Article 50

I take my hon. Friend’s point, and I will seek incisive brevity.

The Prime Minister said that

“no deal…is better than a bad deal”,

but ending up on Wo...

I will correct the hon. Lady slightly: there will not be a simple trade negotiation. The European...

There has been a lot of talk by some Opposition Members of second referendums on article 50. Will...

Yes is the answer. I am afraid I take the view that to suggest that somehow the British people di...

The Welsh Labour Government and Plaid Cymru, as the official Opposition, have come together in go...

I spoke to Carwyn Jones about that yesterday. I have not had a chance to read it in detail, but I...

Mr Speaker,

“joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth”.

Does my right ho...

I warn my hon. Friend to be wary of biblical quotations. The last one I used was,

“Get thee...

The Supreme Court’s judgment is welcome in that it establishes that the will of this House is sov...

I will say two things. First, I think that the hon. Gentleman misreads the judgment. It does not ...

The Supreme Court judgment was decisive in its position on the devolved Assemblies. Given that, d...

I could not have put it better myself.

I will vote to trigger article 50, but I also have a duty to scrutinise the Government’s deal to ...

On the latter point, I do not have that number in my mind, but I can—[Hon. Members: “Oh!”] Well, ...

I commend my right hon. Friend for being the right man in the right place at the right time. Sixt...

I thank my hon. Friend for that. All I can say is that I am surprised it was only 61% in his cons...

The judgement’s terms tell us that we should not rely on mere political convention for legal adhe...

I will not reiterate the facts of the Supreme Court judgment on the Northern Irish aspect. The ho...

You will recall last week, Mr Speaker, my right hon. Friend extolling the fact that he liked to p...

I thought I was really rather restrained, given that the Prime Minister was sitting here today. I...

I nearly said that.

Yes, absolutely. I will not rehearse all the arguments again, but I will provide whatever informa...

I agree with the Secretary of State that the Prime Minister was very clear in her speech last wee...

I will say two things. First, Andy Haldane, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, has talke...

The EU referendum saw a 72% turnout and a clear vote to leave the European Union, showing the str...

Looking across the Chamber, I am tempted to say, “What Liberal Democrats?”. As my hon. Friend sai...

There have understandably been a lot of questions today about process, but there is an emerging B...

I could stand here for 10 minutes naming companies, such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and McDonald...

Exiting the EU is unchartered territory, and there will naturally be uncertainties and challenges...

I can send my hon. Friend the details, but the number of meetings is beyond counting; we have had...

The Secretary of State has twice said that the point of no return was on 23 June, and he has rule...

First, I have listened to people talking about what was not on the ballot paper. It is rather lik...

I fully support the words from all quarters in support of our judges, who are the best, most insc...

As I said on the costs, I will provide the numbers; there is no problem with doing that. I would ...

Scotland is supposed to have the most powerful devolved Parliament in the world, and the Scotland...

If I remember correctly, the Supreme Court said of the Sewel convention that it was not for the j...

I am confident that every Member will vote to trigger article 50—for which of us would dare thwar...

No, I do not think my hon. Friend is right. It is a 96-page judgment, so we have to go through th...

The Secretary of State has mentioned a few times that this is a massive exercise in democracy. I ...

The Chairman of the Select Committee, who is not here, said his Committee wanted a plan as quickl...

I, too, welcome today’s judgment by the Supreme Court, and I would like to lend my support to the...

I am afraid that my hon. Friend has failed in not making me repeat myself. Plainly, the House has...

I thank the Secretary of State for his answer to the hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson), ...

The hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. Before I answer directly, let me say that I have,...

Order. After faster progress for a while, the pace has slowed terribly in the last few minutes. W...

The Supreme Court, at the beginning of its judgment, on its very first page, said in terms that i...

I agree.

Today’s judgment states that, notwithstanding new legislative constraints,

“withdrawal from...

I rather suspect that the hon. Lady misquotes me from last week. What I said, or what I should ha...

Single sentence questions, please, with the abandonment of any preamble that colleagues might hav...

Although the Secretary of State should take seriously amendments proposed to the forthcoming legi...

I will.

The Secretary of State has already attempted to sideline Parliament by appealing this case and by...

I have been here for 30 years. If the hon. Gentleman knows how to draft a Bill that withstands an...

In any negotiation, it is worth thinking about the other side. Lord Hill, who knows a thing or tw...

Yes, and I would hope that, once we get through the article 50 process, we will see a rather more...

A moment ago, the Secretary of State reminded us that our job is to do what is in the best intere...

I am not about to protect the hon. Gentleman from his constituents, I am afraid. My comment to hi...

I am sure that the Secretary of State will agree that it is strange that many seem to be unaware ...

That is true, and I think Members’ constituents would notice, too.

rose—

Somebody who has been waiting a long time must have been able to work out how to put the question...

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Given that a legislative consent motion is now apparently a political deci...

Because I have said that no component part of the United Kingdom has a veto. If the hon. Gentlema...

Can my right hon. Friend reassure my Bury North constituents, a majority of whom voted to leave, ...

Yes.

The Secretary of State said in his statement that the Government are determined to deliver on a d...

Order. Too long. Too loud. We do not want to hear it. Enough.

First, I do not necessarily think that the interests of the Scottish National party are the same ...

The World Trade Organisation has done a fantastic amount of work to reduce trade barriers around ...

I agree.

The Secretary of State has spoken a great deal about listening to the devolved nations, but will ...

We already have. That was the point that the Prime Minister was making when she said that we want...

Can my right hon. Friend assure the 70% of my constituents who voted for Brexit that he has a con...

From what I remember of my hon. Friend’s constituency, there are enough Members of the upper Hous...

The Secretary of State talks about not thwarting the will of the people. Will he finally recognis...

As I have said to several of the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues, we work in the Joint Ministerial Co...

I do not want to frustrate the process, but is the Secretary of State saying that the referendum ...

When a question begins “I do not want to frustrate the process, but”, it tells us something in it...

This judgment rode roughshod through the Sewel convention. Can the Secretary of State assure me t...

I think that the Scottish Government’s case was represented in the Supreme Court. Unlike the hon....

The country voted to leave the EU, but my constituents did not vote for a cut in their living sta...

There were a great many forecasts of how terrible things would be if the people voted for Brexit....

The Secretary of State has said that he wants to preserve the interests of the people of Northern...

A whole series of special circumstances apply. When I first visited Northern Ireland after taking...

The Secretary of State for Scotland, who is no longer in the Chamber, told the House on at least ...

It was not a contradictory judgment. This is a reserved matter.

Surely the ruling confirms that “Brexit means Brexit” has been totally inadequate as any sort of ...

Obviously the hon. Lady is not the first person to ask for a White Paper, but hers was perhaps on...

I noted that the judgment was issued during the Court’s Hilary term. I hope that someone will exp...

I am trying to think what the significance of Hilary term is, except in the context of the Chairm...

There are rules in place which ensure that Parliament can scrutinise legislation as it passes thr...

That is a matter for the usual channels, not for me.

The Scottish Government have published the details of their proposals for maximising an ongoing r...

I really do not think so. I have never been accused of cowardice before, so I am not quite sure h...

I am becoming increasingly concerned about the way in which supporters of the Government’s view a...

After receiving that document I was very careful not to criticise it publicly, because I wanted t...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State, to the Opposition spokespersons, and to all 84 Back Benc...