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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe hon. Gentleman will be aware from our time together on the Treasury Committee that we knew what the timeline was for the negotiations. What we could not have foreseen was that…08 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillIt really is no good Government Members complaining about the lack of time—the lack of time to debate this Bill or the fact that we are days away from crashing out of the European…08 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe Prime Minister has never sought to compromise. What she has found difficult—and what any Prime Minister would find difficult—is trying to reconcile the broad range of promises…08 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI absolutely do. Let me also say, as a Member of Parliament whose constituency split virtually down the middle, that there is a range of reasons why people voted in the way they…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman has made it very clear that he does not trust the Prime Minister and he does not trust the Leader of the Opposition. At the next available opportunity, will he…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI support the business motion and the amendment in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). The House of Commons is in a very unhappy and…03 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOn the subject of shame and public apologies, I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman might seize this opportunity to apologise for quoting, apparently approvingly, the leader of…01 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am grateful to the Prime Minister for giving way. She is right to say that she has sacrificed her own position to try to get her deal through. Does she appreciate that in doing…29 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the shadow Leader of the House for giving way. The Leader of the House claimed at the Dispatch Box that she spoke for this House in Government. How can we…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI wholeheartedly agree. With the limited time I have, I wish to say something about the trust that the public have in us as Members of Parliament and in the House of Commons. It…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThere is one reason and one reason alone why we are debating this business of the House motion, and that is the vacuum created by the Government through their total lack of…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentFurther to that excellent speech, I point out that it took seven years to organise the two-week London Olympics. Extracting ourselves from the most sophisticated political and…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe selection is a matter for the Speaker, as the hon. Lady knows. To be clear, she is right to say that the Government said they would lay out their own path, but when they were…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOut of respect for you, Mr Speaker, and for the rules of the House, I will certainly withdraw the word “hypocritical”. However, it was pretty jaw-dropping to hear the Leader of…27 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn response to the Defence Secretary’s speech to RUSI on 11 February, particularly his remarks about the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth to the South China sea, George Osborne…25 Mar 2019HANSARDArmed Forces Covenant17. What steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective delivery of the armed forces covenant.25 Mar 2019HANSARDArmed Forces CovenantI am grateful to the Minister for his answer to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian (Danielle Rowley), but does he not agree that when 0.01% of the NHS…25 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am genuinely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, but this is hopeless: he cannot argue against a perfectly sensible amendment, which is reasonable in the…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionOne of the reasons why we wanted the Prime Minister here this afternoon is that, whatever her shortcomings, we can at least trust that when she stands at the Dispatch Box she…20 Mar 2019