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HANSARDCPS: Mental HealthThe Crown Prosecution Service has a duty of fairness to all defendants, including people with mental health issues. In March it launched a public consultation on revised guidance…11 Apr 2019HANSARDSexual OffencesThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise this deeply concerning issue. I am happy to report that there have been a number of successful prosecutions of gangs who engage in this…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My right hon. and learned Friend tempts me on to a path of anticipating what might or might not be the outcome of the summit. I hear his point about the need to avoid regular…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My hon. Friend is right that the European Parliament has had to make contingency plans for constitution with the UK and without the UK, and there is no doubting the complications…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019The ingenuity of the right hon. Gentleman knows no bounds. He is right to ask detailed questions such as that, but we have a solution to all these vexed questions: to agree a deal…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019As the hon. Gentleman knows, negotiations will carry on in the Council tomorrow, and I think it would be idle speculation for me to try and anticipate what might be agreed. Some…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019I beg to move, That this House agrees for the purposes of section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 to the Prime Minister seeking an extension of the period specified…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019In the letter that was sent to colleagues in the names of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General,…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019I give way first to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant).09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My right hon. Friend makes an intriguing point. I will not get into any discussions about the question of liability. Everyone who might put themselves up as a candidate for that…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I think he is absolutely right about the way in which the European Parliament is constituted. It is due, I think, to rise on 18 April, but it does…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My right hon. Friend is right to ask about that detail. I think that we are obliged, as a matter of law, to prepare for European elections, but if we have exited the European…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019Tempted as I am to take further interventions from right hon. and hon. Members, I must finish. I think most colleagues would agree that it would now be odd to leave on 22 May,…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My right hon. Friend makes a powerful point. As a Member of Parliament, she represents car manufacturing interests very proudly. I care very deeply indeed about the future of that…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019With the greatest respect to the hon. Gentleman, I disagree with his analysis about the deal. I did not note much opposition, certainly from certain corners of the House, to the…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019I will obey your strictures and move on, Mr Speaker. I turn to the question of what might happen with regards to the further extension. Before the House considers the motion, as…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019Let me just make a little bit of progress, and then I will of course take more interventions.09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My hon. Friend makes an extremely powerful point. I pay tribute to him and to all hon. and right hon. Members who were faced with a very difficult decision and took what I would…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019Just like my hon. Friend, I am an assiduous canvasser and I am having those conversations myself. The message that I would give to my constituents is that we are doing our part…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My right hon. and learned Friend is right to talk about the need to avoid cliff edges. To that extent, I can agree that today we are seeking to create a situation whereby we will…09 Apr 2019