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European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
George Edward Howarth (Labour, Centre-left): Order. In the brief time for which I have been in the Chair, I have noted that some of the interventions seem to be getting excessively long. I remind Members that interventions should be confined to a single point, and a short one at that.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Helen Catherine Goodman (Labour, Centre-left): I have not thought about that in as much detail as the hon. Gentleman, but it will be interesting to see what the Minister says when he responds to the debate from the Dispatch Box tonight As I was saying, we should have proper, structured scrutiny, and I am disappointed that we do not have slightly longer to consider all these matters in more detail.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
George Edward Howarth (Labour, Centre-left): Order. I am anxious to get in as many of the people who have sat throughout the debate as possible. There is no time limit and I am not going to impose one, but if those who remain take five minutes, or preferably fewer, it might be possible to get everyone in.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): I have a lot of respect for how the right hon. Lady has conducted herself during the debate, but her criticisms of our Front-Bench team, particularly the shadow Brexit Ministers, are particularly unfair. In any case, her criticism of our Front-Bench team would carry more weight if she was clearer about which voting Lobby she is going to be walking through on several crucial issues. It is all very well taking to the airways and speaking in the newspapers about the fight she will put up on these issues, but she has to put her vote where her mouth is.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
George Edward Howarth (Labour, Centre-left): I call Jim Shannon. Before he starts, may I say that there is one more Member to be accommodated in the time available? I realise that time is tight, but if he could be brief that would be helpful.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Matthew Thomas Pennycook (Labour, Centre-left): I will be very brief. I am pleased that the Minister has recognised the thoughtfulness of new clause 3 and other new clauses and amendments, and I note his intention to keep the House well informed. It is deeply disappointing that he has resisted new clause 3, however, so we seek to test the will of the Committee on the matter Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher Michael Leslie (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Ms Engel. I seek your guidance on how right hon. and hon. Members can divide on some of these incredibly crucial issues. The knife in proceedings has curtailed not just debate but our opportunity to vote on such incredibly important matters as the European arrest warrant and the single market. What can be done? Why could we not have more votes on these new clauses?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): Before I answer the hon. Gentleman’s point of order, I should say that any further points of order will bite into the next group of amendments The Chairs, the Temporary Chairs and the Clerks spent a long time looking at every amendment in detail over three days, and we decided that we would put the lead new clause to a Division today and then move on to the second group. I also just want to take this opportunity to say that the Committee will vote on the issue of EU nationals on Wednesday. It is not for the Chair to explain why a decision has been taken. It has been taken, and there will be no explanation of it.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): Order. On that note, unless there are any new points of order, I think that we should move on. It is important that we allow as much time as possible to debate the next group of amendments.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Stephen John Doughty (Labour, Centre-left): Further to that point of order, Ms Engel. I simply seek clarification of something you said a few moments ago about the selection of the lead amendment to vote on in each case. Is it the case that in respect of all the groups of amendments we are going to debate over the next three days, only the lead amendment will be voted on? If so, I think it would be of great concern to all members of the Committee.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): Further to that point of order, Ms Engel. On that last point, we have to answer to our constituents. Many of them will not understand why many of the amendments that have been tabled, in which they are deeply interested, have not been chosen tonight in a very open or democratic manner.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Jenny Chapman (Labour, Centre-left): I agree that it is difficult. [Laughter.] I do not think it is funny, but it is difficult. Our amendment does not require consensus, and if the right hon. Gentleman reads it closely, he will see that it has been very carefully worded. The fact that consensus is not easy does not mean that we should not at least try.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Jenny Chapman (Labour, Centre-left): I have given way a few times already. I shall make a bit of progress, and then I will be happy to give way again It is true that, as the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) pointed out, consensus may not be possible, but it is deeply desirable, and probably in the national interest. Although competing priorities may ultimately prevent it from being achieved, we really ought to try.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Jenny Chapman (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman needs to read the new clause a bit more carefully. It is clearly not a wrecking new clause. Nothing that it desires cannot be achieved. The fact that consensus may not be possible—although we have not even tried—does not mean that the interests of the people of Scotland ought to be ignored.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Jenny Chapman (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend is right. I am in danger of reading out my speech before I reach the part in question, but I can say that Wales has succeeded in reaching something close to a cross-party consensus.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Jenny Chapman (Labour, Centre-left): I want to say more about the issue of Wales. The Government owe it to the people of Wales, Scotland—[Hon. Members: "Alex is being helpful."] Alex is being helpful, I am told. I will give way to him.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Immigration
Ian Murray (Labour, Centre-left): I say gently to the right hon. Gentleman that his Government’s pushing through the programme motion means that we cannot have a full debate on these issues. Whether it is a beautifully worded clause or a badly worded clause, EU nationals should be given the right to stay by this Government today, and we should be fighting to make sure that UK nationals living in the EU have their rights, too. The Government could do that now and, if they did, we would not need to press these new clauses.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Civil Rights
Seema Malhotra-Saluja (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. I look forward to discussing this matter further in my remarks later, but perhaps I could raise a point with him. I am sure he will appreciate, as I do, the paucity of quality debate about the referendum, which remains an issue. We need to engage people in the discussion over the next two years. We should not reach the end of the negotiation period with people saying they are as ill-informed at the end as they were at the start.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Ms Engel. The right hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper) has been speaking for 22 minutes. Charming as he is, it seems that he has been filibustering the House, as he did in the previous debate, to prevent honest debate and opinion from being expressed this evening. What is going on?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): As the hon. Gentleman is aware, there are no time limits at this stage of a Bill. There is a limited amount of time available, as the right hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper) knows. He has spoken at great length and he spoke at great length on the previous group. I have been listening very carefully and he has remained in order and spoken to the amendments and new clauses. There is nothing out of order in what he has said, but perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will be aware of the mood of the Committee.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Civil Rights
Rosalie Winterton (Labour, Centre-left): Does my hon. Friend agree that it would be very appropriate if the Minister tonight confirmed that the Government are not going to leave the European convention on human rights and the Council of Europe, because there are strong feelings on both sides of the House about that and about leaving our place in the world somewhat exposed? It is important that the Minister gives an undertaking on that tonight.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Albert Owen (Labour, Centre-left): I, too, will be supporting the hon. Gentleman’s new clause 158 in the Lobby this evening if a vote is called. I would also have supported new clause 157. He is making an important point. Does he agree that the Joint Ministerial Committee would be a vehicle for the Welsh First Minister, on behalf of the Welsh Assembly, to make that case and hold the Government to account?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Madeleine Moon (Labour, Centre-left): Last week, I asked about guarantees about tariffs, specifically that there be no tariffs on Ford engines built in my constituency and exported out of Wales. I was told that there was no guarantee but that there was a commitment. Is a commitment good enough for Wales? Is it good enough for the United Kingdom given that we are now £1.8 trillion in debt—a national debt that is growing by more than £5,000 a second?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Immigration
Seema Malhotra-Saluja (Labour, Centre-left): I will make some progress, because we have only a few moments left and other Members wish to speak Yesterday in my constituency, I held a roundtable with people who voted leave and those who voted remain, from people in their 20s to those in their 80s. It was a useful discussion that engaged people in the choices and dilemmas ahead. They said why they voted leave or remain. Their reasons included the commitment of £350 million for the NHS, housing and immigration, particularly opening up immigration from non-EU countries, including Commonwealth countries. Many felt that they did not understand the implications of Brexit, nor what the risks might be.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Order. I ask the hon. and learned Lady to take her seat. I have been very kind in bringing in the SNP, and I ask that she not take advantage of the time—[Interruption.] Order. I wanted to share the time, so I hope that she is coming to an end, so that we can get one more speaker in, as I promised I would do by allowing her to speak.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): As the occupant of the Chair, I have the right to make decisions in this Committee. [Interruption.] Just a moment. I rightly wanted to bring in the hon. and learned Lady, which I did. When the SNP Whip comes and asks me to give a couple of minutes to ensure that the SNP has another voice, which I did, I certainly do not expect advantages to be taken of the Chair on the agreement that I met. That is the issue. Sit down.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Order. Calm down, Mr Wishart. This is a very serious matter. It is so serious that I want to hear what the Minister has to say in response to the debate. It is very serious and I want to hear it.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Order. Tempers are running quite high. We need to calm it down. In fairness, I have been very generous in coming into the Chair—[Interruption.] Mr Wishart, we do not need any extra help for the moment. Let me say that I want to hear, and Mr Salmond would expect to hear, what the Minister has to say in response to the opening speeches. I believe Mr Salmond would have wanted answers. The fact is that this Committee wants to hear what the Minister has to say. The last thing I wanted to do was to take up time dealing with points of order. In the end, if we do that, we will not hear from the Minister. I understand that you, Mr Salmond, may have used some unparliamentary language to me, but I am sure that you are not that kind of person and I am sure you did not do so.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): I assumed my place in the Chair, and I have tried to ensure that a second SNP voice was heard, and we were listening to that. That is what I agreed to, and that is what I have done. In fairness, I think the SNP has done better than it was going to otherwise, in which case, let us hear what the Minister has to say.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Ian Murray (Labour, Centre-left): I am delighted that the Minister has been able to give way. I wonder whether he and other Ministers will take it on board that Members who tabled amendments in all good faith have not even been able to speak to them because of the programme motion tabled by the Government. The Government have been forced kicking and screaming by the Supreme Court to the Chamber to present the Bill. It is about time that they thought again, and gave us more time for debate
Counter-Daesh Update — House of Commons, 2017-07-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
George Edward Howarth (Labour, Centre-left): I welcome the statement, and I agree with the Secretary of State that an important element of progress is countering the violent extremist ideology of Daesh and others. Does he agree that one of the most eloquent ways of doing that is demonstrating, through the reconstruction of Mosul and Raqqa and the establishment of law and order and security for the people who live there, that there are better systems of governing than those provided by ISIL?
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2017-07-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think that in a moment the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will be presented. It has already been online on the parliamentary website for the last hour and a half. This is a complete breach of the Standing Orders of the House: the convention is that it is presented to the House before it is presented to anybody else. Also, we cannot get a copy of it in the Vote Office, but we can get a copy of it online. I hope that there will be an investigation into this matter.
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2017-07-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Grahame Mark Morris (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your advice on an issue that was debated in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 5 July —namely, the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign. The debate was very well attended, and the resolution to accept the motion was rejected. Given that we have no Opposition day debates and no opportunity for Back-Bench business debates before the recess, would it be possible to have a deferred Division on this question so that Members can have a recorded vote on it?
Passchendaele — House of Commons, 2017-07-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
John Woodcock (Labour, Centre-left): Is the Minister troubled, as I am, by the inherent tension within the nation’s commemorative programme for the first world war between the need to remember the sacrifice of previous generations and the desire to instil in current generations the need for patriotism and potential sacrifice in defence of our values? The dreadful, needless mass loss of life in the first world war was perhaps different from the second world war.
Polling Stations: ID Requirements — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Bridget Maeve Phillipson (Labour, Centre-left): The Electoral Commission has recommended that an accessible proof of identity scheme should be developed and implemented for polling stations across Great Britain. However, the commission has also recognised the potential implications for electors who do not have access to the prescribed identification documents and costed options for introducing identification requirements.
Polling Stations: ID Requirements — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Julie Elliott (Labour, Centre-left): I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. What steps is the Electoral Commission taking to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable in society are not disproportionately affected by the requirement to show ID at polling stations?
Polling Stations: ID Requirements — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Bridget Maeve Phillipson (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend is right to raise that concern, because some groups will be less likely than the general population to hold certain forms of photo ID. The commission estimates that approximately 3.5 million electors in Great Britain are without suitable ID and would therefore need to obtain an alternative form of identification. It is for that reason that the commission has recommended that electors in that position should be able to apply for identification free of charge, as they can in Northern Ireland.
Polling Stations: ID Requirements — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Bridget Maeve Phillipson (Labour, Centre-left): The Electoral Commission will consider all evidence, and I will relay the hon. Gentleman’s comments to it. It is clear that recent public opinion shows that 82% believe that voting at polling stations is safe. That will be kept under review. It will be for the Government to make recommendations to the Electoral Commission about how that can be improved.
Polling Stations: ID Requirements — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend correctly identified the 3.5 million people who do not have the photographic ID required. Does she agree that the Government are completely short-sighted by ruling out a voluntary voter card scheme that would assist those very people?
Bishops’ Report on Human Sexuality — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Questions: What discussions she has had with Church leaders on the vote by the General Synod to reject the bishops’ report on human sexuality; and if she will make a statement.
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (Labour, Centre-left): Was it not very significant that it was the clergy, who are in the frontline of providing pastoral care to their parishioners, who voted down the bishops’ paper? Is it not increasingly untenable for our Church, which enjoys significant privileges in this country because of its established status, to continue to discriminate against its own members simply because they happen to be gay?
Bishops’ Report on Human Sexuality — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Questions: What discussions she has had with Church leaders on the vote by the General Synod to reject the bishops’ report on human sexuality; and if she will make a statement.
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): But discretion is not always good in the Church, is it? Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, has been barred from becoming a bishop in the Church in Wales, which I know is separate from the Church of England, because the other bishops have refused to do what they have done in every other case—accept what the members of the local diocese have wanted.
International Women’s Day — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Natascha Engel (Labour, Centre-left): Order. Before I call the Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, I must inform Members that there will be a time limit of five minutes on other Back-Bench contributions and that, if there are too many interventions, that will have to be reduced.
International Women’s Day — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Civil Rights
Jessica Rose Phillips (Labour, Centre-left): I shall be incredibly brief. I thank the Backbench Business Committee—I am thanking myself—for allowing us to have the debate. I thank everybody who spoke in today’s debate with much passion and consensus One of the names I had to read out today was that of Jo Cox, my friend and colleague. Her voice should always be heard in this place, so I shall let her have the last word. When Jo Cox was asked what sort of feminist she was, with the idea that we are all terribly divided, and that "I’m this sort of feminist, you’re that sort of feminist", her answer was, "a massive one" Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House welcomes International Women’s Day as an important occasion to recognise the achievements of women; and calls on the Government to join in this international event and pledge its commitment to gender parity.
International Women’s Day — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Other
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. This week, the hon. Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg) was in my constituency. To his credit, he informed me that he was going to be in my constituency for a Conservative fundraiser. I offered to go with him, but he rejected my advances. Today I opened my local paper, the Camden New Journal, to read that he had described the "pygmy" nature of the Opposition. Do you, Mr Deputy Speaker, think it was appropriate for him to use the term "pygmy" when he was in the constituency of the shortest MP in Parliament? I await your guidance.
International Women’s Day — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman is normally a very courteous Member, and he did give notice. I know the hon. Lady will have a quiet word in his ear, but knowing the Member I am sure there was no intent. If there was, she will need to come back to me.
Welsh Affairs — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): We now come to the Backbench Business debate on Welsh Affairs. I remind hon. Members that the debate is very oversubscribed. If we can try to start off with five-minute speeches, I will try to give everybody equal time. If there are interventions, I will have to drop that straight away.