European Union (Referendum) Bill

My hon. Friend makes a good point. In fact, in having discussed Crown dependencies, overseas terr...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. I hope he will forgive me if I say that I have not looked at t...

Does my hon. Friend not find it rather strange that 16 and 17-year-olds are not being given a vot...

My hon. Friend makes a good point and, in a moment, I will come to an even more bizarre twist rel...

Does my hon. Friend agree that sending a positive message today about votes for 16 and 17-year-ol...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. If the Home Secretary were to endorse the idea of 16 and 17-ye...

My hon. Friend is making a good speech, but he knows that I have a long track record of disagreei...

I would not want to upset my hon. Friend further, but he makes a good point. I will come to the S...

My hon. Friend is making a compelling case about 16 and 17-year-olds voting, and he is right to t...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point, and perhaps I could encourage him to have a further co...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Let me make a little progress. There is an old adage that young people grow up too quickly these ...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I know that you follow the rules of the House closely,...

It is quite simple: photography in the Chamber is not allowed by anybody. I am sure that those on...

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I accept that point, but would it be in ord...

I am advised that we can ask a Doorkeeper to undertake that should it be necessary.

claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36).

Question put forthwith, That the Quest...

I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.

I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

No points of order are taken during a Division.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Earlier this morning, I sought to make a point of orde...

Order.

I sought Mr Speaker’s guidance on whether imperial legislation was being used to cover divisions ...

Order. The hon. Gentleman can resume his seat. He has already attempted to make a point of order....

I beg to move amendment 68, page 1, line 3, at end insert—

‘(1A) Before the appointment of ...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment 76, page 1, line 4, leave out...

It is a pleasure to speak in the Chamber for the first time under your chairmanship, Madam Deputy...

Does the Labour party accept the principle that there should be a referendum at all?

Answer!

The answer remains the same as on Second Reading: we do not believe that now is the right time to...

This is the crux of a very important debate not just about the Bill, but in general about members...

My hon. Friend points to the inconvenient truth for the Government and for the promoter of the Bi...

Is my hon. Friend aware of the recent London Chamber of Commerce report “Help or hindrance? The v...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. She will know as well as business, the trade unions and man...

My hon. Friend is no doubt aware that a free trade agreement has recently been agreed with Canada...

My hon. Friend is right. The prospect of having to renegotiate 130 separate free trade agreements...

The hon. Gentleman is quoting the CBI. Is this the same CBI that said that the UK would face econ...

I am somewhat perplexed. The Conservative party has for decades, if not centuries, marketed itsel...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Yes.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am reading the amendment very carefully. It talks ab...

The hon. Gentleman is correct to suggest that it is not a pretext. I am listening very carefully ...

I give way to my hon. Friend.

It is very good to make my first intervention under your chairmanship, Madam Deputy Speaker, and ...

My hon. Friend is entirely right. As a specialist in the common agricultural policy and the needs...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is quite clear that the hon. Gentleman is using thi...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point. I am certain that the hon. Member for Glasgow ...

Absolutely, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Through these amendments, I seek to give Parliament and, ...

The CBI has consulted its members and said that eight out of 10 of them, including 77% of small a...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend.

It is interesting to explain the purpose behind these...

In probing amendment 68, may I ask my hon. Friend whether he envisages consulting organisations s...

That is correct and I agree with my hon. Friend in his ambition to make sure that when the Govern...

I have received representations from Shropshire farmers who very much want to remain in the Europ...

If I may point out some of the problems with the hon. Gentleman’s argument, the reason for my ame...

Perhaps I have a helpful suggestion with regard to amendment 68. When Wales held a referendum on ...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend.

I want to further explain the reasons for and rationa...

Is not the key point that the Conservative party cannot even carry the Government, of which it is...

Order. I am sure that the hon. Member for Glasgow North East (Mr Bain) will recognise that the in...

The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that this issue receives a similar assessment to what w...

The referendum will not be tomorrow, but in 2017. There will be plenty of time for White Papers a...

We are trying to clarify what the Government and the promoter of the Bill want the public to have...

I am certainly not anti-referendum. However, when a Bill is introduced through the back door by m...

That is a pertinent and well made point.

Further to the intervention by my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman), is it th...

Sadly, that is correct. Before I became a Member of this House, I watched with great enthusiasm t...

Is not the reason for this strange arrangement that there could be no consultation because it wou...

Order. Once again, I am sure that the hon. Member for Glasgow North East (Mr Bain) will recognise...

Thank you for that ruling, Madam Deputy Speaker.

There is an even stronger parallel to be d...

It has been a bit of a bumpy ride for me getting to today, to say the least—particularly among co...

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I will not give way, because Members are—

This is a point of order.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the...

I thank the hon. Lady for her point. At the moment, the hon. Gentleman is giving a general introd...

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have a great deal of time for the honesty...

Order. The hon. Gentleman knows that that is not a point of order. If he wishes to engage in deba...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your wise words. I am speaking specifically about a 2014 ref...

Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?

I will take one intervention, but I am trying to get through my speech.

I thank my hon. Friend, and I am sorry for being one of the bumps in the bumpy ride that he has h...

As I said, we are completely united as a party in wanting to give the British people a say. There...

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I will not give way any more, because I am conscious that the Opposition want to talk out the Bil...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Gentleman says that the Opposition are trying...

The hon. Gentleman knows that that is not a point of order and that nobody is talking out anythin...

Again, I thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your wise words on all matters under debate.

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May I also express my delight at seeing you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and respond brief...

Will the right hon. Gentleman explain why an exit would cause the loss of loads of jobs in this c...

I am grateful that the hon. Gentleman raises that issue as I will deal with it later on and call ...

Labour Members appear to want to consult the CBI, Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all, which is fair enoug...

Labour has never been afraid of consulting people in referendums. We have called more referendums...

I would have thought that those points of view would come out in the campaign, so why would we ne...

I have taken every intervention that hon. Members have wished to make and I want to make progress...

The right hon. Gentleman has massive pro-European credentials, as he puts it, so will he explain ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention because I am about to name-check him—and...

The right hon. Gentleman is making important points. I suspect that we probably agree on whether ...

What we need is for the Government to consult the CBI properly, not just stick a copy of its

Who would we consult about peace? We are coming up to Remembrance Sunday. In 1914, bad newspaper ...

I will come to that point when I discuss whether we should consult groups such as the Royal Briti...

One consultee that my right hon. Friend proposes is the National Farmers Union. As urban areas ar...

I do, and I am about to make that point.

As the hon. Member for Stone (Mr Cash) said, I am ...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that consultation would also allow light to be shone on the work ...

Indeed, I think the CER does some very good work, and again I hope that under sub-paragraph (j) i...

If there were to be a referendum on the basis that the Government, or at least the Conservative p...

I agree completely. All that social protection would be dispensed with under the Conservative nir...

I agree entirely with what the right hon. Gentleman says about the way our influence on many of t...

I am at a loss to understand what exactly the Lib Dem role is in all this. If the hon. Gentleman ...

My right hon. Friend is making a balanced speech, but will he explain how putting £2 into the Eur...

I was discussing Wales, where there is a surplus of £40 per person in relation to the money contr...

My right hon. Friend is making a strong case showing why these issues need to be examined in grea...

As a Scottish MP of high repute in this House, my hon. Friend presents his evidence with some cre...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is this a debate about the merits of remaining part of...

I have already explained this morning that I am listening carefully to all Members to ensure that...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I believe that a consultation would also reveal that the G...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I want to make some progress so that others have a chance to speak.

A consultation with the...

Will the right hon. Gentleman address the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor...

As in 1992 and 1993, when the hon. Gentleman and I were on the same side of the argument on the M...

The right hon. Gentleman is very gracious to give way when we are so pressed for time. May I invi...

Although I have much respect for the hon. Gentleman, I invite him to wait and see. He might not e...

I have great respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but I suggest that he does not keep referring ...

I disagree with the hon. Gentleman, he will not be surprised to hear. Norway and especially Switz...

If we are not going to listen just to the CBI, perhaps we should listen to Nissan in my region as...

Indeed. A consultation should be held, and one of the first organisations that should be consulte...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will make progress. I have let the hon. Gentleman in a number of times.

The point that I ...

Order. Before the right hon. Gentleman attempts to make further progress, I should suggest to him...

I was planning to do precisely that, Madam Deputy Speaker. I regret having taken so many interven...

The amendments in this group fall into three categories: the significant amendment about consulta...

When will the serious renegotiation start?

The serious work on the reform of the European Union is already under way. I know that my hon. Fr...

The Minister is just talking about the past. What powers and competences does he think the Prime ...

What I would like to know from the hon. Gentleman and his party is whether they want to give the ...

The Minister should be aware that I have not yet had a chance to speak to those amendments, so he...

The amendments touch on matters that every Government already have to consider in looking at elec...

Surely the Minister thinks that the British people are entitled to know what plan B would be if a...

It is already open to the CBI and to any other such organisations to express their views fully an...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. We can wake up to the fact that still we have not hear...

The hon. Gentleman must resume his seat.

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I give way to the hon. Gentleman.

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Earlier in the debate, he said that the stakeholder...