United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Thank you, Mr Evans. I am pleased to be opening this detailed consideration of part 5 of the Bill...

Will the Minister confirm that if the European Union kept its promise in the political declaratio...

My right hon. Friend is of course right about that, and we still hope to strike a free trade agre...

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman in a moment, because I do intend to refer to some of ...

I declare an interest as a member of the Ulster Farmers Union, which has contacted me, and it say...

I will come in detail to the amendment tabled by the hon. Gentleman’s party later in my speech, b...

Will the Minister give way?

If I may, I will come to the right hon. Gentleman’s point very shortly, and then I will happily g...

Can I ask my hon. Friend to go just a little further than he has just gone? He has explained alre...

I absolutely hear what my right hon. and learned Friend has said, and I draw his attention to the...

This is a very important issue. If it is the case that, before the Government introduced the meas...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point. That is why we are taking the powers in this Bil...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way on that point. I want to press him on the safeguard ...

We are talking about the question of legal default. The UK Government are responsible for their i...

There is a way of reconciling the points made by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for ...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I was going to come in more detail to the amendment tab...

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I will make a little progress.

Clause 42 is in keeping with what the Government have consta...

Absolute clarity and certainty is required on this state aid issue. For example, will traders in ...

The hon. Gentleman raises some important points. It is for the Secretary of State for Business, E...

My hon. Friend has been setting out throughout his speech that the Government want clauses 41 to ...

As my right hon. Friend knows well, the withdrawal agreement was negotiated by the UK and the EU ...

Surely the Government’s approach is self-defeating in the following respect? Ministers rightly ou...

I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that we have consistently followed through with our agreement...

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I will make a bit of progress and take an intervention from my hon. Friend later.

Clause 44...

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Clause 45 completes the all-purpose safety net for regulations made under clauses 42 and 43, so t...

The objection seems to be that we may have to act in this way, but we do not want to break intern...

I will look at my hon. Friend’s amendment. I will come to amendments shortly—I realise that I nee...

Will the Minister give way?

The hon. Gentleman has tried to intervene for a very long period, so I will take one intervention...

I thank the Minister for giving way. If we go back to the legal defaults that he says were never ...

I take no lectures from the SNP on this issue. It is clear that the reason why the SNP opposes th...

I thank my hon. Friend for the constructive tone that he and members of the Government have adopt...

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for that point. A fundamental principle of our constitution,...

Will the Minister give way?

Not right now—I will come back to the right hon. Gentleman.

Amendments 64 and 65, in the na...

May I take the Minister back to the undertaking that he gave to his hon. Friend the Member for Br...

The right hon. Gentleman should know better, with his extensive experience, than to ask me to com...

Will the Minister give way?

I will perhaps give way on a point of substance later, but not on that point.

Amendment 41 ...

The Minister invites us to withdraw the amendments. This is the second occasion in the past week ...

I absolutely hear the hon. Gentleman’s concerns. I have made the point about what we have said in...

Can the Minister explain how people in Northern Ireland can have any confidence that this Governm...

As I have said repeatedly, we are absolutely committed to the Good Friday agreement, and I can gi...

Will the Minister give way?

I have given way to the SNP already. The hon. and learned Lady will have her chance to speak very...

I respectfully remind the Minister that the SNP has 48 Members in the House, not just one MP. I a...

I am happy to look into the specific issue that hon. and learned Lady raises, but if she looks at...

I rise to speak to amendments 52 to 60, which I tabled with my hon. and right hon. Friends. Toget...

My hon. Friend is making some absolutely crucial points, particularly about the Vienna convention...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He sums up well the seriousness of the decision bef...

Why does the hon. Gentleman not see that this Bill has been brought about by the EU’s wish to bre...

I thank the right hon. Member for that intervention. I would be interested to know his views on a...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am happy to give way again. I am interested to know whether the hon. Gentleman will pursue his ...

I am actually going to look briefly at a simple point, which is that, apart from our own judges, ...

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I think the answer was provided by the Northern Ire...

Does the answer to the question raised by the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) about the ...

That is certainly an additional answer.

The hon. Gentleman says that this is about a collapse in trust. The collapse in trust in that des...

The right hon. Gentleman came back at me on the quote I gave about trust. That quote was from the...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No. I have taken one intervention from the hon. Gentleman and, with respect for those wishing to ...

Order. Let me remind the House one more time that there is a very long call list, so please show ...

It is with some regret that I rise to speak on clauses 41 to 45. May I just say to the Minister t...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I have to say to my hon. Friend that I wish I had £10 for every time I have given way to him in a...

I am most grateful to my right hon. Friend. Is she aware that the EU itself and indeed many other...

Let me get this right. My hon. Friend seems to be saying, “If somebody else does something wrong,...

It is a privilege to follow such a thoughtful and considered speech.

I rise to speak to ame...

Is the hon. Lady telling us that she and her party believed the Prime Minister then?

I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. The short answer is no. Regrettably, I do not beli...

There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about consent. The hon. Member rightly says that the...

I thank my hon. Friend that intervention. That is a key point for us. How can anyone trust a Gove...

There are many essential reasons, in our national interest and on constitutional and legal ground...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

In a moment. There are many aspects of international law that are sacrosanct—those in respect of ...

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I said, “to a degree”. Within the framework of international law, it is entirely a question of wh...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash), who has that classic fla...

The hon. Gentleman is making some powerful points. Does he recall that, when the first version of...

It was not accepted by the Government, but the right hon. Lady was a member of the Government who...

The hon. Gentleman will recall that there was an addendum to the withdrawal agreement that was ag...

The right hon. Lady may be right on that point, but here we are yet again, seeking to legislate d...

Can my hon. Friend explain to the House whether he believes predatory actions from the Republic o...

I am very grateful for the question, and I know that the Government would respond by saying “Look...

While the Bill may state that it is up to the Secretary of State to notify the European Commissio...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I mentioned the chilling effect. Arguably, if the U...

To back up my hon. Friend’s argument, the farming community and businesses across the whole of No...

I do agree. I know that the Minister went through a number of the amendments we have tabled and s...

Will the hon. Gentleman clarify for the record whether, if the amendment were to proceed and the ...

The first aspect of that question is the intended breach, and the answer is clearly no, because a...

This has not been the most edifying spectacle for the House of Commons over the past few days, bu...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

If my hon. Friend will allow me to develop my point a little, I will of course give way to him in...

Does my hon Friend agree that that bar becomes very apparent when dealing with the essential ques...

Let me put it this way: if my hon. Friend is saying that the test is something akin to that in ar...

I have sympathy with the argument that the hon. Gentleman is making, but I have to say that the p...

I shall make two points to the right hon. Gentleman. First, he knows my record does not indicate ...

I can confirm that when on the Sunday I conveyed to the Government my concerns with regard to asp...

That does not surprise me; it is consistent with my own experience. I say gently to Opposition Me...

The hon. Gentleman mentions the seriousness of the issue; it is that serious that the British Gov...

It is presumptuous, it seems to me, of the hon. Gentleman to try to suggest how any of my hon. an...

I must press on now, and not take any further interventions for some time out of respect for othe...

I rise to commend to the Committee amendments 46 to 48, amendment 41 and new clause 7, which stan...

Will the hon. Member give way?

Do you know what? I will give way, but only once, because for a few years your party held court h...

I am delighted that the hon. Member has given way. She casts a considerable aspersion on the Memb...

No, obviously I am not. Only somebody with absolutely no understanding or who is so disingenuous ...

The hon. Member says it is not the fault of the EU, but can we just remind ourselves that it was ...

It is funny, but we do not hear so much about the alternative arrangements, and this from a party...

I think the second-last point—the penultimate point—was right, and I agree with the hon. Member. ...

It certainly should. I am not going to rehearse the figures, but I believe that the Democratic Un...

Order. I did not interrupt the hon. Lady, but I would just like to remind Members, especially new...

I will bear your comments on timing in mind, Sir Graham, and try to rattle through. It is a pleas...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers). Although...

Will the hon. Member give way?

Yes.

Order. It is not possible to speak from those Benches. The hon. Gentleman must find another place...

Thank you, Sir Graham. The hon. Member mentioned the protectionism in the Belfast agreement. That...

I am grateful to the hon. Member for his intervention. I think his question was aimed at me, rath...

I am conscious that everyone needs to get in, so I will try to be as brief as possible. Most of t...

I intervene only because the prisoner voting issue is one that I remember very well, because I wa...

That is why I gave way to my right hon. Friend—because he was there. I think he was a very good M...

I rise to speak in favour of amendments 43 and 44, in my name, and to support the amendments tabl...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will make some progress.

Such excuses as those that the Government’s Law Officers who rem...

Will the hon. and learned Lady give way?

No, I am going to make some progress.

It is what we would call at the Scottish Bar a load o...

Will the hon. and learned Lady give way?

No, I am not going to give way.

It simply does not work that way: Britannia does not rule t...

From a historical perspective, my hon. and learned Friend may agree that we need to go back to th...

That is correct, and it is worrying to hear my hon. Friend talk about the Kirk as he and I were b...

It is an honour to rise today in this debate, following a number of very thoughtful contributions...

On the reputation of the United Kingdom and the identity of Irishness and Britishness in Northern...

The hon. Gentleman would have to take up the reasons why the case was taken with the lady in ques...

It is a great pleasure to follow that fine speech by the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moor...

Order. I remind the Committee that there are still a great many Members on the call list. I there...

It is a real pleasure and a privilege to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary B...

It is good to follow the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham (Rehman Chishti). I congratulate ...

Well, Sir Graham, it is difficult to follow that. I remember your enjoinder, Sir, that we should ...

I very much agree with my right hon. Friend, but does he agree with me that it is also contrary t...

I am very pleased to hear that expression of confidence in this good Bill, which is being made be...

I will to try to keep within the five minutes, to give time to others. I never intervene in debat...

It is a great pleasure to contribute to a debate with such significant implications. I will be br...

I am sure, Dame Rosie, that over the years, you and I have both sat through many debates where it...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael). I shall...

I thank the last few speakers, who have stuck brilliantly to the shorter time limit, but I point ...

I assume that your remarks were addressed to me, Chair, and I will do my best to respond positive...

It is a pleasure, as always, to follow the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson). He m...

I intend to keep my remarks short to aid the House’s consideration of such an important topic. I ...

The Bill is objectionable in a very broad sense, and my colleagues and I will not rest in detaili...

I shall speak against clauses 42 and 45 standing part of the Bill.

When five out of the las...

I wish to speak to my amendment 42. I am optimistic that we can reach a deal for the benefit of b...

This is the first opportunity I have had to speak on the Bill, which I have profound concerns abo...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Gentleman. It is a sign of how fast moving these debates are ...

It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dame Rosie. During the passage of th...

I am grateful to have caught your eye, Dame Rosie, so that I can respond to some of the comments ...

My hon. Friend is ascribing the things he most disagrees with to me—[Interruption.] No, he did sa...

I apologise to my right hon. Friend. His name was in my mind because it was on the monitor before...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I am not going to give way. I am going to be very brief.

The important perspective is t...

There is so much wrong with this Bill that it is difficult to know where to start, but in the tim...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O’Hara). My reserva...

I thoroughly enjoyed the very thoughtful and well analysed speech from the right hon. and learned...

My hon. Friend is making some incredibly powerful points. He is undoubtedly aware that today the ...

Hypocrisy, and nobody will believe it. No one will believe it because of their own words and, inc...

I am pleased to speak in support of the Bill, specifically part 5, subject to Government amendmen...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship tonight, Dame Eleanor.

Let me start by be...

It is always a joy to come in on the fag end of a debate, when so many people have said everythin...

It is a pleasure to speak on this issue. This is an intricate matter that is not helped by those ...

I am delighted to follow my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) ...

I was not expecting to participate in this debate, but I never thought I would hear a Minister in...

In rising to support the Bill, I want to speak about clauses 40 to 45. I start by quoting from th...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not, because I am short on time. The clauses we are talking about today do exactly what we...

We have heard passionate speeches from both sides of the debate and from a range of colleagues ac...