European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill

I will respond to the hon. Gentleman, but I will first hear the point of order by the hon. Member...

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The contention of the hon. Member for Stone (Sir Will...

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I do not want to get into the argument about what the...

I will take a final point of order, but I am quite keen to give a ruling on this matter.

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am also a member of the Procedure Committee and we ...

It is not for the Chair to pronounce judgment on the attendance record of right hon. and hon. Mem...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is on another matter.

I would rather deal with this matter. I think it is more orderly to deal with it in that way. If ...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I thought this matter would come at a later stage, because on pr...

That is true, but I say to the hon. Gentleman that there is no automatic or compelling obstacle t...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I seek your advice, because many of the people who wish to have ...

Yes, I can. The answer is that procedural propriety in the House has got absolutely nothing to do...

For the record, Mr Speaker, I got better than unclassified in politics.

I am absolutely certain that the hon. Gentleman got vastly better than unclassified in everything...

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Order. Forgive me; I have treated the hon. Gentleman with the utmost courtesy, as I always do, an...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

I start by welcoming some of the wo...

I endorse and thank the right hon. Lady for the tone in which she has brought in the Bill. Howeve...

The hon. Gentleman is right that there is a tight timetable for the Bill. That is because there i...

I will give way a couple of times, but I am conscious that I want to make some progress as well o...

I share my right hon. Friend�s frustration that there was no time for more scrutiny, but would it...

It would have been better to have further discussions on Monday, but we are where we are. What is...

I will give way just three more times, and then I will make rapid progress.

I have the greatest respect for the right hon. Lady�s endeavours today and for what she is trying...

I completely agree. In fact, I proposed a cross-party commission to oversee the negotiations imme...

Surely we would not be in this position had the Prime Minister not run down the clock, and we wou...

The truth is that we have been trying to squeeze into a few days a process of consensus building ...

The right hon. Lady is being very generous in giving way, and I appreciate the manner in which sh...

I think the hon. Gentleman is talking about the assessments of the impact on confidence that were...

I am pleased to co-sponsor my right hon. Friend�s Bill. I am pleased that it has had cross-party ...

My hon. Friend is entirely right. Let me quickly tell the House about some of the points that hav...

I am going to make some progress before giving way again because I have given way many times.

Let me say something about the Prime Minister�s process, and then I will give way again.

Th...

I congratulate the right hon. Lady on her Bill and the progress she has made thus far. She speaks...

I think we should take seriously that assessment, and not just from Government Ministers but also...

I am conscious of needing to finish. I will take just a final few interventions, as otherwise it ...

The right hon. Lady knows I support the broad thrust of this Bill, but I am concerned that it doe...

It sets out that:

�On the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent, the Pr...

The right hon. Lady has clearly had conversations with senior police officers about the impact of...

The right hon. Gentleman is right. I have also heard that we can access criminal records using th...

Can the right hon. Lady tell the House how long the extension will be, because that is also a mat...

Order. I gently point out that there are three Front-Bench speeches to be heard, and that a numbe...

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

The Bill deliberately does not specify that, because it should be fo...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I am conscious that those on the Front Benches need to speak, so I shall make my final point.

Order. I have just had a message chuntered to me from a Government Whip that the Secretary of Sta...

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I was only just beginning to write my speech, but I shall muddle...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will happily give way to my neighbour.

Is it not the case that many of our constituents, nearly 70% of whom voted to leave the European ...

My hon. Friend and constituency neighbour is absolutely right in his analysis.

Moving on, s...

I am not my hon. Friend�s constituency neighbour, but I thank him for letting me intervene. I agr...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Although he is not my neighbour, he is of course we...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. The vote itself was on our membership of the EU. ...

Needless to say, I strongly disagree with my hon. Friend. The people voted to leave the structure...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I am sure he will agree that in addition to the emo...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend.

They made that decision to leave, and they expected u...

Order. I encourage colleagues to make speeches not exceeding three minutes. In fact, there will b...

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I lend my support to this important Bill, which is a vital safety net to e...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will not give way because I have been told that I have only three minutes.

There are huge...

I find it very strange, this condescending view that, �People did not know what they were voting ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No. Mr Speaker has told us to be brief, and I will be brief.

I ask the House to reflect for...

I wish to say a few words about a conversation I had earlier today with business representatives ...

About the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill.

Absolutely. This was specifically about the impact of no deal�this Bill is clearly about ruling o...

I support the Bill for this reason: we are seeing the revisionism of history by European Research...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am sorry, my hon. Friend has spoken many times.

Distressed employers in my constituency w...

The time limit is reduced to two minutes.

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It is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Antoinette Sandbach), who has been...

I will call both remaining Back-Bench Members, but each will have no more than two minutes. The h...

I shall be very brief indeed; I want to make a point to which I have referred before. As my Europ...

Well, that is one of the shortest speeches the hon. Gentleman has ever delivered in the Chamber.<...

I will not support the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill, because it means delay without e...

Rubbish.

Thank you. I am flattered to have been criticised by Members on both sides; I know I am right.