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HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUAs I have referred to the right hon. Lady, I will give way to her and then I will make some progress.27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI am very grateful to the right hon. Lady for that. I will, if I may, move on to the various amendments that have been tabled. Let me move straight to amendment (f) in the names…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI will try to restrain my appetite to take further interventions, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, the Prime Minister set out three clear commitments to the House that should provide…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI place rather more faith in this House than the hon. Gentleman would appear to do, because I do not think there is any appetite in Parliament for what he described as a…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUAs the right hon. Lady knows, the Prime Minister said that an extension would be short and limited. It is clearly a fact of law that any extension to the article 50 period would…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUIn the absence of either an agreement to extend article 50, to leave with a deal or to revoke article 50 all together, the default legal position under the treaties is that the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI am conscious of the concern about time that you expressed, Mr Speaker, but I will briefly give way to my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Mrs Main) and then to my hon.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUMy hon. Friend is asking me to go deeper into the realms of hypothetical speculation. Tempting though that is, all I can say is that a lot would depend on where we had got to in…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe straight answer is yes, of course. Frankly, I just do not see any circumstance in which, if a period had been agreed with the European Union or had the potential to be agreed,…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for that intervention.27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI do not think that I can go into detail on the legislation at this stage. It would depend a bit on what the outcome of the negotiations with the European Union itself had led to.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUNo. I am conscious that I am disappointing a number of hon. Friends and other hon. Members, but otherwise there is a danger that my speech and associated interventions are going…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUIt is the hon. Gentleman’s hon. Friends, as well other colleagues across the House, who have been seeking to intervene, and if somebody intervenes on me, I think, in justice, they…27 Feb 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit ImplicationsOn 14 February 2019, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), made a commitment in the House…26 Feb 2019HANSARDGovernment OutsourcingFollowing Carillion’s liquidation in January 2018, the Government response ensured continuity of key public services. However, there has been increased scrutiny on the benefits…20 Feb 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common FrameworksI have today laid before Parliament a report, “The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks, 26 September 2018 to 25 December 2018” as required by paragraph 4 of…07 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsrose —06 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady again makes this commitment, saying that the Labour party wants to see a permanent customs union, but most people who support a customs union say that they…06 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe problem with the right hon. Lady’s proposition is that it would simply defer the need for this House, which includes the Opposition Front Bench team, to face up to some…06 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister, as has been announced by No. 10, will be in Brussels tomorrow where she will be seeing President Juncker, President Tusk and the President of the European…06 Feb 2019