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HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI am grateful for the chance to speak in this debate, and I commend the right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) for having secured it. Despite the…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionThere is an important difference there. The reason that the Scottish Green party was able to have some influence on the Scottish Government’s business is that when it was invited…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Clydesdale Bank and SMEsThere is probably no more appropriate Member to have raised this than my hon. Friend the Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) because, as Members will appreciate,…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureIn reply to an earlier question, the Minister stated that, on many occasions, the House has considered and rejected amendments that sought to revoke article 50. As a matter of…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker.18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureI commend the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) for submitting the urgent question, and I thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting it. Last week, the House voted by a…18 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy right hon. Friend has commented previously on the Government’s abject failure to seek any kind of cross-House consensus in the almost three years since the referendum. I do not…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOnce again the Government are happy to use the most arcane and incomprehensible procedures when it suits them in order to frustrate the will of the House, and also to ignore them…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionI am grateful to the Minister for his statement. I can understand why the BBC was the best source of information—we could not have it in advance—but it is disappointing that no…11 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. Earlier this afternoon, my hon. Friends the Members for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) and for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) pointed out that in Scotland…11 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contractsrose —05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsHas the hon. Gentleman read the alternative deal that was put forward by the Scottish Government in December 2016?05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contractsrose—05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI take it from his non-answer that the hon. Gentleman has not bothered to read that document. What the Scottish Government put forward over two years ago showed a willingness to…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI am grateful for the chance to speak in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown) on securing it, and I thank you for…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsAbsolutely. The single biggest example of incompetence coupled with complacency—it must be said that a lot of the official Opposition were guilty of this—was triggering article 50…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsThe hon. Gentleman clearly has a lot more experience than I do in matters of collective responsibility. Let us take the previous intervention at its word. If a Secretary of State…05 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit: No dealI remind the Minister that the fact that a majority of Conservative MPs votes for something does not make it right. Certainly, the experience with the Scottish Tories is that they…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Exit: No dealYet again we see that, when it suits the Government, they insist on looking at the voting pattern of individual constituencies in the north of England but ignore the voting…28 Feb 2019