European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

In a moment.

Our amendment on the other hand is consistent with the notion that it is right...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

As I have said, it passes the three tests set out by myself and the Prime Minister.

I give ...

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Order. Before we come to the intervention, there is a point of order; I hope it is not a point of...

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am reading here in the media for the first time a ministerial statement ...

The discretion that I have always had in such circumstances is the short answer to the hon. Gentl...

I am very grateful.

Will my right hon. Friend commend our hon. Friend the Member for Brackn...

As I have said throughout, it is for people to go with their consciences on this matter and I do ...

I rise to speak in favour of the amendment tabled by the right hon. and learned Member for Beacon...

Will the shadow Secretary of State confirm that the Labour party is not trying to frustrate Brexi...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. I know how important this is for her const...

I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for giving way. At least he has allowed someone from thi...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, because it goes to the heart of the issue:...

Perhaps those on the Opposition Benches are missing the central point. In any negotiation, ruling...

I am grateful for that intervention. I have always been curious about this tactic. What will happ...

I will not give way, because I want to complete this answer.

No deal was never a credible t...

I beg to move manuscript amendment (b), to leave out from first “19P” to end.

I am grateful...

Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?

No, I wish to conclude.

In those circumstances, there is an issue that I cannot ignore. As ...

The bit I do not understand is that many motions have been carried by this House in the past few ...

Yes, the hon. Gentleman is right, but if the Government were to concede to the amendment, as draf...

Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?

No, I will not.

In view of that acknowledgement, I must say that I weigh that and the clear...

Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?

No, I want to end.

We are facing some real difficulties at the moment. It is rightly said t...

I very gently point out that we have fewer than 45 minutes, and I do want to accommodate other Ba...

I am grateful for the chance to take part in this debate.

Once again, we will be hearing th...

Does my hon. Friend agree that this Parliament finds itself in a very strange position? This Parl...

My hon. Friend makes a valid point. The reason why some in this House are determined not to give ...

Although the hon. Gentleman says it is none of his business whether the Prime Minister has her ha...

These amendments contain no desire for Parliament to be involved in the negotiations, but we are ...

Does my hon. Friend agree this appears to have more to do with trying to hold the Tory party toge...

My hon. Friend and constituency neighbour makes a valid point. In fact, it is worth remembering t...

With immediate effect, a four-minute limit on Back-Benches speeches will apply.

First, let me say that I very much agree with my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Bea...

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I am not going to give way, because the time is limited. Since then, some people who did not like...

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I am not going to give way. As I was saying, if only that had been the case before. I excuse from...

To make it clear, this totally irrelevant argument that we are trying to reverse the referendum i...

I am afraid that the public are not fooled by the motives of people who clearly want to delay, fr...

How?

My right hon. Friend, who has taken a vow of independence since he lost his job as a Minister—he ...

I go there frequently.

He should speak to people then. I am perfectly content for this House to vote on whether it wants...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

My right hon. and learned Friend did not give way, and I am not going to give way either because ...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am not going to give way, as there is no time. I want people outside this House to know that th...

I am not giving way, because I want to let other people have time to speak. Members should bear t...

May I say to the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) that the argument he has just advanced i...

Does not this compromise give enormous power to you, Mr Speaker? That is all very well, because y...

I will do my best to observe the road safety code.

It is not for me to advise you, Mr Speaker, but please do not cross any roads between now and the...

I assure the right hon. Gentleman that, if he looks at the Standing Orders, he will see that, if ...

I absolutely bow to the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s expertise, but I am afraid that, as my...

Order. I urge Members to help each other.

I am grateful, again, to the other place for sending us the amendment. I have been concerned abou...

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I will not give way.

I support the Government’s negotiation and strongly believe that the P...

Order. A three-minute limit will now apply.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for selecting amendment (a); my pleasure at being able to speak to it is e...

The right hon. Gentleman is making a fine speech. To put some numbers on this calamity, a no-deal...

Absolutely. We understand the calamity that would be no deal. I think that nobody here or in the ...

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I will just make a bit more progress in the minute and a half that is left.

There would be,...

My right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve) got it absolutely right ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I do apologise to the hon. Lady, but I will not give way, because other people want to speak, and...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak today. I will make just a couple of remarks.

I w...

Order. I would like to accommodate further speakers.

I shall make the shortest speech here that I have made for very many years—[Hon. Members: “Ever!”...

There are only two issues that come out of this debate. The first is about honour. The right hon....

The time limit is now two minutes.

There is just one fundamental point that I would like to make about this debate, which is that th...

When I was training to be a priest in the Church of England, my professor of systematic theology ...

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I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman if he does not mind. [Interruption.] Oh, all right.

I said that the vote was on the Whitsun recess, so I think that I covered that point.

But the hon. Gentleman managed to elide the fact that it was an amendable motion that had effect....

I am concerned that the editor of the Daily Mail has made a small doll that looks like me and is ...

Like my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), I hold the right hon. and l...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. What means do I have to correct the record given that at Prime M...

I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his courtesy in giving me advance notice of his inte...

You used to do it!

The hon. Gentleman suggests that I used to do it. I do not remember that, but if I did, all I wou...

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am sure that the hon. Member for Southport (Damien ...

I do not think it is open to me to issue any direction of the kind that the hon. Lady suggests, b...

Very dextrous.

Well, the hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy) now basks in the glory of approval from a Member who...