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HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI am actually going to look briefly at a simple point, which is that, apart from our own judges, the German federal constitutional court in December 2015 clearly stated that…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI am most grateful to my right hon. Friend. Is she aware that the EU itself and indeed many other states throughout the world, including many democratic countries, have…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill my hon. Friend give way?21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThere are many essential reasons, in our national interest and on constitutional and legal grounds, and grounds of practical necessity, for the clear, unambiguous…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. and learned Lady give way?21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Lady give way?21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIn a moment. There are many aspects of international law that are sacrosanct—those in respect of torture, genocide and the rest, for example—and it is the fact that international…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI said, “to a degree”. Within the framework of international law, it is entirely a question of whether the degree to which it is done is commensurate with what is being proposed.…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillDoes my hon Friend agree that that bar becomes very apparent when dealing with the essential question of sovereignty and whether the EU is recognising sovereignty in the…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe arguments that I have just heard from the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry) are, in my judgment, completely unjustified. [ Interruption.…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillJust a minute. We have proposed in this Bill that monitoring and advice regarding the UK’s internal market should be provided on a non-binding basis by the OIM. That will support…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThat is absolutely right. In fact, I argue that the provisions of the Bill as a whole maintain the Union, which is absolutely essential to the future of our competitiveness…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, I am going to put it the other way around and do it my own way. Why on earth would the Scottish people, in their desire to obtain independence from the United Kingdom,…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIf Euro-integrationism were to get in the way, that would be a problem, but on the question of whether the UK Government are engaged in some kind of power grab while depriving the…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIf I may say so, not unsuccessfully.15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWhat I can say for sure is that it will not be the European Union, and that summarises the argument in a nutshell. It is something I spoke about in the debate only yesterday, when…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI am very happy for that to remain to be seen and to be heard. I will give an example of a company in my constituency, which, because of certain economic problems, found that it…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillJust a minute. I think the hon. and learned Lady is probably exhausting herself by her interventions. I gave the House but one example yesterday, on the issue of Lufthansa. There…15 Sept 2020