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HANSARDBusiness of the Houseindicated assent.01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am deliberately not going to become involved in that argument, but my hon. Friend knows that I do not believe that the withdrawal agreement delivers Brexit. What policy…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the House“Ignored” is the operative word that the right hon. Lady uses. Obviously, it is and should always be the practice of Governments to respect the will of the House as expressed in a…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat takes me on to my next point, which is that it seems likely, so long as the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 endures, that minority Governments will continue to be vulnerable…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI agree with the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake) on one point: the present situation has obviously arisen because the Government have lost the…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI say to my right hon. and learned Friend that the problem with the process of indicative votes is that MPs are free to pick and choose whatever policies they like, without any…01 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am perfectly clear that whatever the public voted for in the referendum, or at the last general election, nobody had a clue that they would be voting for a withdrawal agreement…29 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentI want to correct the hon. Gentleman’s account of recent history. In fact, the Government agreed to put in the date voluntarily, and then were blackmailed by the remain faction in…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentThis Executive decision was approved by a Minister without proper reference to Parliament, bringing back to this House not just international law but law that is binding in our…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentI agree with my hon. Friend. I will vote against these regulations, and let me say something about the mess that we are now in. I can fairly claim to be one of the minority in…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentI am going to press on. This House has now embarked upon an unprincipled constitutional experiment. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which I chair,…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentThe hon. Member for Wallasey (Ms Eagle) gave the game away when, amid all her hyperbole and rhetoric, she betrayed her desire for a “much longer delay”. That is what the remain…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Joint Committee: OversightMay I return to the question raised by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) to contest my hon. Friend the Minister’s rather doubtful assertion…20 Mar 2019HANSARD InterserveDoes my hon. Friend recall the inquiry and report by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which I chair, on the collapse of Carillion? We found that in…18 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThere might be some concern, Mr Speaker, that the selection of amendments does not reflect the will of the House, because the will of the House cannot be expressed on an…14 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionWill my right hon. Friend give way?13 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am the Chair of the Select Committee on Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs, of which the hon. Gentleman was a member. He will recall how much work we did on trying…07 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Will the hon. Gentleman explain to the Committee why he thinks the United Kingdom is incapable of providing these policies and legal frameworks for ourselves?07 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland BackstopFirst, may I thank my hon. and learned Friend for making it clear that there are viable alternative arrangements, which the Government are discussing, arising from the so-called…19 Feb 2019