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HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am most grateful. In relation to this pamphlet, or whatever it is my right hon. Friend is producing today, will he confirm now, on the Floor of the House, that the fact that…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThank you, Mr Speaker. Alarmingly, during his speech, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster did not answer when I asked him for confirmation that the express repeal of the 1972…14 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy right hon. and learned Friend talks about smashing up the law; does he not accept that section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 makes it abundantly and expressly…13 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way, and I feel for her with the throat condition she has at the moment, I really do. Having said that, she referred to the fact…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI referred just now, when I was talking to the Prime Minister, to the issue of control over laws. We have been through the backstop in detail today with the Attorney General, and…12 Mar 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Legal OpinionI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his opinion, which is not only for the Government, I would stress, but for Parliament and for the voters. The substance of the…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionMy right hon. Friend said that the documents would be available and on the table tonight. When will they be laid, and can we see them this evening? May I also ask whether the…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionWe understand that the media have been in possession of these documents for some time. We have not had the same opportunity, but, as far as I understand, they are in the Table…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I asked for a guarantee that they would be on the internet, because the public, as well as Parliament and the Vote Office, want to see…11 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]Will my hon. Friend give way?11 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayWill the Minister give way?07 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI am extremely grateful, Mr Speaker. Tomorrow, as recorded on page 12 of today’s Votes and Proceedings , the European Scrutiny Committee will be publishing a unanimous report—“The…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In the light of Attorney General’s questions this morning, I thought it would be convenient—07 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Minister did not have time to take my intervention, but I simply wanted to put on record the massive contribution of the…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Northern IrelandWill my right hon. and learned Friend give Parliament 48 hours’ notice or, at any rate, properly full notice of the outcome of his discussions with the EU? Will he provide to…07 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI must say that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is possibly generating more alarm than he realises. The idea that there is going to be some compromise between the two sides…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThat is completely right. That is what we are here for. We are not here to voice our own opinions or to fragment into factions and then impose views on others by virtue of deals…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI am so glad that my hon. Friend has made that point, because I was about to make it myself and now will not have to. I am as much against the backstop as I am against the article…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI thank my right hon. Friend, with whom I have been debating such matters for the best part of 30 years, for giving way. As for this community of democracies, how can he can…27 Feb 2019