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HANSARD Assisted DyingI do not think that I have ever had a more intelligent set of interventions, so I thank the hon. Gentleman for another one. There has been change, but I do not want to pretend…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI will give way very briefly, but then I must conclude.04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point, because it allows me to point out that the Netherlands law is a completely different law, and I would vote against it…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingIs it not the case that it has stopped there in Oregon for 20 years?04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI must wind up, because Madam Deputy Speaker has pointed out that there are many, many Members who wish to speak. I am keen to hear from as many Members as possible during this…04 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseThe right hon. Member for West Dorset answered that question very adequately. The Bill simply provides Parliament with an opportunity in September to vote on the new Prime…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseTwo groups of right hon. and hon. Members will be finding today’s vote especially difficult. Many friends on the Conservative Benches will feel torn between their loyalty to their…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI find myself in a slightly curious position, sandwiched between the Liberal Democrats and the Welsh nationalists. I reassure my constituents and hon. Members that I remain a…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is the phrase “slight whiff of hypocrisy”, when it is implied that it is coming from the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin), in…03 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)That is a good question and I am pleased the right hon. Gentleman has asked it. I truly believe that if this proposal were to achieve a majority tonight and if the Government were…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I thank my right hon. Friend for her point, but I do not agree with it. My motion specifically includes a provision that the political declaration, as renegotiated, should then be…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Unfortunately, my hon. Friend is right about only some of those things. It is true that in normal days we would be subject to free movement, because that is the price of single…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I will not give way again. Some commentators have criticised those of us who support common market 2.0 for adapting our proposal in response to suggestions from other colleagues…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. In truth, I have been educated not only by the right hon. Member for East Antrim but by the hon. Member for Dundee East and the…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Mr Speaker is glaring at me, so I am not going to take any more interventions until I am much closer to the end of my speech. We all in this House would much prefer to avoid the…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Votes)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have given everything to an attempt to find a compromise that can take this country out of the European Union while maintaining our economic…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I will be brief. I just want to reassure the right hon. Lady of one thing. Last Wednesday I abstained on her motion, and I will abstain on it again tonight, as a gesture of good…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)She has referred to me.01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will the right hon. Lady give way?01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I am going to make some progress. Some of my hon. Friends supported the motion tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice), which also supported…01 Apr 2019