Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019

The motion before us is a straightforward one. I note the Solicitor General’s remark that he did ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it would be preferable to have a longer extension to get this righ...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. Conservative Members tell us that we have had no influenc...

This is a genuine question. If Her Majesty’s Opposition had tabled an amendment seeking a much lo...

The honest answer is that we all know that 30 June is not a particularly realistic proposition an...

Will my hon. Friend also take this opportunity to reassure our European partners, some of whom ma...

I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend. Events have clearly overtaken us since the European U...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way one final time, because I know that many Members wish to speak.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for making the right decision to give way. Is it not about time that w...

I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman that this is a failed strategy. As I will come on to say...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am not going to give way again.

Finally, honesty is also required about the obligations t...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow the shadow spokesman, the hon. Member for ...

The right hon. Gentleman talks about what the people wanted, but were the people told in 2016 tha...

They were told that we would leave and take back control, and then, in the ensuing general electi...

I suggest to the right hon. Gentleman that insulting the majority of people in this House is not ...

The right hon. Lady has done a very good job of infuriating the 17.4 million people out there and...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I am going to move on, because others want to speak.

I am aware that such views do not ...

I say with the greatest of respect to my right hon. Friend that this is about getting it right fo...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Very helpfully, he has moved me on to my next point. I am loo...

Has my right hon. Friend seen the excellent article in the business section of The Daily Telegrap...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend and neighbour for mentioning Mr Verheugen, who quite rightly warn...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I am going to move on, because I know others want to speak.

Under the legal position at the...

May I wish everybody, not just the Brexiteers, a very happy National Unicorn Day?

I pay tri...

Am I not right in thinking that the referendum vote was the biggest expression of democracy this ...

There was a higher turnout in the Scottish independence referendum, when things were set out. The...

We find ourselves in an extraordinary position, and we really cannot go on like this. It is exasp...

Given that Conservative MPs voted en masse against just about everything in the indicative votes,...

Let us remind ourselves of what has happened when it comes to voting for something that would tak...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I have not finished criticising the hon. Gentleman yet. If he will wait for the criticism, I will...

I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I say just one thing to him. Members of the Indepe...

Yet page 24 of the manifesto of the hon. Gentleman’s former party and page 36 of my party’s manif...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman —no.

Faced with that abuse, with the Prime Minist...

The hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and I were elected at the same time...

Will the right hon. Lady also take into consideration the 14-page letter that was sent to Cabinet...

I think that that advice was very important. The job of the civil service is to attempt to do eve...

Was my right hon. Friend as surprised as I was to hear that the betrayal narrative is already up ...

I think that there is a problem with the way in which everyone has been approaching the debate. L...

My right hon. Friend knows that I completely support her proposal for such a commission—indeed, t...

The idea of a flextension is a very interesting proposal. As I understand it, it would allow us t...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I ought to finish, because other Members want to speak.

I shall conclude where I started by...

Order. There are 25 minutes to go and five people wanting to speak, so there will be a five-minut...

It is very nice to follow the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette ...

I am following carefully what the hon. Lady is saying. Does she agree that it seems really humili...

I completely agree with the hon. Lady.

I should like to refresh the memory of those in the ...

Not only will there be no sense of purpose, but there is no certainty. My hon. Friend’s constitue...

As my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) admirably said, the ca...

I begin by acknowledging that the Prime Minister, for the second time now, has decided to put the...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that part of the shame of this process is that it has proved ...

The right hon. Gentleman points to one of the other truths about this process, which some people ...

Order. It would help if Members confine themselves to three minutes each.

4.59 pm

As ever, it is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). ...

May I put on the record that not everybody on this side of the House shares that view? The right ...

I do not doubt for one moment that the hon. Gentleman does not share that view, but the reality i...

I thank the right hon. Members for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), for Leed...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the June date would not allow enough time, not only for ...

Absolutely, and clearly an extension could be used for that purpose, or indeed for expanding on t...

I call the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) to speak very briefly; I also want the h...

People who voted leave in Swansea voted for good things. They voted for more money, more control,...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not.

It is important that the default position is not no deal, but revocation. I...

The Jaguar plant lies at the heart of Erdington, which is rich in talent but one of the poorest c...