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UK’s Withdrawal from the EU

Debate on Thursday, 14 February 2019, in the House of Commons, led by Steve Barclay and Chris Heaton-Harris. The answering members were Keir Starmer and Peter Grant.
Motion, That this House welcomes the Prime Minister’s statement of 12 February 2019; reiterates its support for the approach to leaving the EU expressed by this House on 29 January 2019 and notes that discussions between the UK and the EU on the Northern Ireland backstop are ongoing. Amendment (a) (Jeremy Corbyn) negatived on division (306 votes to 322). Amendment (i) (Ian Blackford) negatived on division (93 votes to 315). Amendment (e) (Anna Soubry) not moved. Main question negatived on division (258 votes to 303).
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Session
2017-19
Procedure
Government defeats
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House of Commons chamber
Debate on a Motion relating to the UK's withdrawal from the EU
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Research briefings
Further Take-Note Debate on EU Withdrawal
Friday, 8 February 2019
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions
John Bercow | 654 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

I have provisionally selected the following amendments in the following order: (a) in the name of...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House welcomes the Prime Minister’s statement of 12 February 2019;...


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David Davis | 654 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

Given the debate and dispute about the meaning of the Government’s motion, will my right hon. Fri...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

I am very happy to give my right hon. Friend and predecessor in this role that assurance. The Cab...

Tom Brake | 654 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State has set out why he is observing what the House said on alternative arrange...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1070 (Link to this contribution)

The short answer is that the House has said two different things. It passed by a big majority leg...

John Baron | 654 c1070 (Link to this contribution)

I encourage the Government to keep their nerve during these negotiations. I accept that the vast ...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1070 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend, as a former member of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, knows all about holding hi...

John Baron | 654 c1070 (Link to this contribution)

I think we all agree about the importance of keeping our nerve, and keeping no deal on the table ...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1070 (Link to this contribution)

For the avoidance of doubt, I am happy to confirm that, because that is what the legislation says...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 c1070 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend was just moving on to an alternative, but it seems to me that he has just gi...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1071 (Link to this contribution)

Although I obviously respect the considerable experience of the Father of the House, I frankly do...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1071 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister met hon. Members in the Boothroyd Room before the first vote, which she lost b...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1071 (Link to this contribution)

Given the propensity of the Scottish National party to have referendums and not respect the resul...

Lord McLoughlin | 654 c1071 (Link to this contribution)

I very much want to see a deal done. It is in the interests of the country, and it is definitely ...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1071 (Link to this contribution)

As is so often the case, my right hon. Friend reflects a sentiment that one hears expressed in th...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 654 c1071 (Link to this contribution)

Of course we want to get a deal with the European Union, but is not taking no deal off the table ...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1072 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is right on both points. First, it is important that we have no deal on ...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1072 (Link to this contribution)

If I can make some progress, I will come on to the discussions the right hon. Gentleman mentioned...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1072 (Link to this contribution)

I will make some progress, and then will happily take further interventions. A number of interven...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1072 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to make a little progress, and then I will happily take further interventions.

T...

Gareth Snell | 654 c1072 (Link to this contribution)

Given that the European Union is saying that it will not entertain any legal changes to the withd...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to come on that exact issue. The hon. Gentleman cited at the start of his intervention...

Yvette Cooper | 654 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

Further to the Secretary of State’s answer to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (M...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

Again, what I set out was that we are 100% committed to the position set out and agreed by the Ca...

Justine Greening | 654 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

The reality is that the vote against no deal in this House was more convincingly passed, includin...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

Again, I very much respect the position of my right hon. Friend. I suspect that, on this, we will...

Caroline Spelman | 654 c1074 (Link to this contribution)

I support the Prime Minister’s deal. I want us to get a deal. But I am looking very closely at th...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1074 (Link to this contribution)

First, I absolutely respect votes of this House. Indeed, when we had, for example, the Humble Add...

John Bercow | 654 c1074 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Can I just appeal to the Secretary of State? He is, in my experience, a most courteous ind...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1074 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely accept your direction on that point, Mr Speaker. I was seeking to engage with my rig...

Steve Barclay | 654 cc1074-5 (Link to this contribution)

I have taken quite a few interventions and I will make a bit of progress, not least because I am ...

Chris Green | 654 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

Will my right hon. Friend confirm that using techniques and technology that already exist at the ...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

I agree. That is already agreed by the European Union and the United Kingdom in its reflection in...

Charlie Elphicke | 654 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

Is it now Government policy to take forward the Malthouse compromise that we have all read about?...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

I can confirm that we have taken it forward to the European Union, in that I have raised it with ...

Hilary Benn | 654 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State just told the House that he has put proposals to Michel Barnier. Can he th...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

One should always be slightly cautious about what is said on Twitter, and that applies even to so...

Simon Hoare | 654 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

The task that the Secretary of State has set out in terms of the alternatives is large, and the w...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I respect my hon. Friend’s point, but what I hear from many, particularly in the business communi...

Lady Hermon | 654 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, although he may not be so grateful for th...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I looked with interest at the hon. Lady’s reference in the Brexit Select Committee to the Belfast...

Owen Paterson | 654 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

The amendment that the House passed, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale ...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I have already confirmed to the House that this issue has been raised with Michel Barnier. I have...

Steve Barclay | 654 c1077 (Link to this contribution)

I have taken a lot of interventions. I am conscious that many other Members wish to speak, includ...

Keir Starmer | 654 cc1077-8 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to support amendment (a) in my name and that of the Leader of the Opposition. The Secretar...

John Baron | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

I will in a minute.

And the Prime Minister returned with nothing—warm words in the margins ...

James Cleverly | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

I will in just a minute.

Two weeks after that, on 29 January, the Prime Minister voted for ...

Mark Pritchard | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

I will give way in just a minute.

The amendment called for the backstop to be replaced with...

James Cleverly | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

Can the right hon. and learned Gentleman not understand the nonsense of his own argument? He sugg...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that intervention: I think the hon. Gentleman has missed the point. The Prime M...

Stephen Gethins | 654 c1078 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 cc1078-9 (Link to this contribution)

I will just make the next point and then I will give way.

The idea that the vote on 29 Janu...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1079 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 c1079 (Link to this contribution)

I will in just one minute.

On Tuesday, in another non-update from the Prime Minister, she s...

Stephen Gethins | 654 c1079 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 c1079 (Link to this contribution)

I will in just a second.

The third option—alternative arrangements—remains undefined, and w...

Mark Pritchard | 654 c1079 (Link to this contribution)

May I commend the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his courage and bravery in standing up for...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1079 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the concern, and I am getting on fine, thanks very much. I will tell the hon. G...

Pat McFadden | 654 c1079 (Link to this contribution)

Are not all these meetings and activity that my right hon. and learned Friend is outlining, when ...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree with that intervention and that observation.

Seema Malhotra | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend has been talking to businesses, as I have. Does he agree that th...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

I do agree with that. One of the things that saddens me most from the discussions I have had in t...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

I promised I would give way to the hon. Gentleman.

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

Is not the thing this House has to understand that the backstop is there in case the Malthouse co...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

The EU has been very clear about the backstop. It is to be observed that there are hon. Members w...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

I will just make a bit of progress on this point.

So it goes on, and so it will go on. The ...

Stephen Gethins | 654 c1080 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is making a powerful point, as always, about the ineptitude ...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1081 (Link to this contribution)

I have sympathy with the point that we will need an extension to article 50 sooner or later, whet...

John Baron | 654 c1081 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is being generous with his time. In contrast to what he just...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1081 (Link to this contribution)

As for the Prime Minister taking us out of the EU on 29 March this year without a deal—we’ll see ...

Chuka Umunna | 654 c1081 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend is right in what he says about business and the need for clarity...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1081 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that intervention, and my right hon. Friend puts his finger on it.

Angela Eagle | 654 c1081 (Link to this contribution)

Is my right hon. and learned Friend as astonished as I am that we have a Prime Minister and Gover...

Keir Starmer | 654 cc1081-2 (Link to this contribution)

I will make some progress. I have taken a lot of interventions, and I will take some more in a mi...

Shailesh Vara | 654 c1082 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is being extraordinarily generous in giving way. No self-res...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1082 (Link to this contribution)

I do not know how to let the hon. Gentleman down gently, but let me try this: we are so patently ...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1082 (Link to this contribution)

I will give way to the hon. Member for St Albans (Mrs Main).

Anne Main | 654 c1083 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman so much for giving way—I was beginning to think I ha...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1083 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure the question of policy is important, but I am facing the practical reality. We are 43 d...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1083 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to make some progress. Labour’s amendment is intended to put a hard stop to running do...

Caroline Lucas | 654 c1083 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is making a strong point about the perils of no deal. Does h...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1083 (Link to this contribution)

I agree and I am grateful for that intervention. That is really the point. If it is not credible ...

Alex Chalk | 654 c1083 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is right to say that business wants certainty—he has made bi...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

Well, I am not going to take that lying down for this reason: on the Government Benches, did they...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to make some progress and then I will give way again.

Therefore, we need to take...

Phillip Lee | 654 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

I have listened carefully today. In defence of the Secretary of State, he has made it quite clear...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

I am. Happily, we discussed that at our party conference and agreed unanimously—something I do no...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 654 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

Excuse me, I have a bit of a head cold. The amount of white flags being thrown would give anyone ...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

The position of the Labour party is that we have concerns about the backstop. [Interruption.] Thi...

Lady Hermon | 654 c1085 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the shadow Brexit Secretary for allowing me to intervene on that very important point. He...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1085 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that intervention. As the hon. Lady knows, I worked in Northern Ireland for fiv...

Vicky Ford | 654 c1085 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for giving way because I actually find that I agree ...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1085 (Link to this contribution)

I am not sure the hon. Lady carefully read the proposition we were voting for on the meaningful v...

Sarah Wollaston | 654 c1085 (Link to this contribution)

Is the right hon. and learned Gentleman able to clarify in plain English at what point the Leader...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1085 (Link to this contribution)

The policy we have adopted is clear about what the options are. What we are trying to do today is...

Peter Kyle | 654 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

The backstop is taking up a lot of the discussion today because it is incredibly important. May I...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that intervention. One of the central problems in all this is that the politica...

Ben Bradshaw | 654 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

Following my right hon. and learned Friend’s replies to the hon. Members for Bracknell (Dr Lee) a...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for that point. What I will say is this—

Keir Starmer | 654 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

Just as I am about to give the answer I am asked from a sedentary position what the answer is. Pe...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

I just want to complete this point, because it is important. The Prime Minister has replied in no...

Chris Leslie | 654 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend is making some important and good points about the Prime Ministe...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

I do not think I need to associate with or dissociate from anybody on what my views are. I think ...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to make some progress and then I will take more interventions. I have taken a lot of i...

Marcus Jones | 654 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

Keir Starmer | 654 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

Not at the moment.

The hard stop would ensure that on 27 February the Prime Minister must e...

Gareth Snell | 654 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

Will my right hon. and learned Friend clarify something for me? I am sympathetic to and almost su...

Keir Starmer | 654 c1088 (Link to this contribution)

As I have said from this Dispatch Box, so far as the extension is concerned, it obviously depends...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 c1088 (Link to this contribution)

We have moved to yet another of these almost weekly engagements, at which we are told that histor...

Oliver Letwin | 654 c1089 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with everything that my right hon. and learned Friend has said. Does he agree that a very...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 c1089 (Link to this contribution)

I think I agree with that; I cannot give an off-the-cuff response to my right hon. Friend’s detai...

William Cash | 654 c1089 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend referred to legislation. Of course, he voted for the Third Readi...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 cc1089-1090 (Link to this contribution)

Government and Parliament can at any time produce legislation to reform previous legislation beca...

Anna Soubry | 654 c1090 (Link to this contribution)

Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way?

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 cc1090-1 (Link to this contribution)

I will give way to my right hon. Friend—my best friend among all these arch-remainers, who are ot...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 cc1091-2 (Link to this contribution)

I will not give way any more. I have great respect for my hon. Friend, so I hope that I will not ...

Peter Grant | 654 c1092 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak to our amendment (i), standing in my name and that of my right hon. Friend the Me...

Gareth Snell | 654 c1092 (Link to this contribution)

I want to ask the hon. Gentleman a similar question to the one I put to those on our Front Bench....

Peter Grant | 654 cc1092-3 (Link to this contribution)

I think that option has to be open, but it will be very difficult, because the Europeans have alr...

Geraint Davies | 654 c1093 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the Speaker has ruled that all these motions are advisory, in...

Peter Grant | 654 c1093 (Link to this contribution)

I do not accept the argument that says, “Because the vote was close,” or, “Because the legislatio...

Peter Grant | 654 c1093 (Link to this contribution)

I could not give a speech without giving way to the hon. Gentleman.

Stephen Kerr | 654 c1093 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is quite right that the vast majority...

Peter Grant | 654 cc1093-4 (Link to this contribution)

It really is a bit cheeky to criticise the First Minister of Scotland for missing one meeting whe...

Stephen Gethins | 654 c1094 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for making such a powerful case. Colleagues on the Government Benches have...

Peter Grant | 654 c1094 (Link to this contribution)

I never give up on the possibility of anybody in this House or elsewhere finally seeing sense and...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 c1094 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman has reminded me of the party manifesto, on which I apparently I stood and whic...

Peter Grant | 654 cc1094-5 (Link to this contribution)

That is certainly an interesting proposal. Let me say that each and every time I have stood for e...

Mike Wood | 654 c1095 (Link to this contribution)

Given the hon. Gentleman’s comments about Jaguar Land Rover, will he join me in welcoming its dec...

Peter Grant | 654 c1095 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome any investment, but unfortunately employees in other parts of the Jaguar Land Rover net...

Peter Grant | 654 c1096 (Link to this contribution)

I really must make progress, because other Members want to speak. [Interruption.] I am grateful t...

Sammy Wilson | 654 c1096 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman has cited the Belfast agreement, and has talked of its falling and smashing on...

Peter Grant | 654 cc1096-7 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, I have read the Belfast agreement, and with all due respect, if it comes to any arguments ab...

Peter Grant | 654 c1097 (Link to this contribution)

I really must wind up my speech.

We are nowhere near ready to leave on 29 March without a d...

Dominic Raab | 654 cc1097-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is, as always, a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant).

I beli...

Alan Brown | 654 c1098 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman says that a deal can still be negotiated. Given that one of the reasons ...

Dominic Raab | 654 cc1098-9 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman raises a perfectly respectable point, but the head of HMRC has said there woul...

Neil Gray | 654 c1099 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Dominic Raab | 654 cc1099-1100 (Link to this contribution)

No, as I have undertaken to proceed swiftly to the end so that other Members can speak.

I w...

Yvette Cooper | 654 c1100 (Link to this contribution)

My fear is that we are just drifting—that we are stuck in limbo on something that is going to hav...

David TC Davies | 654 c1101 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Lady might recall that in November, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Commit...

Yvette Cooper | 654 c1101 (Link to this contribution)

We should take very seriously the warnings about a reduction of up to 80% in the volume of goods ...

Tom Brake | 654 c1101 (Link to this contribution)

Did the right hon. Lady hear a couple of days ago that the food industry is saying that it can no...

Yvette Cooper | 654 c1101 (Link to this contribution)

That is really troubling, and it is now happening right across industry and across every sector. ...

Laura Smith | 654 c1101 (Link to this contribution)

Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is the Prime Minister’s red lines, including not meeting ...

Yvette Cooper | 654 c1102 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend that the Prime Minister has to change her red lines, particularly aro...

Anne Main | 654 c1102 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

Yvette Cooper | 654 c1102 (Link to this contribution)

I will not; I need to conclude my remarks.

It is as though we are all just standing around ...

John Bercow | 654 c1102 (Link to this contribution)

Order. An eight minute limit on each Back-Bench speech now applies.

2.16 pm

Anna Soubry | 654 cc1102-3 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to support the amendment in my name and those of many hon. and right hon. Members from all...

Anne Main | 654 c1103 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is being very informative. Is she prepared to tell us whether she has seen t...

Anna Soubry | 654 c1103 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. I hope that she will take me at my word. Al...

Mark Pritchard | 654 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

Anna Soubry | 654 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

I will take one short intervention.

Mark Pritchard | 654 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is being generous with her time. I do not agree with her, although I do resp...

Anna Soubry | 654 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

I would not disagree with my hon. Friend at all. I have indeed seen those very same papers myself...

Anna Soubry | 654 cc1104-5 (Link to this contribution)

I will not, just because I am running out of time and I want to make several important points.

Hilary Benn | 654 cc1105-6 (Link to this contribution)

What a mess. What a complete and utter mess our country is in. There are just 43 days to go befor...

Emma Reynolds | 654 c1106 (Link to this contribution)

Further to the point my right hon. Friend is making, last year there was all this discussion of t...

Hilary Benn | 654 c1106 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is, of course, entirely right. Nothing I heard from the Prime Minister on Tuesday ...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1107 (Link to this contribution)

Just a slight nuance on the earlier debate. The European Union is not so rude as to say that it h...

Hilary Benn | 654 c1107 (Link to this contribution)

The backstop is, indeed, an insurance policy, and we cannot put a time limit on it, because it wo...

Dominic Grieve | 654 c1107 (Link to this contribution)

I suspect the Prime Minister knows that the advice from the Law Officers is that to create a hard...

Hilary Benn | 654 cc1107-8 (Link to this contribution)

I can only bow in admiration to the clarity with which the right hon. and learned Gentleman makes...

John Bercow | 654 c1108 (Link to this contribution)

Order. A six-minute limit now applies.

2.37 pm

Oliver Letwin | 654 cc1108-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is traditional in this House to say it is a pleasure to follow the previous speaker; it really...

Norman Lamb | 654 c1109 (Link to this contribution)

Would the right hon. Gentleman like to reiterate that in a fortnight’s time, it really will be hi...

Oliver Letwin | 654 cc1109-1110 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman, who was a colleague of mine in the coalition Government, and to whom I ...

Anna Soubry | 654 c1110 (Link to this contribution)

As ever, my right hon. Friend is giving a passionate and brilliant speech and statement of the si...

Oliver Letwin | 654 c1110 (Link to this contribution)

I most fervently believe that they should be published; much more information on the no-deal exit...

Chris Leslie | 654 cc1110-1 (Link to this contribution)

I applaud the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) for seeking leadership and de...

Chris Leslie | 654 cc1111-2 (Link to this contribution)

We do have the Faroe Islands, but the deals with Turkey, Japan, South Korea and Canada will not b...

Caroline Spelman | 654 c1112 (Link to this contribution)

I have been sounding the alarm for the car industry for some time. Of course, its challenges are ...

Jim Cunningham | 654 c1112 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Lady and my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey) have do...

Caroline Spelman | 654 c1113 (Link to this contribution)

West midlands MPs from across the political divide have sounded the alarm together for the jobs t...

Caroline Flint | 654 c1113 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Lady is absolutely right that this uncertainty is causing huge problems for the Br...

Caroline Spelman | 654 cc1113-4 (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more. We need to heed businesses that say that the deal may not be perfect, but...

Sarah Wollaston | 654 c1114 (Link to this contribution)

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

Caroline Spelman | 654 c1114 (Link to this contribution)

I will not give way again.

More importantly, will other countries hosting UK citizens have ...

Angela Eagle | 654 cc1114-5 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister’s own personal approach to Brexit has created what 40 former ambassadors have ...

Anna Soubry | 654 c1115 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Lady also take the view that given the result of the general election, which result...

Angela Eagle | 654 cc1115-6 (Link to this contribution)

Not to my surprise, I find myself agreeing with the observations of the right hon. Lady. The only...

Henry Smith | 654 cc1116-7 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this important EU withdrawal debate, particularly after...

Pat McFadden | 654 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

The problem with this “walk away” analogy is that in any other negotiation when someone walks awa...

Henry Smith | 654 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for mentioning the status quo, because I do not th...

Alister Jack | 654 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend very clearly makes the point that we did not vote for the status quo. It is quite ...

Henry Smith | 654 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

I think people in this country have rejected the status quo, and I see Brexit as an opportunity f...

Charlie Elphicke | 654 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a typically powerful speech. Can he think of anything more craven than f...

Henry Smith | 654 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

We have seen significant majorities both in favour of leaving the European Union, in that about 8...

Henry Smith | 654 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

I do not have any time; I do apologise.

Henry Smith | 654 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

Actually, yes, I will give way very briefly.

Anna Soubry | 654 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

Can my hon. Friend remind us of the promises made by the leave campaign, which he supported? It r...

Henry Smith | 654 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

I never made that promise when I supported leaving the European Union. I believe that a deal is t...

Vicky Ford | 654 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for reminding us of what was said in the past. The Conservative party mani...

Henry Smith | 654 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, we absolutely should be seeking and honouring a deep and close relationship with our neighbo...

Anna McMorrin | 654 cc1118-9 (Link to this contribution)

In just 43 days we are set to crash out with no deal, yet the Prime Minister and those on the Gov...

Alex Sobel | 654 c1119 (Link to this contribution)

On that point, have we not, as a member of the European Union, been at the forefront of combating...

Anna McMorrin | 654 cc1119-1120 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for that excellent point. The Government, in tearing apart all the brillia...

William Cash | 654 c1120 (Link to this contribution)

The two previous motions, one in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale We...

John Redwood | 654 c1120 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that, were we to make the mistake of saying that we rule out leaving wi...

William Cash | 654 cc1120-1 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right.

On the amendment tabled by my right hon. Friend t...

Hywel Williams | 654 cc1121-2 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister asks us to hold our nerve and give her time. One has to ask: more time for wha...

Peter Bone | 654 cc1122-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams). While I agree with W...

John Redwood | 654 c1123 (Link to this contribution)

Will my hon. Friend confirm that, because the agreement is not about the future partnership, it s...

Peter Bone | 654 c1123 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s intervention. I will deal with that issue in a minute, b...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 654 c1123 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it would be most useful before the conclusion of tonight’s deb...

Peter Bone | 654 c1123 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful for that intervention from the very sound colleagues on the DUP Benches. Of co...

Peter Bone | 654 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

No, it is not rubbish, it is nonsense. But the hon. Lady can use the word “rubbish” as well—which...

John Bercow | 654 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Let me say in the most affectionate possible terms to the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr...

John Bercow | 654 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

Order. The hon. Gentleman says that the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) is “very irritat...

Peter Bone | 654 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

I can assure you, Mr Speaker, that I am not a snowflake, so I will not take offence from the hon....

Jack Dromey | 654 cc1124-5 (Link to this contribution)

Poverty drove my parents to emigrate from rural Ireland to this country. This country gave them e...

Matt Western | 654 c1125 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he remember the words of the right hon. Member f...

Jack Dromey | 654 c1125 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Jaguar Land Rover—the Jaguar plant in my constituency and ...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 654 c1125 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman reads out those statistics about the problems, but the fact is that we have th...

Jack Dromey | 654 c1126 (Link to this contribution)

Come to Erdington, where we still have one in 10 out of work, with unemployment rising. When we t...

Dominic Grieve | 654 cc1126-7 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey); I agreed enti...

John Bercow | 654 c1127 (Link to this contribution)

Order. After the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern), the time limit will have to be r...

Alison McGovern | 654 cc1127-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is truly an honour to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve). I...

Matt Western | 654 c1128 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. We are now in “Project Reality”, not “Project Fear”. ...

Alison McGovern | 654 c1129 (Link to this contribution)

I simply listen to the words of the right hon. Member for Meriden (Dame Caroline Spelman) and my ...

David TC Davies | 654 c1129 (Link to this contribution)

Over the past three years, those of us who voted for Brexit have been treated with scorn and cont...

Peter Grant | 654 c1130 (Link to this contribution)

I assure the hon. Gentleman from direct personal knowledge that the story I told earlier, of Kare...

David TC Davies | 654 c1130 (Link to this contribution)

I do not know the hon. Gentleman’s constituent, but my wife is an EU national, although she would...

Helen Goodman | 654 c1130 (Link to this contribution)

The theme of my remarks is that we need to build consensus, although I must confess that the spee...

Sarah Jones | 654 c1130 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend may have seen that today’s Evening Standard is reporting that Westfield’s £1.4 bil...

Helen Goodman | 654 c1131 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend has given yet another example. During February, the Financial Times has had headli...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 c1131 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is arguing articulately for the scheme she put forward and persuaded me to join her...

Helen Goodman | 654 cc1131-2 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is absolutely correct, because a lot of gamesmanship is goin...

Charlie Elphicke | 654 c1132 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman). While listening t...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1132 (Link to this contribution)

I just want to pull up the hon. Gentleman on that point. He said that Europe was in relative decl...

Charlie Elphicke | 654 cc1132-3 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. The fact is that Europe is becoming relatively le...

Peter Grant | 654 c1133 (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman tell us what his constituents think we should be getting on with? As thin...

Charlie Elphicke | 654 c1133 (Link to this contribution)

They are telling me very clearly that we should leave the European Union. Personally, I think tha...

John Bercow | 654 c1133 (Link to this contribution)

Interventions are of course part and parcel of debate, but I simply say for the purposes of advic...

Stephen Kinnock | 654 cc1133-4 (Link to this contribution)

It has now been 67 days since the Prime Minister delayed the meaningful vote in December—67 utter...

James Morris | 654 cc1134-5 (Link to this contribution)

One thing that has struck me during this debate is the almost complete absence of taking into con...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 cc1135-6 (Link to this contribution)

Well, 43 days to go and here we are—still pretty clueless in the House of Commons. When people as...

Stephen Kerr | 654 c1136 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is making a valid point—he is giving strong reasons why we should have a deal....

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1136 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman should know that we have a deal at the moment with the European Union. It is a...

Bill Grant | 654 c1136 (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1136 (Link to this contribution)

I am happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman. Can he guarantee that all chemicals will be availab...

Bill Grant | 654 c1137 (Link to this contribution)

I am concerned at the view that businesses in Scotland will go to the wall. Having spoken to busi...

Angus Brendan MacNeil | 654 c1137 (Link to this contribution)

They have been working within a deal, which is why I want us to revoke article 50. I thank the ho...

Mark Harper | 654 cc1137-8 (Link to this contribution)

Let me concentrate, in the minutes I have, on some of the essential points. When I regretfully vo...

Mark Harper | 654 cc1138-9 (Link to this contribution)

I am not going to give way to my right hon. Friend because I think you are very keen, Mr Speaker,...

Sammy Wilson | 654 c1139 (Link to this contribution)

May I welcome the assurances that the Secretary of State gave in a very clear way from the Dispat...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 654 c1139 (Link to this contribution)

That could all be solved if the whole UK stayed in the customs union and had the same regulatory ...

Sammy Wilson | 654 cc1139-1140 (Link to this contribution)

The whole point is that Northern Ireland would be treated separately from the rest of the United ...

Alister Jack | 654 cc1140-1 (Link to this contribution)

The clock is ticking down, both in this debate and towards 29 March, and it is imperative for the...

Tom Brake | 654 c1141 (Link to this contribution)

I came into the Chamber earlier today during business questions and the hon. Member for Coventry ...

Edward Leigh | 654 c1141 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Tom Brake | 654 cc1141-2 (Link to this contribution)

I will not give way.

The second thing we need to do today is come out very strongly in favo...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 654 cc1142-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to follow on from such excellent contributions; among the finest speeches were ...

John Bercow | 654 c1143 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Quite a lot of noisy men are wittering away to each other and are not listening to the hon...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 654 cc1143-4 (Link to this contribution)

Mr Speaker, I am grateful. An extension might buy more time, but ultimately this House needs to b...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 654 c1144 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman, the hon. Member for Darlington (Jenny Chapman), for...

Anna Soubry | 654 c1144 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the Minister’s comments, and congratulate him on what I think is his first spee...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 654 cc1144-5 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for that clarification.

This afternoon continued the tradition...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 654 c1145 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister take this opportunity to confirm that the Government have started to draft text...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 654 c1145 (Link to this contribution)

As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we have three options to deliver on the will...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 654 c1145 (Link to this contribution)

Sorry, I am afraid I do not have time.

However, this Government do not want to have to util...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 654 cc1145-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid I am not going to give way.

As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has cons...

John Bercow | 654 c1146 (Link to this contribution)

I understood from the exchange the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) had with the Unde...

Anna Soubry | 654 c1146 (Link to this contribution)

It is, Mr Speaker, on this occasion; I am sure we can sort it all out.

Main Question put.

Jeremy Corbyn | 654 c1146 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Tonight’s vote shows that there is no majority for the Prime Min...

John Bercow | 654 c1146 (Link to this contribution)

It is not obligatory for the Prime Minister to be present on this occasion. Other representatives...

John Bercow | 654 c1159 (Link to this contribution)

Or if the Government Chief Whip, who is chuntering from a sedentary position for no obvious benef...

Ian Blackford | 654 c1159 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is a significant defeat for the Government. This is a boura...

John Bercow | 654 c1159 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. In responding to him, I am seek...

Tom Brake | 654 c1159 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I suspect that if the Secretary of State, in opening the debate,...

John Bercow | 654 c1160 (Link to this contribution)

A Member from Ealing who will be well known to colleagues—the hon. Member for Ealing North (Steph...

Steve Baker | 654 c1160 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. What we do know tonight is that there is a majority in this Hous...

John Bercow | 654 c1160 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is a county colleague of mine, but that is a truly monstrous abuse of the poin...

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