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HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI suspect the Prime Minister knows that the advice from the Law Officers is that to create a hard border, which follows axiomatically from the policy wanted by my colleagues in…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey); I agreed entirely with the sentiments that he expressed about the depth of this crisis. We…14 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUI welcome the categorical assurance that my right hon. Friend has given the House in respect of the House’s ability to debate a neutral motion on Wednesday 27 February, but time…12 Feb 2019HANSARDCrime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [Lords]First, I want to confirm what my right hon. Friend has said. This treaty being negotiated with United States has taken a long time to achieve. I remember being connected with it…30 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018My right hon. Friend will have seen that the amendment that I tabled goes solely to process, not to outcome. But is it not the case that the House has never had a proper…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I cannot deny that I have found the process of Brexit one of the most wearisome and unpleasant periods of my time in this House, but the cloud has a little bit of a silver lining.…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018No, I am going to make some progress, if I may. In those circumstances, we have to find a way forward. Throughout the times that I have tabled amendments for this House to…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I say to my hon. Friend that he is familiar enough with the constitutions of this country and this House to know that this House can propose, debate, pass and revoke laws—we do it…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActEntertaining as it was to watch the theatricality of my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General, I have to say to the House that it filled me with a slight sense of…15 Jan 2019