Department for Exiting the European Union

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point, as usual, but every economic analysis that we have seen...

Speaking as a St Andrews graduate, may I point out to the hon. Gentleman that when we leave the E...

If only the good people of England would vote for a Government who believed in getting rid of tui...

Apart from the financial implications, and regardless of having tuition fees or not, there is a c...

The hon. Lady makes an excellent point. I benefited personally from our membership of the Europea...

Thank you for calling me to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Brexit is an area where it is quit...

Maybe the hon. Gentleman has not had the opportunity to see the report, but it is quite clear tha...

The hon. Gentleman makes a case for all reports, but the report is the best estimate we have to g...

I have listened to the very pessimistic overview taken from the part reports. I read them today i...

The other referendum was actually in 2016, but in both referendums—of 2014 and 2016—the Scottish ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am very glad to give way to one of the Select Committees colleagues who were with me. I predict...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that we saw the border between the US and Canada. The US a...

We were told that the average wait time was 15 minutes and just-in-time takes cognisance of that....

May I begin by saying that I welcome the fact that the House now has the opportunity to debate es...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will, to my fellow Select Committee member.

It is now in the public domain, I think for the first time, that the Committee intends to publish...

The hon. Gentleman anticipates exactly the point that I was going to make. I should point out tha...

Does the right hon. Gentleman think that there is enough information in the impact analyses to ju...

I made the point a moment ago that Government economists and the Treasury are not the only people...

I have looked at forecasts for many years as a professional. I share the right hon. Gentleman’s c...

Different Members will draw different conclusions from what they read. It sounds to me that the h...

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I am looking forward to confirmation of that now.

The confirmation I would need is this: what is the difference between “a customs union” and “the ...

I hope that that is not a caveated expression of support. My interpretation of “a customs union”,...

They are the same thing.

Indeed. There is a legal argument about whether one can remain a member of the customs union if w...

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I will give way to the hon. Member for North East Fife.

As usual, the right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point and is making an excellent speech. I ...

I take that as an endorsement of the development of our policy announced by my right hon. Friend ...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Other Members want to speak. I have given way already, and I am about to bring my remarks to a cl...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will, but then I must end my speech.

I thank the right hon. Gentleman. I am standing up without holding on to the ropes at the moment....

The Prosecco and BMW car analysis of our future economic relationship with the European Union—we ...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). I hope to respo...

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I will certainly give way, and hopefully we will hear what the plan is.

I remind you, in case you have forgotten, that this Government created and increased the living w...

Order. It is becoming a bit of a habit that there are exchanges across the House with Members say...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was going to point out that the hon. Gentleman’s intervention ...

At one stage, the Labour party was against “the customs union”. Now it is for “a customs union”. ...

I am going to be uncharacteristically kind to the Labour party and take the right hon. Member for...

This is becoming one of the most pointless, tedious and repetitive conversations. May I help the ...

Well, if there is no difference, welcome to the party! It is good to have the hon. Lady on board,...

Unlike most contributors to this debate, I do not believe that we are spending the money in these...

One of the concerns I have is that we might have a political agreement on a transition or impleme...

Not only are these preparations needed in case there is no deal; many of these preparations will ...

I am grateful for the chance to sum up this debate. Given that we are short on time, I will keep ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I cannot take interventions from Members who chose not to put in to speak. There is limited time ...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant) mentioned at the op...

The hon. Gentleman has found his own salvation. He has made his own point in his own way, with hi...

Today, Parliament is asked to consider an underspend by the Department for Exiting the European U...

We are joined this evening by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, who is supported by the hon. Member f...

I congratulate the hon. Member for North East Fife (Stephen Gethins) on opening the debate and I ...

I thank all Members for their contributions. This is a big undertaking, and it is incredibly impo...