European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

Like my right hon. Friend, I accept the result in the country and in my constituency. Does he agr...

My hon. Friend makes his point very well, and I shall come on to that in a moment.

Our resp...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that, without the safeguards he seeks, there may be a crock of so...

My hon. Friend puts it very well. This is deeply uncertain, and the truth is that the Government ...

The right hon. Gentleman raises the important issue of the future not only of ourselves but of th...

I will not get extra time, so I am not going to indulge in that argument because we are leaving t...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not give way because I want to get to the end.

As I understand it, the dual citizens...

The right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) speaks, as he always does, with passi...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will make some progress before taking interventions.

We have to accept that, in a democra...

I wish to make some progress, and I want others to have a chance to speak, so I will not take int...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way on that point?

I will just finish my speech and then others can speak.

That is what the negotiation is goi...

May I start by congratulating the former Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne...

Earlier, my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) mentioned climate ...

That is an excellent example of the embarrassments to come. As for the economic damage, there was...

Will my right hon. Friend help confirm my understanding that it was the Tories who wanted to safe...

The Tory 2015 manifesto is not my bedtime reading, but as I recall, page 72 said:

“We say: ...

If we end up in a situation in which the only deal on the table is a bad deal, does the right hon...

Yes, I would agree, but of course if we are all in the soup, finding out that it was the Prime Mi...

Order. I call Dr Caroline Johnson for her maiden speech. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”]

1.24...

Sleaford and North Hykeham is not only the constituency that I am proud to represent; it is my ho...

Order. More than 80 right hon. and hon. Members still wish to contribute to the debate over the e...

May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson) on an e...

I am a remainer, but I accept the democratic will of the people. Surely now is about securing the...

My hon. Friend is right. I, too, will vote for article 50, although I argued against leaving the ...

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

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I really am sorry, but I do not have time.

We have to leave the customs union if the condit...

Order. I call Geoffrey Robinson.

1.41 pm

I will be brief and to the point, as many other hon. Members want to take part in the debate. We ...

As I said yesterday and perhaps I can be forgiven for repeating today, it would be hugely appreci...

Having originally been elected on a slender majority of 582, I certainly understand that we have ...

She is not in her place now, but I want to pay tribute to the hon. Member for Sleaford and North ...

Does the hon. Gentleman not think that his party is partly responsible for the outcome of the ref...

I am staggered by the hon. Gentleman speaking the language of Nigel Farage—what a terrible disgra...

I will not take any more interventions because other people need to get in.

Here is the lik...

It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron), who ...

It is with great pleasure that I rise to speak in this debate on this historic day for Parliament...

Order. I call Sir Gerald Howarth.

2.2 pm

This is indeed an historic moment in our nation’s history. This is the moment that we begin to ta...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, having asked the people to give us their voice, we now need to re...

Absolutely, and I think that the overwhelming view, not only in this House but across the country...

I have been a Member of this House for almost seven years and rarely have I spoken on a Bill of s...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will not give way, if my hon. Friend does not mind, because of the timescale and the fact that ...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for calling me to speak in a debate that I never wanted to happen, ahead o...

I have listened to yesterday’s and today’s debate, a lot of which has focused on process and proc...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

Order. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but there is no need for a point of order. I say to t...

Although I share the former Prime Minister’s sentiments, I apologise if it was unparliamentary la...

It was unparliamentary language, and the hon. Gentleman should not do it again. Has he finished h...

indicated assent.

We are grateful to him.

2.19 pm

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker, for calling me to speak in this historic debate. Although he is ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Gordon (Alex Salmond) for trailing my speech...

The hon. Gentleman is speaking as though that is a great perception. Has he ever come across a ne...

The right hon. Gentleman makes precisely my point, and I am grateful to him for doing so. He may ...

Name them.

I will. They are Mauritania, Palau, São Tomé and Principe, Somalia, South Sudan and East Timor, a...

I am very much looking forward to voting tonight and to the debates on universities, education, i...

George Orwell said:

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary ac...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. When my hon. Friend spoke about a White Paper and a date of publ...

It is not news for the House in the sense, if memory serves me correctly, that the Prime Minister...

I can’t have been listening.

If there is one thing I know about the hon. Gentleman, it is that he is invariably listening to h...

Parliament, since its beginning, has been the place where elected Britons debate and make the dec...

Since September, the Exiting the European Union Committee has been established, there have been 2...

I do not know if my hon. Friend heard me, but I said that I would certainly be respecting the res...

As Members, we make difficult decisions every day. Some of them are of local significance and oth...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq), who ex...

Order. I call Mr Betts.

2.49 pm

As my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer), the shadow Br...

I am not one to brag, but I humbly suggest that I know something about how to negotiate in Europe...

I shall be as brief as I can. It is slightly depressing when, because of collusion between the Fr...

Conservative Members shouted “What if they say no?” Surely that is the point. Is the Prime Minist...

That is indeed precisely the point. We can do that, and we can do it now.

The reason UKIP h...

For centuries Dover has had an important role as the gateway and guardian of the kingdom. During ...

I arrived in the House with my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Jim Dowd) 25 y...

I understand what the hon. Gentleman is saying, and he is arguing with passion, but neither is it...

I am not replaying the arguments. I am dealing with realities. It is interesting to note that, at...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

No, I have to conclude.

I will not be voting to trigger article 50 at any stage.

3.11...

I cast my personal vote for remain in the referendum. I had, and have, concerns about the securit...

We as a Parliament and a democracy have not done that well by the people who elected us. We took ...

I have taken the unusual step of listening to the debate, rather than contributing to it. Having ...

I welcome that information, because my hon. Friend is someone whose integrity and contributions i...

I am in an easy position: I have an easy decision to make—in fact I have no decision to make. I c...

I thank my hon. Friend for the speech he is making, and his important points on the next steps. D...

It is incredibly important that the Government lay out a pathway for moving forwards that explain...

My constituency voted to remain. My country voted to leave. My conscience continues to believe th...

Order. I am sorry, but in a bid to accommodate all would-be contributors, I shall have to reduce ...

It is a privilege to take part in the debate on this historic Bill, which is designed simply to s...

At the very first hustings I attended in 2001, at Treorchy comprehensive school, the first questi...

My hon. Friend is making a very brave and compelling case. I came into the Chamber today not havi...

I am going to vote for the reasoned amendment tonight because I believe it is in the interest of ...

It is a great honour to speak in this historic debate. On 23 June we saw 52% of the United Kingdo...

My hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann) spoke about eyes being wide open and lo...

Absolutely. As my hon. Friend said, people did know what they were doing, and it is clear that in...

I welcome this debate, which has in general been a good one, both today and yesterday, with peopl...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that a key part of maintaining that harmony is by ensuring that we ...

I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman, and we in Northern Ireland totally support that posit...

One of the benefits of making a later contribution to a debate is the opportunity to reflect on e...

I campaigned for and voted to remain, but I will respect the result of the referendum and vote in...

I have listened to this debate for the past couple of days, and I can quite understand why consti...

There has been a lot of Sturm und Drang around this debate over the past couple of days. I will t...

I congratulate my neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson...

I am fortunate; my personal long and strongly held views align with those of the three quarters o...

I fully understand the hon. Gentleman’s personal circumstances and his passion, but does he not a...

No, I do not agree. I think our continent is much more united than when it was at war.

How ...

This is a long Second Reading debate, and yet the Bill is very succinct, and rightly so. I theref...

I rise to speak in this debate as a European. I was born a European. Those who supported the Brex...

The manifesto on which I stood in 2015 not only promised an in/out referendum on Europe, but stat...

I intend to vote in favour of activating article 50 tonight out of respect for the result of the ...

Like my Conservative colleagues, I stood in the general election on a manifesto that promised an ...

Despite my constituency producing two enormous Brexiteers—one Sir Teddy Taylor, who went on to re...

The hon. Gentleman has expressed concern—indeed, confusion—about the Brexiteers’ position. Will h...

I will not explain it. The hon. Gentleman makes such a lazy argument that he must have heard all ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No. The Prime Minister has no consensus on proceeding as she is doing. The failure to get consens...

I voted remain in the referendum, not for any nostalgic or ideological love of Europe, but more i...

May I say first that I respect the views of any Member who acts according to their conscience, an...

I campaigned and voted to leave the EU, in line with the boroughs I represent, Bolton and Wigan, ...

Since the vote nearly seven months ago, a shadow has been cast across this country. The decision ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Burnley (Julie Cooper). Her words about healing di...

The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union finished his speech yesterday by saying: