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HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesWhat is deluded is on the one hand to say, “We want more control in Scotland”, and on the other hand, when we reach a point at which the UK Government are gaining greater control…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesAs my right hon. Friend says, the Prime Minister has made that commitment crystal clear —and how can one ever dispute what is said on TheyWorkForYou?07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesThe best way to avoid the uncertainty is to vote for this deal, but I do not accept the premise of the hon. Lady’s question. She said that there had been no progress, but the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesThe scope to exit from the backstop—which is really at the heart of my right hon. Friend’s question—was explored in the House at length on, I think, 3 or 4 December, when the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesYes.07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for acknowledging that we have a genuine plan for the NHS, and I pay tribute to the work of the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesMy hon. Friend is a very experienced Member, and she will know that it is the House that governs its business. As happened with the previous statement, the business is shaped by…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI feel I must slightly correct the hon. Lady. It was the House that voted to trigger article 50—a clear majority of Members voted that we should send the article 50 letter. On her…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesWe have already covered that on a number of occasions. It is the Government’s intention to win that vote, and that is what all Ministers are focused on.07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI think that what we have seen is the Prime Minister working day and night in the national interest to fight for a deal for the entire United Kingdom, securing through a two-year…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI think that we really have a misrepresentation of the reality of what the political declaration says. The political declaration is absolutely clear that we will be taking control…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesThe reason is quite straightforward—that, against a finite deadline for when we leave the European Union, we need to put in place contingency plans. We were hoping to have secured…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI respect the hon. and learned Lady’s point, but the reality is that she is critical of the Government when we do not prepare for no deal and then she is critical of the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesWith respect, it is a fairly specious argument to look at the percentage, because surely it is about the quality of the change, rather than counting words in the texts; it is not…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI know that the hon. Lady looks at these issues in detail through her chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee, and I suspect that she will be looking at those contracts in…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI am not sighted on emergency services contracts, but I am happy to have a discussion with the hon. Gentleman about any specific concern he has about procurement. As hon. Members…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesMay I join you, Mr Speaker, in congratulating my right hon. Friend on his well-deserved knighthood? As regards the interplay between the financial settlement and how a no-deal…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesBased on the lack of content in that, it is good to know that the Leader of the Opposition had a good break over Christmas. He talks about colleagues not knowing. What they do not…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesUnlike the Scottish National party, which wants to retain the European approach. We will have our own trade policy for the first time in more than three decades, and there will be…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesIn a tone that I am sure will reflect the year ahead, may I join the Leader of the Opposition in wishing you, Mr Speaker, and colleagues across the House a happy new year? As the…07 Jan 2019