Contributions
169 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not know whether the right hon. Gentleman is reading a tweet that is a Trumpian tweet or an accurate tweet. I have followed the practice of not paying any attention to tweets…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI beg to move, (1) That, at today’s sitting – (a) any proceedings governed by the resolution of the House of 25 March (Section 13 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) or…27 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am delighted to give way next to the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper).25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActAmendment (a) has already been much discussed in the course of this debate, and I do not want to detain the House long. First, though, I wish to say what it is trying to do and…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIf we go through the process that I hope we can inaugurate this evening, one thing we will all have to do is seek compromise. We almost know that if we all vote for our first…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThe danger that the hon. Gentleman speaks of is real—we all face it—but there is a solution to it, which is to ensure that as we approach a majority we sufficiently discuss that…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy right hon. and learned Friend is asking what is clearly one of the right questions. I give him two answers. The first is that, if this amendment is passed, we will need to…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI give way first to my right hon. and learned Friend.25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI find myself in the very odd position of being slightly more hard-line than my right hon. and learned Friend on this. I am afraid that we have to press this amendment tonight,…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI thoroughly agree with the hon. Gentleman. It is possible—and, above all, it should be possible for us at this juncture—to ensure that the neutrality of the process is…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOf course I shall give way, but if the right hon. Members will allow me, I did indicate earlier that I would give way to the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry).25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActUnsurprisingly, given the close co-operation that there has been between us, I entirely agree with everything that the right hon. Lady has just said. It is of the utmost…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI was with the hon. Lady nearly to the end, but not quite to the end. I am conscious that although the point that the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI will give way, but once I have done so I am going to conclude.25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way and I promise him that I had not intended to intervene in his speech, unlike almost everybody else sitting in the Chamber…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am glad that I did give way to the hon. Gentleman—first, because I am obviously very grateful that he and his colleagues will be supporting the amendment, and secondly, because…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIf that is a problem constitutionally for the Government, what about their simply accepting the amendment, thereby turning it into a Government amendment?25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Actrose —25 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister knows that if she brings her deal again to the House I will again support it, but will she confirm today that the full length of the extension that she is…20 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy right hon. Friend is making his case with his customary acuity and good manners. I agree with him that the essence here is not all these arcana imperii about the European…14 Mar 2019