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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way; he is enormously kind. It is only fair to add that most of the reviews have not been entirely sympathetic.20 May 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019Will my right hon. Friend give way?20 May 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019Has not the Minister, in those few words, revealed the scandal of what has happened? Some 17.4 million people voted to leave; 500 Members of this House voted to exercise article…20 May 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU StudentsDoes my hon. Friend agree that if we are going to spend limited hard-pressed taxpayers’ funds, it would be better to spend them on the poorest countries in this world—the…29 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillWhen Parliament voted for article 50 to be activated, surely Members knew that we would leave after an agreement had been reached or after two years—or did they not bother reading…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the Houserose —03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I thought this matter would come at a later stage, because on private Members’ Bill Fridays we do not have money resolutions until Bills need to…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI think the hon. Gentleman is in danger of confusing the House. He ticked off my right hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon) for calling this a programme motion,…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, because he has made all the points that I want to make, so I do not now need to speak, expect to make one point about the Northern Ireland…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI just wonder whether the hon. Lady is concerned about the process being used today, because the convention is that emergency legislation passed in one day has the consent of the…03 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI congratulate the hon. Gentleman. Had he not decided to intervene, I might have finished my comments, but now he has given me inspiration to carry on against this appalling…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman misses the rather obvious point. I have much more confidence in my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, or indeed any Conservative Member, to lead the country…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am deeply grateful to the right hon. Lady for intervening, which is much appreciated because it allows me to point out to her that she is the foremost campaigner for a second…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe right hon. Lady, quite correctly, corrects me that it was at the end of last week. We have motions (A) to (H) to debate, and the format of this business of the House motion…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIf the right hon. Lady wishes to apply for the Chiltern hundreds, I will of course give way.01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe shame is not that Parliament is trying to wrestle power from the Government, but that Parliament is wrestling power from the 17.4 million people who voted to leave. The shame…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think it is reasonable to quote speeches made in the German Parliament. It is not as great a Parliament as this one or as noble a House as this House of Commons but, none the…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI will not give way again, because others wish to speak—apologies. The motion is discourteous to you, Mr Speaker, limits time for debate and is fundamentally against the…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhat was it the late Earl of Beaconsfield said of Mr Gladstone, “A prolix rhetorician inebriated by the exuberance of his own verbosity”? I would not dream of saying such a thing…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am sorry not to be quite as brief as the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Frank Field), but I want to speak to the specifics of the motion. I agree with my hon. Friend the…01 Apr 2019