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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillWith due respect to the hon. Gentleman, he does intervene a lot. The reality is that we have also spent a lot— [Interruption.] I do not mean that rudely, I just genuinely mean…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI always love giving way to the right hon. Gentleman—in fact, I will call him my right hon. Friend in this particular moment—because he talks common sense. When we passed the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOne second. May I just finish my point? Why should any of our constituents believe any one of us now? We promised them at the time of the previous referendum in 2016 that we would…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am always grateful to receive an intervention from my right hon. and learned Friend, but I have to tell him that I disagree with him. The British people voted to leave the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am not going to give way any more; I have given way enough. If there is any attempt in this process to amend the Bill to keep us in a customs union, I would simply argue that I…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMore than that.22 Oct 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill and Extension LetterI had not planned on speaking, but I just wanted to make a clear point that “Match of the Day” trumps anything else as far as I am concerned every time. Will my right hon. Friend…21 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that those who now call for a second referendum have denied the result of the first referendum? How, then, could the British people ever trust us…19 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is being very generous in giving way. May I take him up on the very philosophical and logical argument that he is now trying to make? The…19 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister’s StatementMay I take issue—gently—with my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister? For 27 years, some of us have been warning about the federal nature of the European Union. [ Interruption. ]…19 Oct 2019HANSARD US Troop Withdrawal from Northern SyriaI rise to support the urgent question of my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood). This is surely an issue on which we should be, in many senses, bolder…08 Oct 2019HANSARDOperation Midland Independent ReportI agree completely with my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis): the shining jewel of our criminal justice system is that somebody is innocent until…07 Oct 2019HANSARDOperation Midland Independent ReportI will. I was simply referencing Sir Richard’s report. My point is a general one. Will the Minister address the reality of the police finding themselves unnecessarily influenced…07 Oct 2019HANSARDOperation Midland Independent ReportI am not making any further reference to him other than that he was raised in the report—07 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateMay I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister— [ Interruption. ]25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateMay I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on his very good put-down of the shallow Leader of the Opposition? I understand that his Government have changed the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI wonder if my right hon. and learned Friend, having read the full summary of yesterday’s judgment by the Supreme Court, was also struck by something that seems to be missing…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerWhen my right hon. Friend refers to Operation Yellowhammer as a document that was introduced by the previous Administration but is being read and updated by the current…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I did not intend to intervene on the hon. Gentleman, but as he raised that point, I will. The point that I, and I think many of my colleagues, are making is that those who have…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I apologise for interrupting the Secretary of State in mid-flow, and I know people want to get on. However, as someone who served over in Northern Ireland—and following the…09 Sept 2019