Spelman).27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe hon. Gentleman is asking me to speculate about hypothetical events. My energies and the Government’s energies are focused on achieving a negotiated agreement with the European…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe detail of any event to mark this anniversary would be a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to announce. What I can say to the hon.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUWhether a motion is capable of amendment and which amendments are in order is, of course, always a matter for the Chair, rather than for Ministers, but I would point out that, in…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThis may not be the first or last time that the right hon. Gentleman has been confused, but he will have to contain his excitement until I deal with the amendments that have been…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe right hon. Gentleman accurately encapsulates the decision facing every hon. Member, from whichever political party or grouping they come.27 Feb 2019