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HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I will not, because many other Members wish to speak. Last week, the Government said that we would leave the European economic area automatically when we left the EU. However, in…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)My hon. Friend is right, though of course hindsight is a wonderful thing. Under common market 2.0, the UK would regain its seat at global bodies such as the WTO and so be able to…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Common market 2.0 is a strong Brexit, a workers’ Brexit, a no-backstop Brexit and a Eurosceptic Brexit. We would be out of the political union—out of the common fisheries policy,…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done on common market 2.0. Does he agree that it is not just a strong Brexit, but a unity Brexit, because many Eurosceptics in the…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will my right hon. Friend give way?01 Apr 2019HANSARDSupporting Disabled People to WorkI strongly welcome what my hon. Friend has said. My constituent, Lacey-Rose Saamanthy, a Harlow resident, is deaf and she was recently offered a role at Broomfield Hospital as a…28 Mar 2019HANSARDApprenticesMr Speaker, you have led the way in ensuring that young people are employed in the House in your scheme, and in supporting apprenticeships, but as we are the House of Commons and…28 Mar 2019HANSARDApprentices4. What steps the Commission is taking to increase the number of apprentices in the House of Commons.28 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will my hon. Friend give way?27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I passionately believe that we have to follow the 2016 referendum result, even though I voted remain. I voted for the triggering of article 50, to keep no deal on the table,…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)My hon. Friend reminds me that Margaret Thatcher said in her 2003 book how supportive she was of EFTA: “These countries now enjoy free trade with the European Union…They also…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)My hon. Friend has answered my question.27 Mar 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: New Hospitals15. What assessment he has made of the potential role of new hospital projects in the industrial strategy.19 Mar 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: New HospitalsTogether with the £400 million move of Public Health England to Harlow by 2024, a brand-new healthcare hospital campus would make Harlow the health science capital of the UK. Will…19 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversal CreditI thank my hon. Friend and the Secretary of State for both coming to my Harlow jobcentre to see how universal credit works in practice. May I ask the Minister specifically what he…18 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I understand your clarity on this. A second referendum was overwhelmingly rejected by the House of Commons in a vote last week; does this mean…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Far-right Violence and Online ExtremismI express compassion and solidarity with all Muslims from New Zealand, across the world and in my constituency of Harlow. We have the wonderful Harlow Islamic Centre in my…18 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s speech and I have some sympathy with this amendment. Can I confirm whether he will support the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for…14 Mar 2019HANSARDSpring StatementMr Speaker, you should see what the hon. Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) is like in my Education Committee. I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Given…13 Mar 2019HANSARDFree SchoolsIn The Times on Friday, the Secretary of State said that “an exclusion should not just be the end of something but be the start of something new and positive.” What is he doing to…11 Mar 2019