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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Clerks were very helpful when I was trying to draft my amendment. I said, “Surely we can’t have this open-ended situation?” Very helpfully,…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI want to test amendment 20 slightly, because it is not dissimilar to an amendment that has been selected in my name. How did my hon. Friend pick 30 June 2019? How does that offer…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe public have had no real engagement in the process. I cannot imagine it would be good for democracy if we say to the public that these people will not be around for five…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI share the concerns of my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) about the speed with which this has come about and the lack of scrutiny. In…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI absolutely sympathise with the sentiments that my right hon. Friend is expressing. Did he note that our right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) also…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the Houserose —03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillDoes my hon. Friend share my concern, which is why I tabled my amendment, that the House seems to happily think it can put a date on this Bill and the Prime Minister will go off…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am so puzzled. Many of the issues the right hon. Gentleman mentions on which we may have to compromise will need the withdrawal agreement, yet only five Labour Members have ever…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseBefore the political point that was just made, my right hon. Friend was making the extremely valuable point that the House of Lords is a revising Chamber. We do the Lords a great…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure that my right hon. Friend is aware of this, but I want to put it on record that when the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) pressed her amendment on having a people’s…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Billrose—03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI would like to speak to amendment 1, standing in my name, which addresses similar themes to the proposal of my hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice),…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe right hon. Gentleman has been saying that he would like to have certainty—I completely accept the worries about a possible no deal and not knowing what is going on, which is…03 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Tonight, we will be debating motion (E) on a confirmatory public vote, but this House voted on a confirmatory public vote, and I believe it…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I am looking closely at the hon. and learned Lady’s motion. Can she confirm that, with the timelines that it outlines, voting for her motion tonight will absolutely mean voting…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)rose —01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I want to make a serious point about what the hon. Gentleman would put before the British public. How long does he think it would take to craft a whole new deal? Does he…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The 85 votes I am referring to relate to the motion brought before the House by the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston).01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)rose—01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Tonight we are being urged to seek compromise, but it is not surprising to note that—I think—only five members of the Labour party voted for the Prime Minister’s withdrawal…01 Apr 2019