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HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. During business questions the Leader of the House announced that the February recess would not go ahead, but she was not able to give us…31 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week. Well, who would have thought it? They actually all united, Mr Speaker. They are united around a fallacy,…31 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018Thank you, Mr Speaker. I shall continue to be mildly provocative, if I can, by asking the following question. This is an agreement with the European Union. What happens when the…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018Will the Prime Minister give way?29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018Will the Prime Minister give way?29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018rose—29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018rose—29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I am very grateful to the Prime Minister for relenting. She is just about to rip up her backstop, and we are all wishing that she would get on with it and tell the House exactly…29 Jan 2019HANSARD Proxy VotingIt is a pleasure, as always, to follow the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller). I very much look forward to her continuing work on and interest in this issue. If…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Proxy VotingI totally agree. We should make proper plans and make sure that we have the right arrangements in place. I do recall those comments by the Leader of the House, but I will be kind…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is correct that immigration was the cold beating heart of the case for leaving the European Union—there is no doubt about that. However, he is just making…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that the objective of Tory immigration Bills is to achieve two things: to stop people coming to this country, and to make life as miserable and difficult…28 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week, and may I thoroughly share her comments on Holocaust Memorial Day? It is, of course, Burns night…24 Jan 2019HANSARD Proxy VotingI thank the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) for securing what has turned out to be a fruitful urgent question. I very much welcome the Leader of the House’s…22 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionThe Prime Minister knows that Scotland is different. Scotland overwhelmingly rejected this Tory Brexit and increasingly wants nothing to do with its impending disasters. Surely at…21 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker, and may I wish you a happy birthday for Saturday from everyone on the SNP Benches? Perhaps you can get a game of tennis in if you get the chance. I also…17 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUScotland wanted nothing to do with this ugly, self-defeating Brexit, but last night 10 Scottish Tories voted to defy their constituents, with the other three wanting something…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThe Prime Minister has lost a quarter of her Cabinet and 117 of her Back Benchers want her gone. She has experienced the biggest defeat in parliamentary history. What shred of…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentIf the right hon. Gentleman’s motion is successful this evening, there may be a general election in a few short weeks. Would the Labour party manifesto state whether it will be a…16 Jan 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI wonder whether we can confirm that the whole day’s business tomorrow will be given to the vote of no confidence. According to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, there is only…15 Jan 2019