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HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionIf I did misspeak, of course I will apologise to the House and seek to clarify the record. I think the point being made was about a meaningful vote—sorry, I have just done it…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI give way.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionThe hon. Gentleman’s interventions are always very reasonable. I am grateful for the opportunity to clarify on the record that I was referring to the amendable motion. On the…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionWhat I am advocating is a deal, because I accept that an outcome of either no Brexit or no deal is highly undesirable. Going back on the referendum result and on the hon. Lady’s…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI have given way to the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) once and I think the Father of the House wants to intervene, so I will obviously let my right hon. and…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionThe hon. Gentleman has not even persuaded Labour Front Benchers of his position. He says that he wants a nine-month extension, yet we have no clarity from the Labour Front Bench.…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionWhat is remarkable about that intervention is that chambers of commerce up and down the country have been saying, “Back the Prime Minister’s deal” because they want the certainty…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI am not sure that Saturday would be the most popular of responses with colleagues across the House, but we have given a commitment, as the hon. Lady knows, to a meaningful vote…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI should make some progress, and I am conscious, Mr Speaker, that you will no doubt say I am taking too many interventions, but given it is the hon. Lady, I will give way.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI will give way once more, and then I will make some progress.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionThe hon. Lady is usually one of the most forensic questioners in the House, but on this issue I am afraid that I fundamentally disagree. First, the Government have made it very…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionThe right hon. Gentleman talks about respecting votes and whether the House has had an opportunity to vote on issues. His party wants a second referendum—a people’s vote—yet we…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionFirst, I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the comments that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister made on that very issue when she was asked about it more than once at Prime…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionWith respect to the hon. Gentleman, that was not the point I was making. Of course it is quite right that the House asks questions. Mr Speaker, you have always personally…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionWell, I do wonder whether the hon. Lady is describing her own Front Benchers’ policy, because they have put forward a proposal that the House has rejected and yet seem to be…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI will give way once more and then I will wrap up, because I am conscious of time.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionThe hon. Lady is correct that the House has spent a lot of time talking. What the House has not done is spent a lot of time deciding, and what we have seen is what the House is…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionIt is always good to take wisdom from all sources. My understanding is that the letter was placed in the House of Commons Library. On the precise timing of that, given the length…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionIt is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer). He started his remarks by saying that the Prime Minister should be…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionGiven that it is my right hon. Friend, I will give way.20 Mar 2019