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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)rose —03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)I am afraid that I will not give way again. I do not say it is easy to do it by 31 January, but I am sure it will not be done by 31 October. We are between a rock and a hard…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)I agree with my hon. Friend that the proportions are different from the absolutes, but I fear that my hon. Friend’s Committee’s report was deficient, in my view, in an important…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. I understand his views and his concerns about the supposed constitutional irregularity of these proceedings, and no…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)Before I give way, I will say that this will be the last intervention I will take before I move on a bit.03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentMy right hon. Friend will be aware that he and I do not exactly see eye to eye on the question of the likely consequences of leaving without a deal, but may I ask him to maintain…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillDoes the hon. Lady feel, as I do, that when people look back on this debate and on this measure, they will find it quite extraordinary that we needed to have this discussion about…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI hope my right hon. and learned Friend might be willing, particularly as he is a former Attorney General, to join me in stating specifically, for Pepper v. Hart purposes, that…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI am very sorry for intervening again, but I think that it may be important later in the other place that this debate be brought out into the open here. Would my right hon. and…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMay I just take my right hon. and learned Friend back to the question he was asked a moment or two ago about whether these amendments, in the absence of new clause 14, will…09 Jul 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI was delighted to hear what my hon. Friend had to say about targeting hotspots. Does she agree that it is now clear that properly used and monitored stop and search is part of…17 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI am delighted to follow the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Sir Vince Cable). Much that needed to be said has already been said, so I shall not tediously repeat it. I want to…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend will not need to wait very long. If, but only if, this motion is passed today, it will be proper for those who put it forward to publish a sixth Bill, which it will…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI will not give way. I am sorry. The point I am trying to make is that it is not necessary to prorogue to prevent a vote. The incoming Prime Minister would simply need to avoid…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI will not give way. I am terribly sorry, but I promised Mr Speaker that I would be quick and I am going to be quick. We would then all be forced to vote for that emergency…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI am terribly sorry, but I will not. That is why it is wrong to say that this proposal is premature. It may be right or wrong to vote for this motion this evening, but it is the…12 Jun 2019HANSARDProbation ReformMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to have done what he has done. There is no doubt that, in many cases, the CRC contract did not achieve the intended aims. I was glad to…16 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyBut does it not strike my hon. Friend as a little strange that a country that for 4,000 years was half the world’s GDP, and that, as our hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot (Leo…07 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyDoes the hon. Lady recognise that the problem is not only this Government at this moment but the west over the past 30 years? Successive UK Governments and Governments around the…07 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyDoes it strike my hon. Friend as a little strange that he was given that advice?07 May 2019