European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Amendment 57, which would leave out clause 4, is linked to new clauses 19 and 21. Many of the ame...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) in respect of her pr...

Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the best guarantee of the fundamental rights of ...

May I gently say to my right hon. Friend that if his analysis were accurate, no statute would eve...

I agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) that in the end, becaus...

Order. This, if I may say so to the hon. Gentleman, is a mini-speech, with more emphasis on the s...

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

My hon. Friend makes a perfectly good point, which reinforces my imp...

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is making a point that gets to the heart of the purpose of t...

The hon. Gentleman makes a totally legitimate point, especially as the Government themselves have...

My right hon. and learned Friend says that he does not wish to divide the House. However, if he h...

There might have been, but as a loyal member of the Conservative party over many years, I have al...

As ever, it is a genuine privilege to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (...

Order. Forgive me. Before the hon. Gentleman gets under way—I think the Minister is keen to follo...

I will seek to live up to that expectation, Mr Speaker; I do not intend to speak for long.

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indicated assent.

I see the Solicitor General nodding. On this crucial issue, however, the Government’s cover has b...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. In addition to the points he has just made, the Exiting...

I agree absolutely with my right hon. Friend, and I hope even at this stage that Members across t...

I want to speak briefly to several of the amendments in this group. In particular, I want to enco...

I am certainly not going to make a mini-speech; I said what I felt was sufficient. I offer the ne...

This may seem a dry and technical question, but from time to time Parliament does reflect on the ...

One of the perplexing aspects of Brexit is the lack of certainty. Many external advisers have com...

These issues are very much to do with legal clarity. They are to do with ensuring that the body o...

I read what the report said about the issue of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and I must say ...

The Select Committee consists of Members in all parts of the House. Far be it from me to interfer...

The catalogue of rights that the hon. Gentleman has just read out is impressive, without a shadow...

No one is more proud of being a member of this fine body than I am. Parliament is a great institu...

Is there not a fundamental inconsistency here? The Government’s reason for not including the char...

The logic of the Government is a mystery sometimes, and I wonder whether the Solicitor General ac...

Those of us who are gay, who went to school in the 1980s and who remember very well the impact of...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That right of protection for freedoms and liberties on the gr...

My hon. Friend is making a strong point and I strongly support what he is saying and Labour Front...

That is right, and my hon. Friend will also remember that, before becoming Secretary of State, th...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that the issue at hand is not whether...

I can certainly imagine cases where our constituents, feeling the need to assert some of those ri...

I think I played a small part in that, and the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Does he agree ...

I am sure that advice will have been heard in senior quarters. Indeed a vice-chair of the Conserv...

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If the hon. Gentleman wants to show us his spade, I will give way to him.

I am not trying to scrape over the point I made earlier, but I am very proud of the history of th...

Who knows what will happen in terms of future majorities in this place. The hon. Gentleman is sti...

The Government boast about their protection of human rights, and of course they sign up to UN con...

The hon. Lady’s legal experience speaks volumes about the issue. Simply explaining that one is in...

They have never been in any of my leaflets. I may be in danger of repeating myself now, but when ...

As it happens, since that time, we have learned that the charter provides extremely important pro...

Does not the right hon. Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne) make our point for us? So...

I am worried. The right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) was saying to her hon. Friends, “B...

The hon. Gentleman has been incredibly generous in taking interventions throughout his speech. Wh...

If that were the right way, the Government would have introduced a Bill to provide such certainty...

The hon. Gentleman is right about the importance of some of these rights, but may I suggest that ...

Personally, I believe that Parliament does and should value the provisions of the charter of fund...

In Dover and Ramsgate in east Kent, we have to put up with the evil and wicked trade of live anim...

There are ways of mending, improving and reforming animal safety standards within the European Un...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, if the Government had had the political will to do this, they...

The hon. Lady makes a very good point. In relation to specific issues relating to Brexit, the Gov...

My hon. Friend knows that we do not agree on many issues relating to the EU, but we were both ele...

Treaties are reformed every time there are adaptations to them, whether it is Maastricht, Nice or...

It is an absolute fallacy to suggest that this Government have been dying to ban live animal expo...

My hon. Friend absolutely nails the point and brings it home. She knows a great deal more about s...

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I do have to conclude my speech, but I will give way to the hon. Lady first.

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I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but this country is a leader in animal welfare legislation, ...

We do have high animal welfare standards. I do not deny that there could always be improvements, ...

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I will take one last intervention, but then I must conclude.

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No, I have to conclude.

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way; he is being very generous. Does he recognise that people a...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Fareham (Suella Fernandes) on her appointment, but I am very m...

Order. I will take Joanna Cherry next and then Mr Kenneth Clarke.

I rise to discuss amendment 7, which is in my name and those of my hon. Friends and other Members...

That was a long time ago.

It was not that long ago. Some of us were at school or were students at the time and fought very ...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way, because I think it needs to be put on the record t...

I am sorry that the right hon. Lady has failed to take my point, which is that this is not about ...

If the Scottish referendum had gone the other way, would not the hon. and learned Lady have regar...

I will not be drawn into a discussion about that today. I can see why the right hon. Gentleman mi...

I agree entirely with what the hon. and learned Lady is saying, but it is my understanding, and I...

That is what I have heard, too. What I would like to hear from the Government today—this is why I...

The hon. Member for Nottingham East (Mr Leslie) began his speech by saying that it was going to b...

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I will give way in a second; before I finish, I will give way if people insist.

Secondly, w...

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that this is th...

I hope and believe that the other place will make an enormous number of changes to this Bill. The...

I support amendment 57, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy), al...

You could go by road.

Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman could walk on water.

Anguilla is economically dependent on...

The hon. Gentleman will know that my colleagues in the Department for Exiting the European Union ...

No, I do not agree that it is a perfectly adequate mechanism. The report published by the Governm...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for treating us to the shorter version of his speec...

No, I do not; it is just words. It is all about what will happen in the negotiations. How much mo...

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. I do not want to interrupt his most eloquent...

Actually, I do not agree. The UK has far bigger clout in the world than a small island with a pop...

Does my hon. Friend agree that this is one of a number of examples? A place such as Anguilla or a...

I actually think, in the case of Anguilla, it is because the Government have never even thought a...

I strongly agree with the hon. Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) that the United Kingdom could...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

If the hon. and learned Lady lets me finish my point, I will let her intervene. I would have thou...

The right hon. Gentleman has unfortunately forgotten that the Scottish referendum was preceded by...

I fear that it is very relevant, and probably even more relevant to what we are going on to debat...

Is the right hon. Gentleman really suggesting that the outcome of the 2014 referendum means that ...

Absolutely not. Scottish voters’ views matter very much. They have a privileged constitutional po...

Does my right hon. Friend detect, as I do, a tendency in SNP Members, which reaches its pinnacle ...

That is extremely good advice. I find myself in a rather different position from the hon. and lea...

Of course, the charter is an excellent example of these rights. It incorporates rights on data pr...

These rights have been incorporated into UK law because we have shared quite a lot of them before...

I am interested in the issue my right hon. Friend raises about our not being able to scrutinise E...

We had 45 years to get that right, and I think my hon. Friend would probably agree with me that i...

I sit on the European Scrutiny Committee and have done so for some time. I can confirm that, alth...

There is also the point that, if we are scrutinising that after it has happened, that is not a lo...

Before he moves on to another point, does my right hon. Friend agree that the narrowness of the H...

Yes, I agree. I think the Report stage may even produce some agreement between my right hon. Frie...

Order. Several colleagues are now seeking to catch my eye, but I emphasise that the Minister must...

I rise to speak to new clause 7, which is in my name and is supported by Opposition Members. I ho...

I am very pleased to speak in support of the new clause brought forward, once again, by the hon. ...

Yes, in theory, I agree with the hon. Lady that the wording could be stronger. I was trying to be...

Does the hon. Lady not agree that we can do better on animal welfare than the EU currently allows...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman that the new laws on sentencing are certainly to be welcomed, but...

Does the hon. Lady agree that a bird in the hand—her proposal —is much better than two in the bus...

I am happy to agree with that intervention.

In case a Conservative Member is about to embar...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas), although I wi...

I will be supporting amendment 57 and other provisions. I rise to speak to new clause 16, which i...

I rise to support the speeches made by my right hon. and learned Friends the Members for Beaconsf...

I call Stuart C. McDonald—fairly briefly. The hon. Gentleman has amendments down and must be hear...

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want to speak briefly to amendments 55 and 56 and to probe one simple is...

I wish to speak in support of amendments 37 and 38 in the name of my colleagues in Government.