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HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right that the Prime Minister has made a commitment to seek an extension, and I trust her on that. However, she has not made a commitment to a given length of…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to say that the Bill has a long genesis; it is the fifth of its kind, and it goes back to long before the Prime Minister’s statement. Of course, we had the…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseEverything else that my right hon. Friend has said so far that I do not agree with was accurate, but I do not think that his final point was accurate. It is perfectly possible…03 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will recognise that the only way in which the Government can carry this forward, if there is a cross-party consensus, is by bringing in…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I am enormously grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend, and I agree with every word he has spoken. Does he agree that the reason why we are holding this debate and following…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?01 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend asks an entirely reasonable question to which there is an absolutely definitive answer. There has been no insurgency here—27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)Thank you, Mr Speaker. If on Monday the House can reach a majority view, it would be in the interests of our constituents and the country, but I personally continue to harbour the…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)It is, of course, a very great disappointment that the House has not chosen to find a majority for any proposition. However, those of us who put this proposal forward as a way of…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. It is very disappointing— [ Interruption. ]27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)rose —27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)My hon. Friend is making a very good case in addition to that made by the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock), who first spoke to the motion. Will my hon. Friend emphasise…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will my hon. Friend give way?27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will my hon. Friend give way?27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI completely agree with every word of that. The point the right hon. Gentleman makes is exactly the reason why we are proceeding in this way. I want to take this opportunity to…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseBut my hon. Friend needs to attend to the point that those of us who are proposing this have exactly recognised that precedent. What went wrong on that occasion above all was that…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am delighted that the hon. Gentleman brings me back to the business of the House motion, because it is traditional in these circumstances for people who are speaking to say they…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs my hon. Friend knows, that is my view and has been throughout, which is why I have voted for it throughout and will continue to do so.27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am in a very odd position, in that, as it happens, I know, roughly speaking, what the official machine has been saying about the whole of these proceedings. I know that it has…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his observation about precedents. As a former Chief Whip, he knows very well how these things happen. It is indeed the case that our…27 Mar 2019