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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am so grateful to the high priest of hard Brexiteers. The reason that UKIP and the Farageists—whatever incarnation they are on just now—have disappeared is that they have become…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend makes a good and concise point. I want to return to some of these issues, and I hope that he will come back in, because I think that this is worth being aired,…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThere is a fascinating journal, account and book to be written about this, and I am looking forward to the hon. Member’s memoirs after all this. I want to pay tribute to some of…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I know he is tempting me to speak about the Labour party, but that is just cruelty. I will resist the opportunity to say a few words to…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend has a very delicate use of phrase, and I have to say that nothing could be put more elegantly than that. That is well understood from this side of the House. The…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his very brief intervention. All I can say to him is that they couldn’t care less about the economy or about the damage to the UK. They…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am going to enjoy this intervention from a representative of the Scottish Conservatives, who lost half their seats. Why did that happen?09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is of course right that the SNP won only 80% of the seats, and I am glad that that is on the record. I say ever so gently to him that it…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo, he should just let me finish, then I will let him come back in. That was the main message put out by the Scottish Conservatives at the general election. The result was that…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on that, but he really must accept what is happening in Scotland. Something dramatic is going on. I think all of us agree that there will be…09 Jan 2020HANSARD Business of the House (19 and 20 December)Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker—Mr Speaker, even! Sorry about that; old habits die hard. This is an unusual state of affairs, and you have been generous to the Government…19 Dec 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for when we return, and I join his full tributes to the staff. They have put in a remarkable shift in the course of the…19 Dec 2019HANSARDTributes to the SpeakerThank you, Mr Speaker, and I say that for the last time. I was just saying to the SNP Chief Whip, given that questions were allowed to go on for 40 minutes longer, Bercow must go.…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThere is nothing too old-fashioned for the right hon. Gentleman. I think we are all getting used to these daily business statements, and we look forward to another thrilling…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Bill (Business of the House)I say to the hon. Lady in all gentle candour that to categorise the Liberal Democrats as the Scottish National party’s partner could not be further from the truth. We are…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt will not be a point for oration when I get down to the business that the Leader of the House has announced. I join the shadow Leader of the House in saying that we must stop…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Bill (Business of the House)I thank the Leader of the House for bringing forward this very interesting business motion this afternoon. Here we are, once again, considering another programme motion. I am…29 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for this short statement. Scottish National party Members look forward to meaningfully engaging with the piece of legislation that is to be brought…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWe also look forward to joining in the tributes to you next week, Mr Speaker, and, if it is all right with the Leader of the House, perhaps the right hon. and hon. Ladies will be…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat an extraordinary business statement, once again, from the Leader of the House. This simply confirms that the Queen’s Speech has been nothing but a charade, a simple…24 Oct 2019