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I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, and thank him for his work on the Bill....

The hon. Lady puts it very well indeed. I agree with her about all of that. She is right that the...

May I draw the right hon. Gentleman back to the business motion, and progress it? I seek his conf...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for bringing us back to the business of the House motion, whi...

The whole House can see that my right hon. Friend has given himself the style, if not the title, ...

The proceedings of the House of Lords are of course a matter for the House of Lords and not for t...

I think that my right hon. Friend said earlier that the British people were against a WTO arrange...

Order. That is an extraordinarily interesting point from the hon. Gentleman, but it suffers from ...

I therefore will not dilate on the subject, but let me just say that I did not say anything about...

I am intrigued by the word that my right hon. Friend used. Will he be a little more honest with t...

The right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) is never anything but completely honest...

One of the things of which I am absolutely certain is that my right hon. Friend will be able to a...

Withdraw!

The right hon. Member for Derbyshire Dales has clarified his thinking and has used slightly more ...

I would never take offence from my right hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire Dales (Sir Patrick...

There is a danger in the comparative analysis of different constitutions, because of course the U...

Alas, I think that Brexit will leave behind it a trail of many difficulties for our nation, as we...

I am desperately fond of my right hon. Friend and I apologise to him for what I am about to say. ...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is the phrase �slight whiff of hypocrisy�, when it is implied th...

I was diverted by a former Deputy Leader of the House, who was perfectly legitimately whispering ...

I am happy to repeat it.

No, there is no requirement for repetition by the hon. Lady. I think that she was making what I w...

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The hon. Lady shakes her head, and that satisfies me. I think that we will leave it there.

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The order of the day is brevity. I say that very gently to my ri...

That is true, although, in fairness to the right hon. Gentleman, he has been solicitous at every ...

I will respond, and then I shall resume my seat, in deference to�

I am sorry. I will take one more intervention, from the former leader of my party, my right hon. ...

As did I.

I am well aware that my hon. Friend did, and I welcomed her arrival in the Lobby. I am just point...

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I am terribly sorry, but I will not give way, because I have promised to give way to my right hon...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, with whom I served in government for a positive period of ...

The answer is yes it would, but I do not anticipate that that is at all likely. My sense, for wha...

Order. I should inform the House that if the business of the House motion passes, amendments and ...

May I start by thanking the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) for moving the ...

I just wonder whether the hon. Lady is concerned about the process being used today, because the ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The Clerks of the House would not let t...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the customs and conventions of the House have already been trample...

Yes, and I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who is a former shadow Leader of the House. She is righ...

A great number of constitutional Bills have been examined by the Clerks and others in relation to...

I think we can wait for the hon. Gentleman�s lecture later.

The motion allows for the Bill ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am nearly finished.

We are trying to help the Government. I am pleased that the amendment...

I will keep my remarks brief. The Government regret the position that Parliament is in today. Thi...

My right hon. Friend is making a good case. Does not my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dor...

My hon. Friend sets out clearly the dilemma today. The precedent of many years of parliamentary c...

Could the Leader of the House explain what is not in order about today�s business?

What is in order about today�s business is entirely a matter for the Chair. The point I am making...

Many people who have had a chance to look at this Bill have noticed that it is completely shambol...

My hon. Friend is a genuine expert in procedure and how best to improve a Bill, and he is right; ...

Traditionally, when legislation is rushed through this House, the other place gives consideration...

As my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset said, it will be a matter for the other place,...

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

I will not take any more interventions. I have taken a few, and this really is a matter for Parli...

It is a pleasure, as always, to follow the Leader of the House. She has made her intentions clear...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

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I will take both interventions, because I will enjoy them.

I am genuinely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I ask him this simple question. He ...

What attracts me to this particular motion today is that Parliament is doing this. For the first ...

I was intrigued by the hon. Gentleman�s reference to taking back control because, of course, what...

I love this�this is really good stuff and entertaining. So taking back control is qualified: it i...

I appreciate the hon. Gentleman�s words about taking back control and his passion for Parliament,...

I say to the hon. Lady that this is about the only means we have actually to make progress in thi...

My hon. Friend is setting out a very good case. He is talking about precedents, and one of the we...

Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a very good point. This does present such a precedent, and I hop...

The hon. Gentleman says we would have to leave this as a matter of trust to the Prime Minister. T...

That sounds like some sort of admission that the Conservatives are on their way out and they are ...

Is it possible to know the hon. Gentleman�s views on the programme motion, which is what we are d...

If I may gently correct the right hon. Gentleman, it is actually a business motion, not a program...

I think the hon. Gentleman is in danger of confusing the House. He ticked off my right hon. Frien...

Talking about going in another direction, the hon. Gentleman is heading us back to the 18th centu...

The hon. Gentleman has made it very clear that he does not trust the Prime Minister and he does n...

I have already learned from the conversation today that the Leader of the Opposition is not prepa...

I intend to be very brief. I rise to explain why I will oppose this motion, in line with my right...

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I was not going to give way, because my right hon. Friend told us that we were speaking for too l...

I certainly would never accuse my right hon. Friend of speaking for too long; it was others who a...

I am happy to accept my right hon. Friend�s explanation for some of the rationale behind this, bu...

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I will give way briefly, because I intend to finish fairly shortly.

I absolutely sympathise with the sentiments that my right hon. Friend is expressing. Did he note ...

I think it is�I agree with my hon. Friend�but more important is the precedent being set. I worry ...

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I will give way, but I feel very bad because I was going to conclude.

I urge the right hon. Gentleman not to feel bad about it. I also remind Members that the Northern...

I recognise that, and I think that procedure should never be used, except in absolute extremis. I...

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If it is urgent, I will give way; then I will conclude .

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, because he has made all the points that I want to make, so...

I agree and I recognise that, but I think that Governments too often use that process, and it occ...

I rise to support the motion, but I want to speak in particular to amendment (a), standing in the...

Is the hon. Lady speaking to the business motion or to the main debate now ?

Maybe the hon. Gentleman was talking�a lot of people were�but I have just indicated that I am tal...

I will be extremely brief.

First of all, I want to say to my right hon. Friend the Member f...

I had the great pleasure of serving with the hon. Gentleman on the Procedure Committee in the pre...

The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent intervention and we shall no doubt ask him to come to the C...

I want to speak briefly to amendment (a), which stands in my name and has been selected. In respo...

I am so puzzled. Many of the issues the right hon. Gentleman mentions on which we may have to com...

I am on record as saying that I do not have a problem with the withdrawal agreement, but I am als...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that this was always a three-part process? Big progress has b...

I hope very much that that is indeed the case. This has been a new approach for the House. Let us...

I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way and we will be supporting his amend...

The hon. Gentleman makes a really good point, because it was not clear from the Prime Minister�s ...

I am genuinely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, and I hesitate to correct him, but if he thi...

I was making the much simpler point that none of the propositions has carried. The Prime Minister...

The right hon. Gentleman has said that he supports the withdrawal agreement, but he did not vote ...

No, because in meaningful votes 1 and 2 we voted on the package. My objection, as I have made pla...

I have already made my remarks on the methodology that is being employed in respect of the Bill. ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not.

To rip up that convention, which is basically what my right hon. Friend the...

Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that he is trying to have it both ways? Whether or not we beli...

I could not disagree more, because the manner in which this is being done involves legislating in...

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Just one moment�if I may, I will finish my initial response. I have to say that there are some di...

For the avoidance of doubt, I think I am right in stating to the House that Sandbach is a place a...

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) fo...

That is absolutely the fundamental doctrine. All I am saying to my hon. Friend�I have said it to ...

Is it not the case that no Prime Minister, no Member of Parliament and no Parliament is above the...

I agree with everything that my hon. Friend said, but the reality is that in these special circum...

Given what the hon. Gentleman is saying about the House of Lords, will he join us at some subsequ...

The hon. Gentleman is in for a pleasant surprise. I have been talking about reform of the House o...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). We do not agree about mu...

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I will not give way to the right hon. Lady because she persistently refuses to give way to me and...

I much respect the honesty of the hon. and learned Lady, and actually she is right. I have never,...

I would, and that is a point that I am coming on to address. I must point out to the hon. Gentlem...

I do not want to wander too far from the current matter, but just a week before the independence ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Many promises were made by David Cameron, Ruth Davidson and o...

The business motion?

I will return to the business motion, which in fairness I have addressed so far�[ Interruption. ]...

I oppose this business motion. The idea of speed legislating is dangerous and wrong on this occas...

My right hon. Friend ought to be a little careful, because a number of us voted for the Prime Min...

I think my hon. Friend misheard me. I made no such allegation about her or my right hon. Friend t...

Viewing this situation objectively, I do not believe that there is any constitutional impropriety...

Again, I fear that my right hon. Friend did not listen carefully. I never suggested any improprie...

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I would quite like to develop my argument, but I will give way to my right hon. Friend.

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. I rather agree that it would be desirable t...

We are going beyond the business of the House motion, but of course it is not an emergency. We ha...

My right hon. Friend is making some good points, and I add that not only would the House usually ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend.

The second big issue that is relevant to this busine...

I intend to raise a point of order on this question but, as my right hon. Friend is the first per...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. Again, it is important to have it on the record in this...

Does it concern the right hon. Gentleman that so many groups of MPs, ex-Prime Ministers and so on...

It worries me, but I am a freedom-loving young man and I think that people will do what they want...

When I was talking about the money resolution, I ought to have mentioned that it is not just me w...

I am pleased the Government have made that representation, as it adds force to the case I was mak...

I support the business motion and the amendment in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member fo...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), who set out hi...

Everything else that my right hon. Friend has said so far that I do not agree with was accurate, ...

I have listened to my right hon. Friend. I will not spend too much longer on this issue, because ...

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My right hon. Friend shakes her head, so we do not have that intelligence. My understanding is th...

Has my right hon. Friend heard the rumour that Government Whips in the other place are not planni...

I had not heard that specific piece of information, but even if it is not the case, if the Bill d...

Before the political point that was just made, my right hon. Friend was making the extremely valu...

I completely agree, but my major point was that I do not like the process whereby we do not consi...

The right hon. Gentleman is speaking about the importance of honouring conventions, which are one...

I accept some of the arguments that the hon. Gentleman makes. I have not been a member of this Go...

My right hon. Friend is making an interesting speech. This procedure has been used in the past fo...

I agree. My hon. Friend mentions Northern Ireland. I listened carefully to the point made by the ...

The right hon. Gentleman mentions the backstop. May I just remind him and other Members of the Ho...

I note very carefully what the hon. Lady says. I have opposed the Cabinet�s withdrawal agreement ...

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The right hon. Gentleman is confirming that. I think that at Labour conferences compositing is a ...

Does the right hon. Gentleman accept, however, that if the Government were to Whip for their own ...

No, I fundamentally disagree, for this reason. I will give the hon. Lady a couple of examples. Fi...

I am sure that my right hon. Friend is aware of this, but I want to put it on record that when th...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. I note from the indicative votes on Monday that, again, the mo...

What the right hon. Gentleman seems to be confirming is that the withdrawal agreement and future ...

Indeed, but given that a number of Members of this House have made it quite clear that they do no...

I have agreed with my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) on almost ...

I rise to oppose the business motion. I want to draw out some of the points I made to my right ho...

My hon. Friend is right to say that the Bill has a long genesis; it is the fifth of its kind, and...

My answer to that is simple. The Prime Minister has already given a commitment, and she does not ...

My hon. Friend is right that the Prime Minister has made a commitment to seek an extension, and I...

My response to that is that in clause 1(2) there are square brackets instead of a length for the ...

I will keep my remarks brief. I think I understand the reasons that this Bill has been brought to...

I am not against constitutional innovation�as somebody who came from local government where we co...

I am conscious that you will, of course, bring this debate to a close at 5 o�clock, Mr Speaker.