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HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillA better one than this, for the reasons that I am about to lay out. [Interruption.] I will go into some of the detail—not too much—but if anyone believes what the Prime Minister…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThis is the nub of it. Those voting no today want yes. They want others to save them from their own vote. Voting no, wanting yes. That is the truth of the situation, and that is…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThese are examples of the Prime Minister making promises that he does not keep. That is the hallmark of this Prime Minister.30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThat was about a year ago. Then it was supposed to be ready in July, then September, then November, and finally it arrived on Christmas eve. That matters, because businesses have…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillIn just one minute. The deal will make it harder to sell services into the EU and will create a huge disincentive for businesses to invest. The very thin agreement on short…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThank you, Prime Minister. It does, or rather it does for as long as British businesses meet the rules of origin requirements. It does as long as the UK does not step away from a…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThe Prime Minister says rubbish— [Interruption.] I have read it. I have studied it. I have been looking at nothing else than this for four years. The Prime Minister pretends that…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThe Prime Minister says vote against it—vote for no deal. As my wife says to our children, “If you haven’t got anything sensible to say, it’s probably better to say nothing.” The…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThat absolutely identifies the point. He is going to vote in the hope that others will vote the other way and save him from the consequences of his own vote. That is the truth of…30 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI said two weeks ago at this Dispatch Box that I was very concerned that tier 2 would not be strong enough to hold the virus. The Prime Minister said, “Don’t worry about that.…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have encouraged everybody to have the vaccine every time I have stood up and talked about it. The Prime Minister is avoiding the issue. In some places, the infection rate has…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsIf the Prime Minister will not listen to me, let me quote his own spending watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility. It said that the UK locked down later and for longer…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, you could script that from October and November, when the Prime Minister was saying that a lockdown was the last thing the country needed and would be disastrous. Two…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsHere we go again: ignoring the medical advice, and we know where that leads, because we have seen what has happened in the last nine months. Whatever the Prime Minister says,…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsMay I join the Prime Minister in his good wishes to all the staff, the armed forces and our emergency services, and thank you, Mr Speaker, and the House authorities for doing all…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister talks about indecision; he is absolutely stuck—this is the truth of it—and dithering between the deal that he knows we need and the compromise that he knows his…09 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is Camden, not Islington. The Prime Minister starts straightaway by deflecting—it is the same old, same old, whether on covid or Brexit. Twelve months ago, he told the British…09 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsOh, I see. Apparently, “Get Brexit done” just meant the first part of it—the easy bit. I do not remember that being written on the bulldozer at the time. Last September, the Prime…09 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in his comments about the vaccine roll-out. It was fantastic to see the first person, Margaret Keenan, receive the vaccine yesterday. It is a huge…09 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister asked me how I will vote on a deal that he has not even secured. Secure the deal, Prime Minister; you promised it. I can say this: if there is a deal—and I hope…09 Dec 2020