European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill

They are amendment 13, amendment 20, amendment 21, Government amendment 22, amendment 1, clause 1...

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. For the benefit of the Committee, is the grouping available for...

I thought it was available, and it should be available. If not, it is still being done. I think t...

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. Thank you for repeating the list of amendments that have been s...

I am hoping that the lists have arrived.

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. Would it not make sense to suspend the sitting for 10 minutes t...

I am just trying to see if we can get an indication of where we are up to with the printing and d...

Bingo!

We have already had that joke, Mr Linden. Repeat jokes do not count. The other items on the selec...

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. Thank you for clarifying which amendments you have selected. Wi...

As one single group and, as I said, we will take all the votes at the end. That should help the C...

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. There are no more lists of amendments available from the Vote O...

Yes, we are trying to get the lists as quickly as possible, and we are playing a bit of catch-up....

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On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. In the spirit of the new regime of bringing the whole House tog...

I call Mr Hanson.

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. To be helpful and while we are awaiting the formal written list...

If the Committee takes up all the time, there will be no Third Reading. That is up to the Committ...

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. I think you just called amendment 13. In the selection list, it...

Just to help the House, on my sheet of paper, which we are working to, amendment 13 is in the nam...

If I may, I will briefly speak to the drafting amendments in my name and that of the right hon. M...

I looked through the right hon. Lady�s Bill last night and at the drafting of clause 1(2). I had ...

Sadly, this is the consequence of us being nine days away from Brexit day. That is not a situatio...

On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. It may help the House. I have just inquired in the Vote Office,...

That is correct.

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Thank you, Sir Lindsay.

I entirely agree with what my right hon. Friend was saying before the point of order. Have we not...

I do agree, and I would add that the intent and provisions of this Bill are extremely simple. We ...

Not only is the numbering of the amendments wrong, but I am afraid that the amendment to which th...

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Will the right hon. Lady give way?

I will .

I should have thought that my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) would recognise...

The right hon. Gentleman is exactly right. Let me clarify the position. There are two references ...

In a way, I rise to speak to all the amendments, which are supposed to relate to the duties to be...

Is this not even more serious given that the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition are ...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. This is so important and we have been brought to this poi...

The hon. Gentleman is correct in saying that we would have to produce a reason for wanting an ext...

I do not disagree at all with the Father of the House. I think a long extension would be preferab...

Order. Obviously the scope of this debate is quite tight and I am going to allow some flexibility...

I take your point, Sir Lindsay, but all this goes to the duties in the Bill, and there is a glari...

My hon. Friend�s points are particularly relevant to new clauses 4 and 5 in the name of the hon. ...

Order. I think in fairness that it is my judgment that we will take. Thank you for your advice, b...

Thank you.

I wonder if the right hon. Gentleman realises something about his amendment: I would be very happ...

I wish my amendment had been selected, but my point is that the purpose for which the extension i...

I should say to the hon. Gentleman that, in fairness, I too only got it minutes before, so it is ...

Absolutely; I was just making an observation.

Ultimately, there is a need for compromise, a...

I thank the House of Commons Clerks for the immense amount of work they have put in to ensure tha...

I want to pick up on a comment the hon. Gentleman made a moment ago. As I understand it, amendmen...

Well, we have all had a little time to look at the Bill, but my understanding is that amendment 2...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way again. That would not be my interpretation, be...

I do not agree, because subsection (3), as amended by amendment 20, would mean that it would not ...

Without wishing to cause a row with my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Ben...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Subsection (3) would have to not exist for the p...

I want to test amendment 20 slightly, because it is not dissimilar to an amendment that has been ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. I think I chose that date primarily because the Prime Mi...

Is it not a fact that the European Union has made it absolutely clear that the maximum extension ...

I simply say to the hon. Gentleman that amendment 20 is generous to the Government and would give...

With respect, I think the hon. Gentleman will find that in treaty, in international law, EU citiz...

I understand the right hon. Lady�s point. I simply say that Sweden, unlike Denmark and the UK, ne...

Let me assist my hon. Friend. This question of the date has been a vexed one. Obviously, we are n...

I thank my hon. Friend for all that. One problem with this whole negotiation is getting hung up o...

Does the Bill, as drafted, not give the Prime Minister�I am surprised at myself for saying this�t...

Yes, but it does so through a Bill and it gives the Prime Minister the opportunity to make her ca...

I understand the hon. Gentleman�s perspective on the politics of this and the policy outcome, whi...

I strongly disagree with the hon. Lady�s reading, as subsection (3) sets out the terms in which a...

My hon. Friend made a remark that goes to the issue of the money resolution that I raised earlier...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. It is why, given the rushed nature of the Bill�we all un...

The hon. Gentleman is being generous in accepting interventions. I fear that the interpretation o...

Nothing in this Bill prevents the Prime Minister from still exercising royal prerogative powers o...

I have been wondering about that. My hon. Friend says that the motion in effect will mandate, but...

There will always be issues when legislation of this sort is drafted. This is unorthodox legislat...

On a point of order, Dame Rosie. Given the complete rubbish that the Bill contains, is it possibl...

Am I to understand that that was a point of order?

I am looking for an answer to my question. After all, the House authorities are responsible for b...

I think the hon. Gentleman is expressing a debatable opinion about the Bill. The Public Bill Offi...

I put on record my enormous respect for my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset. I apprec...

I am grateful for my hon. Friend�s kind remarks, but I wonder whether he means to remove subsecti...

I am sure that my right hon. Friend is aware of the reason that I resigned from the Government, w...

In that case, I withdraw what I was saying in the sense that my hon. Friend would be achieving ex...

It is very good that my right hon. Friend and I agree on something. If we are not careful, I fear...

Following on from the intervention by my constituency neighbour, my right hon. Friend the Member ...

My hon. Friend makes a good point, but the way in which this Bill is crafted�linking back to the ...

I apologise for continuing a triangular discussion through my hon. Friend, but in response to the...

I think my right hon. Friend�s comments were directed at my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Dorset...

I hope that the Committee will bear with me, because the amendments were tabled only very recentl...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Is it not also true that the Prime Minister h...

I accept fully what my hon. Friend says. The Leader of the Opposition has this very afternoon met...

I will be speaking to my amendment, but I do not think that the right hon. Gentleman desires flex...

That is an interesting point. The amendments are fresh, but the key thing for me is that the Hous...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a compelling case on people�s concerns about what may happen in a ...

With due respect to the hon. Gentleman, we have had that argument over the last three or four wee...

The right hon. Gentleman has been saying that he would like to have certainty�I completely accept...

Let me say to the hon. Lady that we have to have some trust in this process now. This House has t...

On the points the right hon. Gentleman has made about amendment 6, does he not agree with me that...

The hon. Gentleman will know that I want the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Government�and the Scot...

The right hon. Gentleman has made the point that the Northern Ireland Assembly has not been sitti...

The hon. Lady speaks much more sense about this matter than I could possibly do, because she is u...

The right hon. Gentleman has referred to the arrest warrant, and I have to say to him that I am w...

Well, the hon. Gentleman cannot get away with that, because people are found innocent or guilty o...

I would like to speak to amendment 1, standing in my name, which addresses similar themes to the ...

I applaud my hon. Friend�s ingenuity. I am minded to support her amendment this evening and I hop...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Clerks were very helpful when I was trying to draft my am...

I thank the hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice), who is not in his place, for t...

Even if these amendments were passed, the issue surely is that the Government would have to take ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I guess that would just add to this picture of ...

Can the right hon. Gentleman not see the merit in what I am saying, whereby that very scenario wo...

The Bill specifically does not include a date, but it enables the Prime Minister to go with a dat...

They say that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first turn mad. I have to say, I have neve...

On that figure of �90 billion, has my hon. Friend received any advice recently about whether the ...

I certainly have. The Speaker has ruled on the matter, and I take the view that if the Speaker ha...

My hon. Friend has questioned the ability of the Act to be enforced. My Select Committee, the Pub...

It is not only completely useless, but it is rubbish. I see that my right hon. and learned Friend...

I have to tell my hon. Friend that I did not draft the Bill, but I think that it is quite fit for...

The motion cannot be carried until 12 April at the earliest. That means that the Prime Minister i...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern, which is why I tabled my amendment, that the House seems to...

Absolutely; the idea of our subjecting ourselves to the European Council as well as to the Europe...

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I would love to give way to the person who generated this rubbish.

I thought it might be productive to intervene on my hon. Friend�s remarks, with literally all of ...

Will my right hon. Friend give way on that point? [ Laughter. ]

Alas, my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) has the floor. There has been a disc...

My right hon. Friend says that I have made one serious point, but he is in serious trouble. Every...

Order. Just before the hon. Gentleman moves on to new clause 5, I know that he has a lot to say a...

On a point of order, Dame Eleanor. You mentioned the time, and a question was asked earlier about...

No. When Third Reading is likely to occur is not up to the Chair, but to the House. Based on how ...

With respect to you, Dame Eleanor, the Bill�s stages have been truncated. You know what I am talk...

As my hon. Friend rightly recollects, the Prime Minister herself made this very point. Would it n...

It is axiomatic, and it goes to the very heart of what we are leaving and how we are leaving. The...

My hon. Friend has ably set out the cost of a potential long extension as being �90 billion, or w...

I have heard it mentioned that the elections would cost �100 million, which is quite a lot of mon...

The public have had no real engagement in the process. I cannot imagine it would be good for demo...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. I could enlarge on the reasons why we would not wa...

When does the hon. Gentleman expect the Northern Ireland Assembly to meet next?

That is a very good question, because it may well be after exit day�on my proposals. That is the ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for being so clear about what is in Scotland�s best interest....

I want to make some trouble. The people of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland might well have s...

I will be as brief as I can. I want to speak against clause 1 stand part. The clause is the heart...

My hon. Friend makes a really important point that builds on other points made during Committee. ...

Yes, and we absolutely know why the Bill is framed in these very vague terms�it is precisely to a...

My hon. Friend�a good friend�is making very good points. This also gives rise to the question of ...

I will not attempt to answer that question, because it answers itself. Nobody will be held accoun...

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I will press on, if my hon. Friend will allow me.

I have addressed the enforcement point, b...

Well, how do I sum that up in 10 minutes or so? I think that �a pile of mince� would do it, in a ...

Brexiteers say that the 2016 referendum was about giving back control to the people, yet we see t...

Absolutely. As for the idea that we should not take part in the elections because we do not know ...

I will not repeat the general points I made on Second Reading, but I want to briefly outline the ...

I shall be brief, as this briefest of Committee stages demands. The Government continue to oppose...

Will the Minister clarify how he intends to use the power under new clause 13? By my reading of i...

I think the hon. Gentleman misunderstands the nature of the power, which is simply to reflect in ...

I want to respond briefly to what has been a thoughtful debate on the detailed amendments that ha...

I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for that clarification. The Government will still press amen...

I would argue that Government amendment 22 and amendment 21 should both be opposed at this stage,...

I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the Aye Lobby.

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The House of Commons is about to pass a major piece of legislati...

The hon. Gentleman has made his own point in his own way and with his usual sincerity. The matter...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You are our defender of the rights of this Parliament. Surely it...

The hon. Gentleman invests me with powers that I do not possess. I do not know whether I should b...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Given the strong feelings that there are on this issue and the t...

I note what the right hon. Lady has said and I thank her for it.

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have heard what the right hon. Lady has said, but it is diffic...

I note what the right hon. Gentleman has said. He speaks for himself and conceivably for others a...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Of course this has been a quality debate, but an altogether too ...

I note what the hon. Gentleman has said. I am sure that the other place will become aware of his ...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. We started the process of voting at 9.54 pm, and it has taken us...

The hon. Gentleman is nothing if not persistent in making that point. He knows, because I have in...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder if I can invite the right hon. Member for Normanton, Po...

That is a perfectly fair point. The constituency is, in fact, Grantham and Stamford, and the hon....

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I apologise to the hon. Member for Sleaford and North...

That is very gracious, and I trust it will be accepted in the spirit in which it has been proffer...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder whether it would be in order to place on record the Hou...

That is typically courteous of the right hon. Gentleman, and perhaps enables us to conclude the p...