European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is it really in order for a Member of this House to try to deleg...

It is not procedurally improper. It has offended the sensibilities of a considerable number of co...

One last remark, Mr Speaker. I trust that the hon. Member for Wallasey will reflect on the fact t...

Indeed I did vote for that Act, but I did not expect the hon. Gentleman’s Prime Minister to make ...

In conclusion, I would simply say that I, too, think that the Prime Minister has made a hash of i...

First, I should like to say to the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) that the reason we ar...

Can the right hon. Gentleman just read out the text of the Bill that will oblige the Prime Minist...

The Prime Minister will accept an extension because she has asked for one. It is the existence of...

May I begin by saying how pleased I was to learn, when my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir W...

I am listening carefully to what my hon. Friend says about amendment (a) in lieu of Lords amendme...

It is a big reverse. Do Opposition Members seriously think that we should participate in the Euro...

I am listening.

I am delighted that he is, but I think he voted to notify the EU of our withdrawal. If he did, he...

I start by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castlefor...

May I just point out to the hon. Gentleman that the European Union Referendum Act 2015, which thi...

If the hon. Gentleman wants to intervene again and tell me about one promise made at the 2016 ref...

Does my hon. Friend agree that there was no word during the referendum itself from those suggesti...

I hate to quote the leave campaign, but I think Mr Hannan himself said that nobody was considerin...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is a sad indictment of where we have reached that Peter Oborne,...

I am grateful for that intervention. To paraphrase a former Secretary of State, a democracy fails...

The hon. Gentleman has mentioned on a number of occasions the hundreds of years of activity in an...

Time is of the essence. If the Bill had not been put through this House with four hours of debate...

Many people outside this House are losing confidence and trust in us and our proceedings. Tonight...

My right hon. Friend is making an extremely good speech. Is he aware that, as I have been informe...

My hon. Friend is right. The nature of that solemn and binding treaty will be to lock us in, for ...

It really is no good Government Members complaining about the lack of time—the lack of time to de...

When Parliament voted for article 50 to be activated, surely Members knew that we would leave aft...

The hon. Gentleman will be aware from our time together on the Treasury Committee that we knew wh...

My hon. Friend has pointed out that the Conservatives lost seats in the 2017 general election. Wi...

I absolutely do. Let me also say, as a Member of Parliament whose constituency split virtually do...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the one thing the election pointed out was that there was not a ma...

The Prime Minister has never sought to compromise. What she has found difficult—and what any Prim...

I am grateful for the chance to make a few comments on tonight’s debate. Like the right hon. Memb...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Thanks to the hon. Gentleman’s friends, I have little time to speak and I do not want to take up ...

I thought I would inject a new tone into the debate and focus on the amendments. I will be brief....

Will the hon. Gentleman tell the House what there is in the Bill that the Prime Minister has not ...

I assume that, in that case, the hon. Gentleman has no objection to the Bill.

The other imp...

I regret that we are debating this Bill, as it is unnecessary and has been progressed through Par...

What is the point of the delay that the Prime Minister is seeking and this Bill wants? Would the ...

The Prime Minister has been very clear that she is seeking the shortest possible extension to mak...

The excellent Minister is right that the amendment was moved in this House and roundly defeated. ...

My hon. Friend raises an interesting point. I have already pointed out that I think this Bill is ...

Will the Minister assure me that that would be before exit day in those circumstances?

Yes, I say to the right hon. Lady that it would have to be.

Lords amendment 5, tabled in th...

Will the Minister give way?

I am afraid that I cannot give way because I am going to run out of time. I apologise to my hon. ...

I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.