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HANSARD National Security Council LeakI entirely endorse the words used by my right hon. Friend in his statement, and it is necessary that the working of the National Security Council is kept confidential. Without…02 May 2019HANSARDHS2: BuckinghamshireI have sympathy for the Minister as a junior Minister being handed what looks increasingly like a poisoned chalice. I am also sympathetic to the fact that we cannot have an…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019That goes to the very heart of the issue. I have no objection to supporting this afternoon’s Government motion for extension, but I am mindful that we cannot go on lurching from…09 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI have to tell my hon. Friend that I did not draft the Bill, but I think that it is quite fit for purpose. I also note that there are some Government amendments that relate to…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseViewing this situation objectively, I do not believe that there is any constitutional impropriety whatsoever in what the House is being asked to do this afternoon. It simply does…03 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will try to be brief. Of the four motions before us, two relate to substance and two relate to process, and they cannot be easily disaggregated. I have…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?01 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThere may be one thing that unites most of us on both sides—the utterly wearying quality of the debate on which we have engaged for so long. As a consequence, when we find…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionBut the Bill was intended to implement the agreement for the future relationship on which we had voted. It has now been transformed into something entirely different: as I…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am always willing to consider compromise, but, as I said before, compromise has to come from a settled intention to respect an outcome. I have to say that there is no such…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI greatly respect my hon. Friend; indeed, I respect the views of all my hon. Friends and others on this matter. Compromise is a very important part of the political process.…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionIn a moment. The issue that we have to consider today is whether the offer that the Attorney General and the Government have made to this House goes any way towards resolving the…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am most grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for giving way. I entirely agree that, of course, apart from the dates of 12 April and 22 May, any other extension for a…29 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady. Does she agree that the point about this motion is that it is there in extremis? It is not there to summarily revoke article 50, but…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)rose—27 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThey should indeed, particularly when anybody who participated in Saturday’s march, as I did, will have seen people who were optimistic, tolerant and filled with good humour and…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for his characteristic courtesy. May I take him back to his answer to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActWill my right hon. Friend give way?25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActWill my right hon. Friend give way?25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI agree entirely with what the right hon. and learned Gentleman has just said, as indeed I agree with the question to him from my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Justine…25 Mar 2019