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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I will give way one last time...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"The hon. Gentleman makes a strong point. It troubles me that those who argued for the sovereignty of Parliament, for the sovereignty of this country and for the enforcement of the will of the people, and all of that, are now so scared of the people. It makes me worry …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I will make some progress because other Members need to get in. The deal must be put to the British people so that they can have their say, because that is the only way to hold the Government to account. We already know that, in all likelihood, 48% of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I have given way an awful lot.

The Government are making a choice, one that the British people have not given them permission to make. This choice is not just damaging to our country, but divisive. The Prime Minister had the opportunity to pursue a form of Brexit that united …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I am not going to give way, as I have given way many times and I want to bring my remarks to an end, for everybody else’s sake. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] I thought Members would like that.

The final deal will not be legitimate, it will not be consented …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I want to clarify that from my point of view it is absolutely clear that this place, Parliament as a whole and, indeed, the courts have no right whatsoever to bar the will of the people. It would be absolutely wrong to overturn the outcome of the referendum last June. …..."
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Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Cleaning Services
Tuesday 7th February 2017

Asked by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the hourly pay-rate is for his Department's cleaning staff.

Answered by David Jones

DExEU is accommodated in Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence buildings and I refer to the answers given by my honourable friends, the Member for Ipswich (Ben Gummer) on 07 February 2017 and Member for Milton Keynes North (Mark Lancaster) on 02 February 2017.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"rose—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"She is not in her place now, but I want to pay tribute to the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson) for her excellent maiden speech.

Liberal Democrats have always been proud internationalists. It was the Liberals who backed Winston Churchill’s European vision in the 1950s, even …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I am staggered by the hon. Gentleman speaking the language of Nigel Farage—what a terrible disgrace.

The deal must be put to the British people for them to have their say. That is the only way to hold the Government to account for the monumental decision they will have to …..."
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