European Union (Approvals) Bill

Will the hon. Lady give way?

Yes, I will give way.

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Order. It is quite important to be clear to whom the Minister is giving way. The hon. Member for ...

I apologise for the confusion. I was referring to my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater and We...

Thank you very much for that clarification, Mr Speaker.

My hon. Friend is fully aware that ...

I commend my hon. Friend for all his work within the Council of Europe, and confirm that that wil...

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I will make a little progress and then give way.

That vision for a partnership in the best ...

I am much encouraged not only by the fact that the Minister is giving way but by what my hon. Fri...

I heartily agree with my hon. Friend that we will continue to foster good relations with our EU f...

It has been suggested that, as we negotiate our exit from the European Union, the United Kingdom ...

I assure my hon. Friend that, were we not to pass the Bill this afternoon, the draft decisions wo...

The Minister is being generous with her time. She indicated one other country that has yet to rat...

Any such comment from me would be speculation, which I intend to avoid, but I point out that Germ...

Will the Minister confirm that, as part of our ongoing relationship with the European Union until...

I welcome my hon. Friend’s intervention. I remember his excellent work when he was a trade repres...

Will the Minister give way?

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a bit of progress. I am concluding my remarks on Canada and trade. I will give way to...

Surely the Minister would confirm that the Canadian trade agreement, along with all the others th...

I accept the first part of what my right hon. Friend says, but I do not wish to predict what the ...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a bit more progress and then I will give way.

The first two decisions will enab...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I was not going to raise a point on CETA this after...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I remind him of the scope of the Bill we are...

How does the agency differ from the Council of Europe? The Council of Europe looks after democrac...

The goal of the agency is to provide expertise on fundamental rights to EU institutions, member s...

Will the Minister comment on whether Serbia’s membership of the agency would have any impact on t...

I cannot comment specifically on the likely impact on the treatment of war crimes in Serbia, a su...

The Minister says that this is a mark of progress, but I cannot accept that. This sounds like mot...

To correct the hon. Gentleman, I do not think I said that I thought there would be improvements; ...

The Government have already told the Exiting the European Union Committee, on which I served duri...

I have explained that the purpose of the decision is primarily to support our role as a continuin...

I wonder why there is no cost. Surely, if there is to be an added layer of complexity in the shar...

I am assured that no costs are associated with these decisions, other than those that arise in th...

The Bill was included in the Queen’s Speech. The background notes refer to helping to grant Serbi...

The hon. Gentleman will know that the civil war in Yugoslavia was an horrific, scarring experienc...

Of course the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, which is why it was right for the Bill to be in...

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I will give way again.

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, but I fear that he may be being a little bit ...

Order. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his inquiry. I could not know what the hon. Member...

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. You may even have stolen parts of my speech.

Anyway, we ha...

As the hon. Gentleman knows, both Labour and Conservative Members and other Members of this House...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to make that point, and I thank him for it; I join him in ...

I would like the hon. Gentleman to repeat his question in a little more detail, as my understandi...

I had moved on to the second part, but I will come back to the hon. Gentleman’s question. We need...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that a key bulwark of human rights in this country, and indeed acro...

I completely agree.

The EU Commission states that there is a danger that the absence of a p...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that this Bill serves as an interesting template for taking forward...

That is a good point, and I will come later to further questions about arrangements after we leav...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the question of establishing such a pattern impacts greatly on...

I think we are in danger of wandering away from the subject—[Interruption.] I have no idea why Co...

I am following the shadow Minister’s speech closely. He has mentioned the European Scrutiny Commi...

I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman was in the Chamber before this debate started, when my h...

As has been mentioned, the European Scrutiny Committee, of which I was Chairman for six years, ha...

I declare an interest as someone who served on that Committee in the previous Parliament. Has my ...

I am glad to respond, because I have been very much engaged on that subject. In fact, one of the ...

At the moment, under our current competition agreement with the EU, a British company can seek di...

I am not at all convinced by the EEA route. I do not want to get into all that now, except to say...

The EFTA court?

EFTA is a different story, and I specifically raised it with the Prime Minister only a few days a...

As this is also my first opportunity to do this, may I congratulate you and welcome you back to t...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that when it comes to protecting the human rights of people in the ...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the membership of the convention, but it is also vita...

For the record, will the hon. Gentleman confirm that Scotland’s largest trading partner is the re...

I am happy to confirm that, but I am also happy to point out how important Scotland is to the res...

This is a time for everyone to congratulate you on your successful re-election, Mr Deputy Speaker...

I add my congratulations to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, as you assume your rightful place in this Hou...

The hon. Gentleman makes a point about something I said about the deal. I was making a point not ...

I am quite happy that the hon. Gentleman has clarified his comments, but given what has happened ...

The hon. Gentleman is raising some really important points relating to the competition element of...

Certainly. I will comment on it after I have made my point about the steel industry. I received a...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley), who speaks, as e...

It is a pleasure to speak from the Back Benches once again, Mr Deputy Speaker—I had almost forgot...

I call Vicky Ford.

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Just a sec. It is worth reminding Members to get into the habit of standing up to catch my eye, s...

Thank you for calling me, Mr Deputy Speaker. As someone who believes in open, competitive and fre...

Mr Deputy Speaker, may I join the long queue of those paying tribute to you on your re-election a...

I think the hon. Gentleman is aware that, under the proposed repeal Bill, there would be a transp...

The rights under TUPE and the acquired rights directive are now guaranteed in British law. What i...

With the leave of the House, Mr Speaker, I am grateful to have the opportunity to respond to the ...