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HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: OversightThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. The Prime Minister is due to attend the critical European Council tomorrow and Friday. However, despite the imminence of…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureDivision.18 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You have said memorably in the past that, sometimes, we have to take the rough with the smooth. Well, it seems to me that, today, that applies to…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureWhat?18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureGiven that the European Council is only three days away, may I ask the Minister three questions? First, how long an extension will we ask for, or has Olly Robbins not yet told the…18 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way, as he can help the House here. I am not arguing with the referee—I have accepted the referee’s decision. We now have…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionWill the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European Unionrose—14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionDone!14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy hon. Friends have told me that the right hon. and learned Gentleman very kindly referred to me. I apologise; I had popped to the gents and that is why I missed that. I am very…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. For the avoidance of doubt, we will call that £50 each way the Starmer compromise.14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I express some disappointment that you have chosen not to select amendment (b), which has the support of 127 Members of the House, including the…14 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsOn 29 January, the House—including virtually the entire Conservative party, Brexiteers and remainers alike—voted for the Brady amendment, with the strong encouragement of the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe shadow Secretary of State has been talking about what may happen. It is very obvious to me, following his hon. Friends’ exchanges with the Secretary of State, that the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI was sticking up for the Minister. I am a Government loyalist.11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOf course we all know that it is entirely in your gift, Mr Speaker, whether to accept manuscript amendments, but under these very unusual circumstances, will you advise the…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionIf the Government’s motion is on Twitter, could the Minister not just read it out? With regard to the legal advice, which really is the crux of the whole issue, we are in an…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesThe Minister has arrived at the big time and he is doing well. He has told the House that the Attorney General will publish any revised legal advice before the House sits…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order.11 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderIt was a grasshopper.07 Mar 2019