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HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentI am going to finish. I believe, on that basis, that the threat of a long extension has always been a false one and that if we get to 12 April, we can leave, because I believe…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentI have finished to leave time for my right hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (Mr Vaizey).27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)I have heard it four times.27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. After many hours of debate and an extremely complex procedure, the House of Commons has decided sweet Felicity Arkwright. I think the public will…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentThank you, Mr Speaker. Tonight, we are debating whether or not to extend article 50. The thing I would like to touch on briefly is whether the EU would ever countenance a further…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. There are some people in this House who want to get rid of Her Majesty, but they are on the Opposition Benches, not the Government…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentI will try to be brief, so that my right hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (Mr Vaizey) can get in, too.27 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilPrime Minister, you have told us from the Dispatch Box on 108 separate occasions that we would leave the EU on 29 March. You have told the House that the date is now 12 April, but…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionMy I remind the Minister of Denis Healey’s first rule of politics? When you are in a hole, stop digging. Whenever the meaningful vote is tabled—if you allow it, Mr Speaker—I…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillMy sincere apologies to my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip Davies), but when he hears this I hope he will understand, because it affects him, too. Apparently, on the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillIt is, Sir. Thank you very much.22 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: OversightThat is not correct. That is wrong.20 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—20 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. To save the House and the country money, if we leave at 11 pm on 29 March—we are at D minus 9—I will have no need or requirement for…20 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFollow the money.20 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: Oversight(Urgent Question ): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union if he will outline what checks the House of Commons has over the powers of the “Joint Committee”…20 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: OversightThank you, Bishop. In summary, the Joint Committee contained in the draft withdrawal agreement has hardly ever been discussed in the House of Commons or the media, despite the…20 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: OversightIs anything not true?20 Mar 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsAs the Minister will know, it is now being widely reported on Twitter that President Macron is minded to veto any extension of article 50 at the Council tomorrow. Can he confirm…20 Mar 2019