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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe last moment for submitting amendments will be the point of Second Reading. It will, of course, be at the discretion of the Chairman of Ways and Means, but I should be very…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for all that she does to be a voice for the people of Northern Ireland in this House. It is of fundamental importance to remember always that we are United…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy successor—and predecessor—as chairman of the European Research Group, as so often, hits the nail on the head. There are many people who do not like Brexit at all and who have…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe answer on Friday is very straightforward. If we have finished on Thursday, the Bill will pass to their lordships in the other place on Friday. The question whether we should…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend asks, “Is it a bit rich?” It is as rich as Jersey cream.21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWe have had three years, so the right hon. Gentleman can do the calculation. Three times 365 times 24 will give him the answer.21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseA motion has been tabled in my name to be dealt with later today, allowing for amendments to be submitted prior to the Second Reading. If that motion is approved by the House, it…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe right hon. Gentleman has done exactly the same, Mr Speaker.21 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseTomorrow there will be a full service. The tabling of amendments tomorrow will prove acceptable, inevitably. Tonight a Clerk is sitting here working hard, as always. Clerks do…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker. I said that you and I both enjoyed the sound of our own voice, but we are mere amateurs compared with my right hon. and learned Friend.21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. and learned Friend is somebody who has always wanted us to remain in the European Union and who disapproves of referendums. He has always made that absolutely clear—…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIf you ask an economist anything, you get the answer you want.21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI might add, Mr Speaker, that the Attorney General, who is sitting next to me, pointed out that the treatment of my hon. Friend the Member for Stone was particularly unpleasant.…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Let me say quite clearly that there is nothing more important to me than the United Kingdom, and that is the…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI have a low opinion of these analyses. You can get any economist to say what you have asked them to say in the first place. I spent my professional career looking at these…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThose great words “La Reyne le veult” are what we are all looking forward to in relation to the Bill that will be published shortly. I will set out the timetable for the further…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend wins the prize for the best question of the day. There is nothing more I can add to that.21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman’s appetite for debate is touching, but we have been debating these matters for three years. We have had endless debates; we have had endless statements by both…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago.21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, earlier you were kind enough to quote what I said on 18 March, but not, I fear, in full. I went on to make another sentence, which was: “Dare I say that there is more…21 Oct 2019