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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI can assure the hon. Gentleman that we will be bringing forward a Bill tomorrow, and the House will have a chance to vote on it. We can then have a general election and bring…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOh, Mr Speaker, that was a great witticism at the end. I think we are all splitting our sides on the Government Benches. The point is that, from this very Dispatch Box and…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe programme motion is already in the Table Office.28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his enthusiasm for an election, and pay credit to the Scottish National party for actually wishing to engage with its own voters, unlike some…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his point. It would indeed be a historic occasion if an EDM were actually something serious that could be given proper consideration.28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. A decision needs to be made, and if this House will not make a decision, a new House needs to be formed to make one. That is the absolute…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis Bill will be so short that it will be very easy to scrutinise in the limited time available. The Benn Act and the Cooper-Boles Act were both passed in a very short time and…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI join my hon. Friend in his gloat, because I too opposed the Fixed-term Parliaments Act as it went through the House of Commons. Indeed, I had only just got into the House at…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman knows that he is somebody in this House whom I admire and think extraordinarily highly of, but on this occasion his argument falls a little bit flat, because he…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is rarely and uncharacteristically naive about this. The House did not wish to pass the Bill. It rejected the programme motion, and then the Leader of the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThere is an irony, to put it at its mildest, about people who voted for the Benn Act and the Cooper-Boles Act now complaining about undue haste on a Bill that is even shorter.…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe efforts of the Government to try have become extremely trying to the patience of the British people. We now need to go back to the British people, and they can decide, in…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for her question, and also for her courage in supporting the Second Reading of the withdrawal agreement Bill. The problem is that the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe offered more time.28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLet us have a question session on Thursday when I go through the business of the House, and then we can discuss whether we should have a debate on parliamentary procedures and…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseFirst of all, more time was offered—24 hours a day. We would have gone through the night. That was offered to the Leader of the Opposition, and it was not accepted. It has to be…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAll Bills are amendable.28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWith permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a short statement regarding the business for tomorrow. Tomorrow, the House will be asked to consider a business of the House…28 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI do not think my hon. Friend’s point is really the right one to be making on this occasion. The withdrawal agreement Bill did indeed achieve its Second Reading, and then lost its…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Government will, of course, keep the House updated on any developments, measures or happenings that take place at any time in relation to the European Union. The Prime…24 Oct 2019