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HANSARDDraft Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. This is not a registered interest, but I think it is appropriate that I declare that my wife is chairman of…18 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I understand that it will be easy for horses to get into the country, but obviously—the breeding season started last week—they have to get back. As I understand it, they will get…18 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe amendment that the House passed, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale West, clearly stated that the intention was to replace the backstop with…14 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Restoring DevolutionI welcome the Secretary of State’s reply. I think there is complete exasperation in this House—and, in fairness, in Dublin and in Washington, where, for years, the two main…13 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThe Malthouse compromise, if adopted, would deliver the requirement of the amendment put down by my hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Sir Graham Brady) and…12 Feb 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018Does my right hon. Friend agree that much the best way of guaranteeing that no deal does not happen is to keep no deal on the table so that we keep pressure on the European Union…29 Jan 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Security SituationI thank the Secretary of State for her statement, and for its measured and above all balanced tone. I also welcome the comments of the shadow Secretary of State. The Secretary of…21 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI welcome my right hon. Friend’s comments on Northern Ireland. She knows that if we were to follow the route proposed by my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John…21 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake). He touched upon the fact that David Cameron introduced the referendum, but he…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the EUIt is absolutely clear: the British Government, the Irish Government and the European Union have always said that there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and the…14 Jan 2019HANSARDSeaborne FreightMany of us would agree that much the best end solution for the talks between the Government and the EU would be a wide-ranging free trade agreement, as offered by President Tusk…08 Jan 2019