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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillOn a point of order, Sir Lindsay. Would it not make sense to suspend the sitting for 10 minutes to make sure that all Members present can have a copy of the amendments and the…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady puts it very well indeed. I agree with her about all of that. She is right that the business of the House motion describes a process for a Bill that is, to all…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillWill the right hon. Lady give way?03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI should have thought that my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) would recognise that that is a reference to the Act that the Bill will become should it pass into…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s kind remarks, but I wonder whether he means to remove subsections (6) and (7). If we did not pass the Bill and the Prime Minister went to the…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillIn that case, I withdraw what I was saying in the sense that my hon. Friend would be achieving exactly what he wants; he would be leaving the Prime Minister with untrammelled…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI apologise for continuing a triangular discussion through my hon. Friend, but in response to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Michael…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Billrose—03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI thought it might be productive to intervene on my hon. Friend’s remarks, with literally all of which I disagree profoundly. On this one point, I think it might be productive…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the Houserose —03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillAlas, my hon. Friend the Member for Stone has the floor. There has been a discussion about all this, and the Government’s new clause 13 is a perfectly sensible way of solving the…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI will of course give way in all cases, but I will start in good order with my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Mrs Main).03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI beg to move, That— (1) At today’s sitting- (a) the order of the House of 1 April (Business of the House) shall apply as if, at the end of paragraph (2)(a), there were inserted…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his remark that he was listening carefully to what I said. In the preceding section of what I was saying, I explained the reason for the Bill,…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThat is an instructive example. The last time around, when as my hon. Friend rightly says the Prime Minister sought an extension, in point of fact, she sought a double extension…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe idea that after all these years of many charming conversations with my hon. Friend that I would not accept that he might often have a very different view from mine is of…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIn a word, no. That piece of legislation was a serious one with effects on a wide range of our citizens so, good or bad, my right hon. Friend did indeed conduct an enormously…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, you will rule if I move out of order, of course, but the point that my hon. Friend is making is about the Bill. In section 1(6) and (7) of the Bill, if I recall that…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend tempts me to stray into the particulars of the Bill, but I was not suggesting that it should be developed to have the effect that he describes; it already has…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the hon. Member for West Bromwich West (Mr Bailey) will have heard, some of my hon. Friends are saying no. My answer is, on the contrary, yes; I agree with him about that.03 Apr 2019