Leaving the European Union
I beg to move,
That this House has considered e-petition 239706 relating to leaving the Eur...
By the hon. Gentleman’s own logic, if 135,000 people have signed the petition, does that not mean...
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I do not treat the referendum result with contempt. It has not been able to escape our attention ...
I am sure that my hon. Friend is aware that MPs for constituencies in the west midlands are very ...
I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who speaks with great knowledge about the west midlands and the ...
To reinforce my hon. Friend’s point, Jaguar Land Rover has already made about 1,000 people redund...
I agree entirely. Just the other day, I was calling on people when canvassing in Cambridge, and w...
Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that the OECD forecasts show a general slowdown around the advanc...
The OECD says all those things, but people in the motor industry are very clear that the uncertai...
Is not part of the challenge that we had all these debates in 2016? The fact is that all the doom...
I am glad that the hon. Gentleman is very confident. I am sure that he is so confident that he is...
The public who are listening to this and similar debates cannot believe that this Parliament so l...
I appreciate what the right hon. Gentleman is saying, but he cannot possibly say that two and a h...
Well, I know exactly what I am voting on. I am sorry if the hon. Gentleman has not prepared or re...
If the hon. Gentleman wants to try again, he can try again.
Okay, what about haulage companies whose drivers need European Conference of Ministers of Transpo...
Well, the Government will make sure that haulage will work, and of course that is something that ...
I thank my right hon. Friend for allowing me to intervene at this unusually early stage; I know t...
Exactly. That is another way of putting my reassurance that of course things are going to work, b...
If there is no fear whatever, why are the Government telling people to stockpile? Why are pharmac...
The hon. Gentleman got the lorries thing wrong, and now he has got the drugs thing wrong. The Gov...
The pharmaceutical company Martindale tells me that it needs sugar to manufacture methadone, beca...
Why would somebody mount an economic blockade of Britain and not sell us their product? That is c...
The right hon. Gentleman says that the public are losing trust in this Parliament. I put it to hi...
I think the main reason people are losing confidence and trust is that all Labour and Conservativ...
I find the situation bizarre, because it was this Parliament that gave the people the chance to h...
Yes, indeed. My hon. Friend makes his point very well: Parliament gave people the decision and pe...
If the view is to be taken that 50 million did not vote to leave, does my right hon. Friend agree...
My hon. Friend makes a very good point. It is also a question of understanding how representative...
As usual, the right hon. Gentleman is speaking with complete consistency on these issues—it is no...
It is a United Kingdom matter and it was a United Kingdom referendum. As someone who believes in ...
The right hon. Gentleman is genuinely being very generous in giving way, and he has hit the nail ...
Not at all, because that was an entirely truthful statement at the time. Clearly, Scotland had no...
I am just curious how a national debt of £1.7 trillion can be serviced with all these tax cuts.
As I just explained, my measures would not increase the build-up of public debt, but would be fin...
It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner)...
Does my hon. Friend agree that one reason why people in every constituency in Lancashire, and peo...
I am not sure whether my hon. Friend has been looking at my notes, but that was going to be my ne...
I do not know whether my hon. Friend’s constituents are aware—I am sure that many of mine are not...
Order. The hon. Member, who did not have the decency to arrive when the debate started, is making...
Does my hon. Friend agree that the Five Eyes and our relationship with the United States are mort...
I am deliberately trying to avoid being drawn into a debate about the withdrawal agreement becaus...
I reflect on my experience in 2014, when the Bank of England and all the establishment figures wh...
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but no, there is not, because despite a...
To paraphrase the hon. Gentleman, the people of Scotland did not vote “Yes” in the 2014 referendu...
I say to the hon. Gentleman that those who promoted leaving the Union clearly did not sell their ...
In truth, the independence movement in Scotland did not want to be independent, because they woul...
It is well documented that I have not been the biggest fan of our Prime Minister during this proc...
Does my hon. Friend agree that, in any negotiation, being able to walk away makes our position st...
My hon. Friend makes the point very well. If we say that we can only leave the EU with an agreeme...
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that another part of the problem is that, at the outset, the UK Gov...
I agree with the hon. Gentleman; as I said earlier, many mistakes were made, and some of the seri...
It is a great pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. I thank those who...
The latest Twitter update is that there will be a statement to the House at 9 pm. The right hon. ...
I am grateful for that update at 5.34 pm. A statement is expected at 9 o’clock but it may change ...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
I will—it is nice of the hon. Gentleman to drop in on us.
The hon. Gentleman is having a go at my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham, but is he awa...
I am—unlike the hon. Gentleman, I was here when the right hon. Member for Wokingham spoke earlier...
That is completely untrue and I hope the hon. Gentleman will withdraw that false allegation.
No, I will not. I will continue with my speech.
The equivalent of the entire working popula...
Order. This is the first time I have had to deal with an issue of whether to ask a Member to with...
Can you clarify what I am being asked to withdraw, Ms McDonagh?
As I heard it, your comments were that the right hon. Member for Wokingham had earned money as a ...
That is absolutely on the record. The right hon. Gentleman’s declaration of financial interests s...
Ms McDonagh, I think what was at issue was the accuracy of the statement. The hon. Gentleman said...
Does the hon. Member for Glasgow East wish to withdraw his comments? The right hon. Member for Wo...
I am not willing to withdraw those comments. Indeed, I will be very happy to place a copy of the ...
The advice to me is that I cannot force the hon. Gentleman to withdraw his comments. I call Jenny...
It is good to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. The hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) ...
I greatly appreciate the hon. Lady’s thoughtful speech, but just because the political class has ...
It is not the political class that has messed it up; it is the Tory party. I do not think even so...
I totally agree with the hon. Lady. It is an appalling spectacle to see Conservative MPs going ag...
I am grateful that the hon. Gentleman agrees with me. I do not see how this could have gone much ...
Is the hon. Lady’s experience the same as mine? When I have asked businesses in my constituency i...
The hon. Gentleman is cheap. We are 18 days away from leaving the European Union. His party does ...
The hon. Lady is asking good questions about what our business will be, but I fear our ministeria...
I do not think I have ever said that a second referendum would be a good idea. It is something I ...
One thing that I have been finding difficult in Scotland is Labour’s position on a people’s vote....
We do. We would accept a people’s vote, but we would also accept a deal along the lines that I ha...
This is the first time I have served under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I have been looking f...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. On behalf of the Petitions Committee...