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HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThroughout this entire process, we have been asked to take decisions without adequate information, so that is entirely consistent with the way in which this matter has been…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI did not think that there was a factual dispute about that, but I will happily be corrected if I have got it wrong.09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIf the hon. Gentleman wants to dispute that that was the central part of our campaign, I will happily take his intervention,09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am unsure whether the hon. Gentleman is listening. I am saying that the SNP put a proposition before the people in a democratic election and they voted for it. Just to be sure,…09 Jan 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThen—09 Jan 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThere is always a degree of excitement in starting any new job, and I feel I will have to have an ongoing challenge of curbing my enthusiasm for this one, but let me begin by…09 Jan 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseApologies, Mr Speaker; this is my first time, but I was a sentence away from my conclusion, which is simply to say that I caution the Government: if they do not do this and do not…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ8. In the twilight of the last Parliament both the Scottish Affairs and Health Select Committees produced reports on the drugs crisis. Both reports drew on international evidence…08 Jan 2020HANSARDMiddle East: SecurityAre there any other members or officials of the Iranian Government whose assassination the United Kingdom would find acceptable?07 Jan 2020HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am confused as to why that particular intervention should have been made at this point in my speech, but I will mention the issue when I come to consider the amendments before…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way because I just want to clarify this on the record. At no time has any of us ever said that people did not know what they…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Billrose—29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillNo, thank you. [ Interruption. ] No, thank you. Which part of “no” don’t you understand? A 9 December election brings a number of benefits. It enables more of the electorate to…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI think I have taken enough interventions, in fairness—I need to conclude.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI thank the hon. Gentleman. I think there is actually a broad level of agreement among Members across the House, including the odd one over on the Conservative Benches as well,…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillIndeed, there would be the opportunity to do that. Those transgressions should be investigated and they do undermine the result of the 2016 referendum. That is yet another reason…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am unclear that that is an argument against 16 and 17-year-olds being able to vote in this election or, indeed, in any subsequent election.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI want to make some comments generally on the Bill as a whole and then to discuss the individual amendments that have been selected. I must start by saying that, clearly, it is…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseJust for clarity, can I be sure that the position of Her Majesty’s Government is that they will agree to an early election only if this Parliament is prepared to railroad through…24 Oct 2019HANSARDStrength of the UnionBack in the 2014 Scottish referendum, the winning side promised that Scotland’s views would not be ignored in the Union, yet on the matter that has consumed British politics for…23 Oct 2019