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European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Oh, rub out, rub out. I suggest that the right hon. Lady looks at the moves that the Government have already made in a number of areas that have been requested by Members across this House.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The way out of this gridlock is for the House to identify the deal that it can agree and take forward and that can command a majority of the House. It is for this House to deliver on the result of the referendum that took place in 2016.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No. Arrangements in relation to the business of this House have been changing in recent days, through decisions taken by this House, but I do not believe that the establishment of a House business committee is the right way forward.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): What I have said—and this is the Government’s intention—is that if the talks with the Opposition fail to find a point of agreement between us that we believe would get a majority across this House, we would work with the Opposition to identify options and votes to be put to this House to find a way of determining a single result. There are a number of ways in which it is possible to do that. I think it would be important to ensure, were we in that position, that whatever system was chosen was genuinely going to come to a proper reflection of the views of this House.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nicholas Soames (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that there are many other very important issues facing the European Union—including, for the moment, the United Kingdom—particularly in respect of the EU’s crucial relationship with China? Given the extension granted by our European partners, will she confirm that she will direct Britain’s negotiators to use the extra valuable time creatively in relation to trade with China, which when we have left the European Union will inevitably be much harder to negotiate?
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
George William Freeman (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree with me, a former Business Minister, that this country’s businesses, on which we all rely, deserve better than this ongoing crisis and chaos, and need the certainty that could be delivered if every Member of this House respected the referendum and a vote to leave in their constituency, and voted for it? Could she also tell me what to tell voters on the doorsteps on 2 May, when my hard-working local councillors risk being thrown out, after four years of really good work on our behalf, for something that they are not responsible for?
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Immigration
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend has resolutely championed the cause of EU citizens here in the UK and of UK citizens living in the European Union. We welcome the contribution that EU citizens have made here in the United Kingdom, which is why we have given our guarantee to protect their rights. We are working with the EU27, which has, at various levels, guaranteed the rights of UK citizens living in EU countries. We continue to work to ensure that we have those reciprocal rights, but my hon. Friend has raised an issue of importance, and I am happy to ensure that he and those representatives are able to meet the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to discuss these issues.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Crucially, we will see how the talks with the Opposition progress. As I have said, there have been further talks today. The talks have been conducted in a positive and constructive manner, and I look forward to them continuing to be conducted in that manner. Obviously, if we are able to reach a point of agreement with the Opposition on the way forward, that is what we will seek to bring to this House.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. May I very gently say to the hon. Lady that questions to the Prime Minister are about matters for which she is responsible. The Prime Minister is not responsible for what the Leader of the Opposition does or does not say, and we have got a lot to get through, so we need it in a sentence.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Gentleman for the optimism that he has shown, and for his reference to the positive mood in the House. I hope that we will indeed be able to do as he suggests and find a way through, because I think that the public want us to do exactly as he said: to get this sorted.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick (Conservative, Centre-right): As a long-term supporter of the deal of my right hon. Friend, I congratulate her on coming back from Europe with an extension that does not have the onerous conditions that we were all told would be imposed. Speaking for the businesses in the midlands, may I say that time is of the essence? They are not getting the bank loans that they need and are going out of business. May I also say, with reference to the Opposition, that it is the Opposition who are being blamed for their intransigence and sheer bloody-mindedness in this matter?
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): In relation to businesses, my hon. Friend is absolutely right: time is of the essence. It is important that we bring the uncertainty that businesses are facing to a conclusion. That is why it is absolutely right that we do everything we can to find a way through to achieving a majority in this House that delivers on Brexit and that does it in an orderly way so that we give certainty to those businesses.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Lady for her question, particularly given the state of her throat and voice. As we have indicated, we are obviously looking at establishing a more formal forum in which it is possible to bring people together. We have been listening to business, of course, and we have been talking and listening to trade unions and civil society, but we are looking at a more formal way of doing that. Arrangements for that will be set out in due course.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend and thank the commuters from Chislehurst for the comments that have been brought into the House. That is absolutely right. I think that people recognise the importance of compromise and recognise the importance of working this through, finding a solution, and getting it done.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend has made a very interesting and important suggestion, and I will certainly look very carefully at it. It is important that Members of this House have as much information as possible when they are making decisions on these matters, and certainly the voice of business will be an important part of that.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I was happy to have a discussion with the hon. Lady last week. I think that in her question she referenced the need that constituents feel to be able to move on from this situation. I just say to her gently that I do not think that holding a second referendum would enable people to move on—it would create further division.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman gives examples of when it is important for people who disagree to come together and talk. That is exactly what I am doing with the Opposition at the moment. As I have said before, one of the reasons I think a second referendum would be divisive is that many people think they voted for a conclusion in the first referendum and would lose their trust in politicians if we fail to deliver on that.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Immigration
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very happy to echo the hon. Lady’s comment. EU citizens make a valuable contribution to our society and our economy. We are the better for the contribution that they make. That is why the Government have been clear in guaranteeing and protecting the rights of those EU citizens. We are one community and we should move forward as one community.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right to identify the uncertainties that businesses face and the actions they have taken in the face of those uncertainties. I hope businesses will see that by reaching out to the Opposition, the Government are genuinely trying to find a way through this, and to do so within a timescale that gives businesses that certainty as soon as possible.
European Council — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for his sentiments. I am sure everybody across the whole House is looking forward to the opportunity to take some time to reflect on the issues we are dealing with in this House and to do that away from this Chamber. I will certainly pass on his request to the Chief Whip.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Lady is disagreeing, but she said quite clearly that Mr Assange should not be subject to UK law, and that is something that should worry any British citizen, should she ever become Home Secretary.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Lady can intervene later if you allow her, Mr Speaker—that is possible. However, I want to finish my comments in response to hers The right hon. Lady also talked about the UN, as though the UN had some opinion on this issue. I am sure it was not intentional, but she was at risk of not giving quite correct information, because the UN has no view on the Assange case. I think she was actually referring to the view of a group of independent persons who decided to look at this case. They do not speak for the UN in any way whatever. It was a small group of individuals who came up with a deeply flawed opinion, suggesting that somehow Mr Assange was indefinitely detained in the UK by the British authorities. In fact, the only person responsible for Mr Assange’s detention is himself—it was entirely self-inflicted. It is astonishing that the right hon. Lady should even bring up that report and suggest that, somehow, it was a UN view or a UN report Then the right hon. Lady talked about the US request for extradition. I will not be drawn into the request for extradition; it is rightly a matter for the courts. Should the courts deem it correct and necessary at some point to send a request for extradition to me, I will consider it appropriately under our laws I note that the shadow Home Secretary, both today and in the past—and indeed the Leader of the Opposition —have defended Assange and WikiLeaks from efforts to tackle their illegal activity. They could have clarified things today for the British public; the right hon. Lady could have done that on behalf of the Opposition, but she did not. Why is it that, whenever someone has a track record of undermining the UK and our allies and the values we stand for, you can almost guarantee that the leadership of the Labour party will support those who intend to do us harm? You can always guarantee that from the party opposite.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very happy to agree with what the hon. Gentleman said. This country has a long and proud tradition of human rights. When it comes to extradition requests, wherever they may come from, it is absolutely right that the courts and the Government consider an individual’s human rights.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure my hon. Friend will appreciate that it would be inappropriate for me to refer to any accusations that may or may not be made against Mr Assange. I understand that he has talked about this issue on a number of occasions, including today, on "The World at One". He is very articulate, and I am sure that many people will have heard him.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I understand the hon. Lady’s concerns. It would be inappropriate for me to talk about any accusations that have been made, whether from Sweden or elsewhere, against Mr Assange. She may want to reflect on the words that were used by her Front-Bench colleague. On 7 December 2010 the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott) openly tweeted her support for Mr Assange. The hon. Lady might like to reflect on the leadership that she is receiving from her own Front Bench.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Matthew Robert Warman (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Sir Edward Davey) is right to praise press freedom, and I know that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is an advocate for that, but whatever the shadow Home Secretary says, is it not the case that responsible journalists do not play fast and loose with the national interest and put our people in danger?
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend, a distinguished former journalist himself, is right in what he says. Press freedom in this country is sacrosanct, but by and large people who work in the press in this country are responsible.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Immigration
Michael Jon Wood (Conservative, Centre-right): I join hon. Members in thanking my right hon. Friend for his statement and the Metropolitan police for their effective action this morning. The Ecuadorean President has indicated that Julian Assange repeatedly violated the conditions of his asylum at the embassy. Does my right hon. Friend have any further details of such violations?
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I join my hon. Friend in thanking the Metropolitan police, who for many years have done an outstanding job, for making sure that Mr Assange was arrested and presented in front of the courts. He asks me about the Ecuadorean Government. I might point his attention to the statement that President Moreno has made today in a video message. He talked about how Mr Assange was discourteous and aggressive. He made a number of accusations against Mr Assange, which were one of the reasons why the President decided, as a sovereign decision of the Ecuadorean state, to remove what they call diplomatic asylum.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Housing
Stephen Charles Kerr (Conservative, Centre-right): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would be grateful for your guidance in respect of a matter that arose earlier today at Digital, Culture, Media and Sport questions. It concerns comments you made, Mr Speaker, about the planning application in my constituency for the development of a beautiful, unspoilt part of countryside at Park of Keir Mr Speaker, you rightly take every opportunity to praise Judy Murray, who I know you fully respect and admire, and you rightly identified her as one of the sponsors of the proposed Park of Keir development. How can I make it clear for the record that there is a substantial body of opinion in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan among my constituents who want there to be a legacy for Andy and Jamie Murray in the Stirling area but do not want this piece of glorious countryside to be developed for that or any other purpose?
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman has found his own salvation, and he has done so with very good grace and an admirable sense of humour in relation to what is a serious matter. He is doing his constituency duty as he judges it right Look, I completely respect the fact that there are different points of view about the matter. I did express public support for Judy Murray and Park of Keir some considerable time ago, and I reiterated it. The hon. Gentleman has made his own point in his own way, and I recognise immediately that he also speaks for many other people. He has put that on the record in a perfectly proper way, and I think we can both honourably leave it there.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Well—this is usually used pejoratively, but I say it in a non-pejorative sense—the right hon. Gentleman has opportunistically taken the chance to raise a point of order in the full knowledge of the presence of the Home Secretary. The Home Secretary is not obliged to respond, but he looks as though he wishes to do so.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Perhaps I could be forgiven for saying, in the gentlest and most understated of spirits, that having known the right hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning) for a good many years, the sooner that interdepartmental co-operation is brought to a successful conclusion, the better. If that is not the case, I think I can confidently predict that the right hon. Gentleman, quite properly, will go on and on and on about the matter.
Arrest of Julian Assange — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Or a bloodhound. Okay, we have pursued this matter to destruction for now. I am glad the House is in a good spirit Bill Presented Legal Tender (Scottish Banknotes) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Mr Alistair Carmichael presented a Bill to make provision about the acceptance of Scottish banknotes throughout the United Kingdom; to oblige businesses and companies to accept Scottish banknotes as payment; and for connected purposes Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 379). Adjournment (Easter) Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 25) That this House, at its rising today, do adjourn until Tuesday 23 April 2019.—(Wendy Morton.) Question agreed to.
Backbench Business — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): On account of the urgent question and the number of statements, I think the House ought collectively to be informed that a judgment was made at a much earlier stage today by the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee, in consultation with debate sponsors, that the Back-Bench debate on the definition of Islamophobia, in the name of the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), was an extremely important debate that deserved a proper allocation of time and should therefore be rescheduled. I think that would be seemly and respectful.
Loan Charge — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): We now come to the resumed debate, which was sadly interrupted by the rather well-publicised leak last week, on the motion on the introduction of the 2019 loan charge. Justin Madders had just concluded his oration when the debate was suspended last Thursday—something I am sure all colleagues recall very keenly—therefore I think I am right in saying that the next person to speak in this debate is Mr Stephen Metcalfe.
Loan Charge — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Stephen James Metcalfe (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. All the correspondence I have had has been phrased in very reasonable terms. People want to do the right thing, but they feel under a huge amount of pressure.
Loan Charge — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
William Grant (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend agree that, for some caught up in the loan charge, their circumstances may be the result of unfortunate omissions in, for example, professional advice or, indeed, HMRC advice, rather than a deliberate act on their part. For that reason, clemency and reasonableness should be applied by HMRC.
Loan Charge — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Oliver Heald (Conservative, Centre-right): On giving latitude, does my hon. Friend agree that these cases vary quite considerably? In some cases, it may be about allowing more time for people to pay; in others, it may be about looking at the detail of the debt and whether there is other evidence to suggest it should be less; and in some cases, it is a question of giving latitude on how many years HMRC goes back.
Loan Charge — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stephen James Metcalfe (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. and learned Friend makes some good points, and I am aware that the Government have set out some of the mitigating measures they want to put in place. I am sure we all welcome those measures, but there is a need for both a pause and a full and proper review of what is being proposed to see whether we are acting in a way that would be considered to be natural justice.
Loan Charge — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stephen James Metcalfe (Conservative, Centre-right): I want to continue. In failing to act back in 2012, when it had the opportunity—and surely the duty—to do so, HMRC denied my constituent the opportunity to depart the arrangements and seek an alternative solution for his payroll needs.
Loan Charge — House of Commons, 2019-04-11
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. Before the hon. Gentleman answers that point, I should explain to the House that we have less than 50 minutes left for this debate, for obvious reasons. He finds himself in the difficult position of being the opening speaker, as it were, and therefore he has been required to take a lot of interventions because people have short points that they want to make, but of course this debate had the bulk of its time last week, and I know from what people have told me that what they actually want to hear is the Minister’s reply to the many questions that were asked last week, and will be asked this week. There will therefore be a very short time limit on speeches—probably two minutes. The hon. Gentleman has been very generous in taking interventions, and I am sure he wants to finish the points that he would like to make. I have no objection to his taking further interventions, as long as the House realises that that will be the bulk of the debate.