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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI understand the right hon. Gentleman’s comments, and I am not going to challenge the integrity of the people who were part of that negotiation. It is not for me to challenge…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMy hon. Friend may be in a much better position to say, but I suspect that this is the place where that consultation happens. We listen to the views of people, and we can reflect…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I would be the first to admit that we do not always get these things right—whoever does? What we have to do is try, try and try again, and…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMay I say that it is a delight to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker? I thank the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister) for giving the House the…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI will touch on that a little later.06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillPrecisely—my hon. Friend on the Front Bench says it would be dangerous, and it would be. What about the key provisions of the outer space treaty? What about the agreement…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point: treaties are renegotiated all the time. Yes, that can be messy—as I have said, we have a great deal of experience of how messy it is—but…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMy hon. Friend makes a really important and fair point. We have to be very careful in this area when we have international obligations, and we have to be even more cautious when…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI do not want to go down that particular rabbit hole, but I will say this. We have the sovereign base in Akrotiri, in Cyprus. We negotiated that. Is it a breach of the sovereign…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI think the fact that the hon. Gentleman used the word “intractable” gives us a clue about how challenging it actually is. When a country decides, for better or for worse, to…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI do not quite understand the hon. and learned Member’s point. Today, we are trying to tease out many of the issues and concerns that he, quite understandably, has raised, to try…06 Dec 2024HANSARDUK Air and Missile DefencesOrder. I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called in the debate.27 Nov 2024HANSARDUK Air and Missile DefencesOrder. Sorry, Minister, but I want to give the Member in charge the opportunity to wind up. You have a minute left.27 Nov 2024HANSARD Project GigabitI call the Minister.26 Nov 2024HANSARD Online Safety: Children and Young PeopleI am going to have to introduce a formal time limit of three and a half minutes.26 Nov 2024HANSARD Online Safety: Children and Young PeopleYes.26 Nov 2024HANSARD Online Safety: Children and Young PeopleOrder. I call Jess Asato.26 Nov 2024HANSARD Online Safety: Children and Young PeopleI will keep this to an informal four-minute limit. Regrettably, if Members speak beyond that, I will have to introduce a formal figure.26 Nov 2024HANSARD Online Safety: Children and Young PeopleI call Lola McEvoy to briefly respond to the debate.26 Nov 2024HANSARD Project GigabitThank you for your forbearance. Please try to keep to three minutes. I call Tim Farron.26 Nov 2024