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HANSARDDraft Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will speak briefly, Mr Hanson, by way of an alternative to intervening on the Minister, because it will give her more opportunity to reflect on what I have to say, and I only…18 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionAbove all else, Brexit is about reclaiming power from the globalist elite. We owe a great debt to the 17.4 million people who voted for Brexit. Not only did they bravely risk…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI will happily give way to the right hon. Lady, as she was first and as a matter of chivalry.14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI will tell the right hon. Lady what happened in Redcar the last time we had a people’s vote—for we have had a people’s vote in this country; it was called the referendum—since…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am not going to give way again, because I am conscious that others want to speak, I have a short time limit, and it is interrupting my lovely flow. The truth is that there are…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionSpeaking of the democratic process, I will happily give way to the hon. Lady, who was elected as a Conservative and has now chosen not to be one.14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe hon. Lady must understand that once you have agreed to have a referendum, which is what this House did by an overwhelming majority, and once you have stood on a manifesto that…14 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hand that fate deals can make or break lives, and those with acquired disabilities and those who have always had disabilities pay dearly. The disability equality charity Scope…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionA while ago, before my right hon. Friend got drawn into this arcane debate about the minutiae of the European Union’s peculiar practices, he fleetingly mentioned the public. Our…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy hon. Friend will know that, as shipping Minister, I fought the port services regulation tooth and nail but, because of the limits on my competence, I could not stop it…14 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI will just make a little progress. I want to flesh out my case against the elite— [ Interruption. ] Not quite yet. I may give way later when I have finished fleshing out my case…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I have been listening to the Minister with interest and concentration, but the truth is that cathartic change always brings about challenge, and it is a cathartic change that we…13 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesYes, but if we look at the number of crimes committed in the year of my birth, 1958—I know that is hard to believe, but that is the year—compared with the number of crimes…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesThe hon. Lady is a very distinguished Member of this House, with whom I have worked in the past, so I do not want to suggest in any sense that I am patronising her. However, that…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesI will make this point, and then happily give way. The effect of that is to put great emphasis on the culprit and, by nature, less emphasis on the event and the victims of crime.…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesOne of the greatest changes in my lifetime, and indeed my time in Parliament, has been the growing gulf between the preoccupations of the liberal establishment, and the hopes and…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseFor years I have waited, with a degree of patience that verges on indulgence, for any glimmer of insight or glint of inspiration from the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion…07 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeA national newspaper this week featured a smirking criminal outside court having been given a suspended sentence for a second knife offence. Will this Minister, whose tenacity is…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesYes, but by letting on to the streets 34,000 people who would currently go to prison, we would by nature make it more likely that those people would have more victims, unless the…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesI will give way one last time, but then I really must conclude, because others may want to speak.07 Mar 2019