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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Apr 2019
Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019

"This is a point we have been debating among ourselves here. I gather that the European Parliament has already divvied up the seats, so to speak. What will happen if we take our seats and then do not take our seats? Surely what is being proposed will throw the whole …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Apr 2019
Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019

"It is very nice to follow the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), because she talked about taking a consensual approach to this. The consensual approach of this House was to trigger article 50 and to decide on the date of 29 March. The extension that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Apr 2019
Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019

"I completely agree with the hon. Lady.

I should like to refresh the memory of those in the House who think that there is no problem in having this flextension. In 2002, a decision by the European Council stated:

“Members of the European Parliament shall vote on an individual and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Apr 2019
Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019

"As my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) admirably said, the can has been kicked down into the cul-de-sac and it is now being kicked around the cul-de-sac.

My point is that there is no sense of purpose from the Labour party. Labour does not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 29 Mar 2019
United Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European Union

"They say that in life there are only two certainties: death and taxes. Well, I would like to add one more to the list: the certainty that this is a remainer House and that it will resist, kicking and screaming, every opportunity to take this country legally out of the …..."
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Written Question
Brexit
Tuesday 12th February 2019

Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library his advice on the legal implications of any changes made to the Withdrawal Agreement text between the UK and the EU ahead of the forthcoming vote on that Agreement.

Answered by Geoffrey Cox

The Government understands the legitimate desire of Parliament to understand the legal implications of the Withdrawal Agreement and will look at what assistance it can provide the House. The Government has already published a collection of material to support public and parliamentary assessment of the deal. In addition, on 14 January, I agreed to the Government publishing a letter from me to the Prime Minister about the exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the European Council and Commission.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the backstop is, as the Attorney General said, taking a risk with the Good Friday agreement and the Union of this country, and that is a risk that many of us are not prepared to take?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2018
Points of Order

"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. As usual, you have called every Member of the House who wished to ask a question, but the convention of the House is that we have no rebuttal or right to come back on any questions asked. Given that the Attorney General said …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2018
Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Position

"May I suggest that when the Attorney General argued to the right hon. Member for Belfast North (Nigel Dodds) that the differences were merely niggling and almost invisible that that is a bit like suggesting someone is a little bit pregnant? This is a sell-out in terms of the Union, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"My right hon. and learned Friend says that he does not wish to divide the House. However, if he had tabled an amendment and divided the House, and then that vote had been lost, it would have sent a powerful message to their lordships not to mess with the Bill …..."
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