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HANSARDArticle 50: ExtensionI respect the way in which the hon. Gentleman has framed his question, because I know, as he does, that his constituency voted leave and that many of his constituents will be…28 Feb 2019HANSARDArticle 50: ExtensionWe are clear that we want to secure a deal and that we do not want to extend. The hon. Lady should really come clean, because she says that she wants to extend but what she really…28 Feb 2019HANSARDArticle 50: ExtensionWe do not want to see article 50 extended. Our focus is on getting a deal that Parliament can support and on leaving on 29 March. Extending article 50 simply defers the moment of…28 Feb 2019HANSARDArticle 50: ExtensionWe have already had this question twice, but I am happy to refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave a moment ago. We are committed to securing a deal; that is the…28 Feb 2019HANSARDCross-party TalksAs so often on these matters, my hon. Friend speaks a lot of sense. There is no consensus not just about a second referendum, but about what the question would be in a second…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen the hon. Gentleman says he voted for Labour’s Brexit deal, I am slightly confused about which one, because its position has obviously changed somewhat. Given that his own…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith respect to the right hon. and learned Gentleman, there is an inherent contradiction in his question. He says that the Government are trying to run down the clock while, at…28 Feb 2019HANSARDCross-party TalksThe hon. Gentleman puts the same question a second time— [ Interruption. ] The point is that he talks about ending uncertainty, and the way to end uncertainty is for the Labour…28 Feb 2019HANSARDCross-party TalksI admire the way in which the hon. Gentleman asked a question that has been put to the Prime Minister and to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. I very much echo the replies…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have had a public vote. The people voted in record numbers, and they gave us a clear instruction to deliver on that. I simply remind the right hon. Gentleman that he, like so…28 Feb 2019HANSARDCross-party TalksAs the shadow spokesman, the right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer), said yesterday, there have been discussions between the respective Front…28 Feb 2019HANSARDCross-party TalksThe EU has made it clear that it wants a deal that will pass this House. It has heard the concerns about what it says is a temporary agreement—what article 50 says is…28 Feb 2019HANSARDArticle 50: ExtensionThe hon. Gentleman is getting slightly ahead of himself. Before the vote on 14 March, we have a vote on 12 March. This Government are committed to winning that vote, and therefore…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to tell my fellow Cambridgeshire MP how I reassure the academics of Cambridge on this issue. If we look at just how many European Union universities are in the top…28 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUAs the right hon. Lady knows, I have been sat in the Chamber for the vast majority of the debate, so I do not know about any such comments. The reason why I was so explicit in…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUMy hon. Friend has exquisite timing, as I was just about to namecheck him. In addition to referring to the fact that we need to address the indefinite nature of the backstop, he…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. Many Members from across the House spoke in support of him during the debate, and I am happy to confirm that we will write…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe Government’s focus is on securing a deal and passing a meaningful vote by 12 March. The Prime Minister has now spoken to the leaders of all 27 EU member states to set out the…27 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI beg to move, That this House welcomes the Prime Minister’s statement of 12 February 2019; reiterates its support for the approach to leaving the EU expressed by this House on 29…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI looked with interest at the hon. Lady’s reference in the Brexit Select Committee to the Belfast/Good Friday agreement, and in particular her point about mutual consent and…14 Feb 2019