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:00:00. > :00:00.misgivings about the route we are about to go down but we must respect

:00:00. > :00:09.the wishes of the people and bring forward a bill to support it. I

:00:10. > :00:14.campaigned and voted to remain but will accept the result of the

:00:15. > :00:19.referendum -- the referendum. It does not mean I am voting to give

:00:20. > :00:23.the government a free ride to pursue a right-wing hard Brexit. It is our

:00:24. > :00:29.responsibility to show how divisions can be healed. We need to speak not

:00:30. > :00:35.only of process but of what sort of country we want the UK to be. How we

:00:36. > :00:40.build new relationships with countries across the world. We must

:00:41. > :00:46.watch and scrutinise and that is not about whether we leave the EU but

:00:47. > :00:50.how do. The referendum was an emphatic shout of enough by those

:00:51. > :00:55.who feel left behind by globalisation, who have had enough

:00:56. > :01:00.of being politically and socially excluded, powerless with nobody

:01:01. > :01:03.listening to them on issues such as immigration, and the referendum was

:01:04. > :01:07.an opportunity for many of them to take decisive action in the hope of

:01:08. > :01:14.bringing change. We must now listen to that. The change in my view must

:01:15. > :01:19.begin by ending the categorisation of some leave falters as not knowing

:01:20. > :01:22.what they are doing. That only serves to deepen the cars running

:01:23. > :01:28.through the UK and we must take time to understand the pain and anger of

:01:29. > :01:33.such people. I say to the government what we also must do is hear the

:01:34. > :01:43.legitimate concerns of the 40% of people who bought of remain, not

:01:44. > :01:48.just brushing them off as remoaners and attempting to brush off the will

:01:49. > :01:52.of the people. We are one country and the stark divisions of the

:01:53. > :01:56.referendum must be allowed to heal and this must start with the common

:01:57. > :02:00.narrative from the government that the Brexit negotiations will strive

:02:01. > :02:04.to get the best deal for everyone, not just those who voted to leave.

:02:05. > :02:11.That is why the amendment process is so crucial. They set out a vision

:02:12. > :02:17.and one that we in the Labour Party and others want to see, and we must

:02:18. > :02:21.find a way through that process. After we have left the EU,

:02:22. > :02:26.globalisation will not cease to exist and neither will the refugee

:02:27. > :02:30.crisis and the threat of terrorism or the lack of funding for the NHS

:02:31. > :02:36.or the pervasive inequality which exists in the UK, and Brexit must

:02:37. > :02:41.seek to address those in a liberal and inclusive way, in a way that

:02:42. > :02:44.supports jobs and tackles any quality and is based on building a

:02:45. > :02:51.new consensus here in Britain on immigration. It must include the

:02:52. > :02:55.protection of workers' rights and guarantees of legal rights for EU

:02:56. > :03:02.nationals living in Britain. That plan must be progressive, united by

:03:03. > :03:06.a common principle of respect, tolerance and open-mindedness, and

:03:07. > :03:10.in that we hope can overcome despair and a brighter future for all seems

:03:11. > :03:17.possible, even if not as part of the EU. I have listened to this debate

:03:18. > :03:20.for the last couple of days and I can quite understand why

:03:21. > :03:25.constituents feel we coming out of the European Union tonight. That we

:03:26. > :03:29.are voting on that tonight. We not. The bill is a simple and

:03:30. > :03:35.straightforward matter that simply puts us back where we believe the

:03:36. > :03:40.situation was prior to the Supreme Court judgment. That is all the bill

:03:41. > :03:48.does. I disagree with those who tell me that the referendum was only

:03:49. > :03:53.advisory. In our manifesto we said explicitly that we would accept the

:03:54. > :03:59.result of the referendum whatever it was. The referendum effectively

:04:00. > :04:03.ceased to be advisory at that point. How voting against giving the Prime

:04:04. > :04:09.Minister permission to start article 50 negotiations would comply with

:04:10. > :04:14.that nobody has ever said. Or indeed how we could ever be trusted again

:04:15. > :04:19.in taking democratic decisions in the interests of the people. Those

:04:20. > :04:26.like me who voted to remain need to accept that we lost the argument.

:04:27. > :04:29.That we lost the vote. I am not throwing in the towel, unlike the

:04:30. > :04:36.Right Honourable member for North East Bedfordshire. I am responding

:04:37. > :04:40.to this by doing all that I can to work on the aspects that are key to

:04:41. > :04:44.me to take that forward and that includes for example the meeting

:04:45. > :04:48.that we had this morning with the Justice select committee when we had

:04:49. > :04:56.yet another session with leading lawyers about what we need to carry

:04:57. > :05:01.foreword in the justice system. Here in parliament, in both houses of

:05:02. > :05:06.parliament, since the beginning of this discussion, we have already had

:05:07. > :05:10.some 60 hours of discussion about the EU and our leaving in it. 60

:05:11. > :05:18.hours of debate that have taken place already. And which the front

:05:19. > :05:23.bench I know has listened to. I would like to comment on two things

:05:24. > :05:28.quickly. One is the term hard Brexit is one of the laziest forms of

:05:29. > :05:35.journalism I have ever heard and it is a great shame it is being used

:05:36. > :05:42.unless house. Maintaining the Common travel area with Ireland, the rights

:05:43. > :05:45.of EU nationals, protecting workers' rights, the best place for science

:05:46. > :05:48.and innovation, how that can possibly be called a hard Brexit I

:05:49. > :06:01.don't know, but there is one issue I would like some confidence on from

:06:02. > :06:04.ministers and that is the case of Euratom. I heard what the Secretary

:06:05. > :06:07.of State said yesterday but I would like some assurance because they

:06:08. > :06:12.were negotiating in good faith and then the suddenly a card.

:06:13. > :06:21.There has been a lot of Sturm and drying over this debate and I tried

:06:22. > :06:26.to reflect what I feel as an individual about this and I have to

:06:27. > :06:31.say I have a sense of disbelief, despair at the decision that is

:06:32. > :06:35.about to be made, and significant doubt in the abilities of those

:06:36. > :06:38.people who seek to give voice to my constituents that they will go

:06:39. > :06:48.anyway for word in meeting their needs. In Edinburgh West, 71% of my

:06:49. > :06:52.constituents voted to remain, and I would like to make clear the

:06:53. > :06:58.reasoned amendment today in the name of the SNP is backed by many of my

:06:59. > :07:02.constituents, the vast majority of which voted against independence in

:07:03. > :07:08.our independence referendum, and many of them are not SNP supporters,

:07:09. > :07:13.and to a man and to a woman they are writing to me to say that if this

:07:14. > :07:18.goes ahead I am firmly in favour of taking the next steps to protect my

:07:19. > :07:23.business, to protect my child who wants to go through the Erasmus

:07:24. > :07:28.University scheme, to protect my ability to travel, work and live

:07:29. > :07:35.freely within Europe. It is quite fundamental in Scotland. How

:07:36. > :07:42.strongly we feel about this matter. I would like to finish by noting it

:07:43. > :07:45.is not just about the economics. The economics incidentally is the vast

:07:46. > :07:52.collective madness, to step away from this matter, but the philosophy

:07:53. > :07:58.of Europe, the philosophy of Europe as a unifier, as a collective

:07:59. > :08:07.unifier to protect against the sort of madness and rhetoric we hear from

:08:08. > :08:12.Tromp, racist, misogynistic, protectionist, that also is a

:08:13. > :08:18.fundamental from me. So I feel disbelief and with every breath in

:08:19. > :08:20.my body I will make sure that Scotland can continue to access the

:08:21. > :08:31.single market. Thank you. Mr Speaker, may I start my speech by

:08:32. > :08:37.congratulating my honourable friend and neighbour although not at her

:08:38. > :08:41.place for fantastic maiden speech, bodes very well for the future of

:08:42. > :08:47.Lincolnshire. I am going to be short and to the point. In the 20 15th

:08:48. > :08:49.general election my conservative colleagues and I stood on a

:08:50. > :08:57.manifesto pledge that we would let the British people decide whether to

:08:58. > :09:01.stay in or leave the European Union, and that we would honour the result

:09:02. > :09:05.of the referendum whatever the outcome. We won the general election

:09:06. > :09:11.and we kept our promise on holding the referendum. We must therefore

:09:12. > :09:14.keep our promise on honouring the result of the referendum and it is

:09:15. > :09:17.on that basis that I will be voting with the government tonight to

:09:18. > :09:28.trigger article 50. Thank you. I am fortunate that my personal loan

:09:29. > :09:32.and strongly held views align with the three quarters of my

:09:33. > :09:36.constituents aborted to remain. I will therefore be voting against the

:09:37. > :09:43.triggering of article 50 by whatever that someone is able to do it. Royal

:09:44. > :09:46.prerogative, prime ministerial deck tap, whatever, I am against it in my

:09:47. > :09:53.constituents have against it and I will not be moved from that. Let me

:09:54. > :09:57.tell you why it is so strong. Both sides of my family suffered in the

:09:58. > :10:06.waters of the last century. It was my grandfather and my mother's said

:10:07. > :10:09.that formed my views. He was a keen and competitive race walker and I

:10:10. > :10:14.grew up surrounded by his trophies. When he moved to Chingford who used

:10:15. > :10:19.to walk home at weekends, 50 miles each way, but that was before the

:10:20. > :10:25.First World War. Like many other brave young men he stood knee deep

:10:26. > :10:31.in trenches for months, he at least came home but the gangrene meant he

:10:32. > :10:35.lost one leg. A few decades later another war, this time my father

:10:36. > :10:43.born in Austria, forced to flee Vienna when the Nat sees marched in.

:10:44. > :10:49.He came to Britain and was made welcome for which we are eternally

:10:50. > :10:51.grateful. The reason I am passionate about the European Union is because

:10:52. > :10:58.of the party has played in keeping fractious concert -- continent from

:10:59. > :11:03.falling out. I know some will see it was not EU but Nato, but it was

:11:04. > :11:06.borne out of the desire to stop war in Europe and that is no doubt in my

:11:07. > :11:11.mind that having a political framework to resolve differences has

:11:12. > :11:15.made a kludge contribution to keeping the peace. My generation is

:11:16. > :11:24.privileged. We have not, most of us, had to go to war. I fully understand

:11:25. > :11:29.his personal circumstance, his passion, but would you not agree

:11:30. > :11:32.that the European currency has done more to divide Europe by

:11:33. > :11:37.impoverishing Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece and that's a long as that

:11:38. > :11:42.continues that is likely to be further division.

:11:43. > :11:48.I do not agree. I think our continent is much more united than

:11:49. > :11:53.it was when we were at war. How quickly we have forgotten how this

:11:54. > :11:56.was achieved. When the world is such an uncertain place, this is not the

:11:57. > :12:03.moment to turn away from my European home. Lured to take a huge gamble in

:12:04. > :12:07.getting a deal with the most reckless and unreliable American

:12:08. > :12:12.president any bus have known. There is much would like to say on these

:12:13. > :12:16.issues, which would like to say about Cambridge and the threat to

:12:17. > :12:21.are universities. I associate myself with many of the comments made by

:12:22. > :12:29.honourable friends on my site, particularly with the EU nationals

:12:30. > :12:31.around Cambridge whose future is uncertain and whose future could

:12:32. > :12:36.have been assured of the government had moved more swiftly. And the

:12:37. > :12:44.damage it will do to our country of those people start to leave. It

:12:45. > :12:47.troubles me a lot. Last week, out of the blue, the government announced

:12:48. > :12:52.they wanted to pull out of the European nuclear agency, which

:12:53. > :12:57.appeared to happen without discussion or consultation with the

:12:58. > :13:01.industry, without apparent thought to the wider consequences. There are

:13:02. > :13:08.so many other things. The threat to our environmental protections, our

:13:09. > :13:12.rights at work, data and privacy rights, our sciences sector. Three

:13:13. > :13:16.quarters of people in Cambridge voted to remain. I came into

:13:17. > :13:20.Parliament to represent their views. They put their trust in me and I

:13:21. > :13:24.will not betray that. There is a real risk the government will lead a

:13:25. > :13:28.retreat to turn Britain into an isolated island. The United States

:13:29. > :13:33.is building a wall. At such a time we must be brave and go on to make

:13:34. > :13:37.the case that retreat, isolation and walls do not a modern world make.

:13:38. > :13:40.The European Union is far from perfect but we should be working to

:13:41. > :13:47.make it better, not weakening it at a dangerous time.

:13:48. > :13:51.This notification of withdrawal from the European Union second reading is

:13:52. > :13:57.a long debate, and yet the bill is very succinct and rightly so.

:13:58. > :14:07.Therefore, I think it is incumbent upon me, Mr Speaker, to be concise

:14:08. > :14:10.in my remarks. In the run-up to the referendum on our membership of the

:14:11. > :14:16.European Union last June, the government published, at the cost of

:14:17. > :14:20.little over ?9 million from memory, a booklet that went to virtually

:14:21. > :14:24.every household in the UK. It explained the reasons why they felt

:14:25. > :14:31.it was best for us to remain members of the EU. In that booklet, it also

:14:32. > :14:36.said, however, that whatever decision the British people decide,

:14:37. > :14:43.we will implement. It is therefore, Mr Speaker, I believe, our duty to

:14:44. > :14:50.ensure that we pass this legislation tonight without delaying or

:14:51. > :14:54.Amendments designed to wreck this legislation, to ensure that the

:14:55. > :15:01.Prime Minister has the authority to start that official, formal

:15:02. > :15:04.withdrawal process. So that this parliament, once again, can exercise

:15:05. > :15:09.its sovereignty and rightly holding the Godman to account, to ensure

:15:10. > :15:13.that we get the best possible deal as we leave the European Union and

:15:14. > :15:24.as we once again broaden our horizons as global Britain.

:15:25. > :15:32.I rise to speak in this debate as a European. I was born a European. And

:15:33. > :15:36.those who supported the Brexit cause told us that if we left the European

:15:37. > :15:44.Union, we would be no less European. And I say this to them. I will hold

:15:45. > :15:47.them at their word. Now I don't believe, Mr Speaker, that this

:15:48. > :15:54.referendum was our finest democratic moment. I also disagree with the

:15:55. > :15:57.Brexiteers on that. As many of my constituents have raised, there are

:15:58. > :16:02.serious concerns about the referendum. But this debate is not

:16:03. > :16:07.about that any more. It is the beginning of the most important

:16:08. > :16:12.question our country faces in a generation. And we must rapidly move

:16:13. > :16:18.on from the process that we have heard discussed, and onto substance.

:16:19. > :16:25.And I want to say several things about that. Firstly, on immigration.

:16:26. > :16:29.To those who say, we proudly talk of the metropolitan areas in our

:16:30. > :16:31.country where immigration is no problem and disparage those areas

:16:32. > :16:37.that feel strongly about immigration, I would say that that

:16:38. > :16:41.is not the right way. We need to understand that all parts of our

:16:42. > :16:46.country have benefited from immigration. That all British people

:16:47. > :16:51.are tolerant and respectful of others. And that those are the best

:16:52. > :16:55.of British values. And that the Prime Minister is wrong in designing

:16:56. > :17:01.and economic policy entirely around shutting down immigration. And let

:17:02. > :17:06.me say very briefly, Mr Speaker, Y. Economic division in our country is

:17:07. > :17:10.both the cause and will be the consequence of Brexit. It is the

:17:11. > :17:15.fact that we have an economy designed with London, like

:17:16. > :17:18.Singapore, charging ahead, and the Northern regions of England held

:17:19. > :17:22.back like Eastern Europe, that people feel left out and that

:17:23. > :17:27.economic division comes because power is hoarded here in this city.

:17:28. > :17:32.And people in the North feel like they have not had enough of a saver

:17:33. > :17:36.too long and they voted to leave as a result. The answer must be to

:17:37. > :17:41.restore that power and balance. The answer must be, never again to hoard

:17:42. > :17:47.power here but to have a truly federal Britain. In my maiden

:17:48. > :17:51.speech, Mr Speaker, I said that Wirral was an internationally minded

:17:52. > :17:56.and cultured place. It was then and it is now. To those in our country

:17:57. > :17:59.who have been shocked, horrified, disgraced, embarrassed, ashamed by

:18:00. > :18:04.the racism and xenophobia we have seen, I say this. Those are not our

:18:05. > :18:12.values. That is not my country and we move on from that point with

:18:13. > :18:17.those values at our heart. The manifesto I stood in 2015 not

:18:18. > :18:21.only promised a referendum on Europe but also stated that we will honour

:18:22. > :18:24.the result of the referendum whatever the outcome. And I

:18:25. > :18:27.committed during the referendum campaign that I would personally

:18:28. > :18:32.respect the result even if it was decided by just one individual vote.

:18:33. > :18:38.In the end the difference was more than one vote. 72% of the population

:18:39. > :18:42.turned out and that showed how seriously the British public took

:18:43. > :18:46.the task of deciding their future. In my constituency, the turnout was

:18:47. > :18:52.more than 80%. Contrast this with 58% who turned out in the recent US

:18:53. > :18:55.presidential election, an election with huge consequences for the USA

:18:56. > :19:01.and the world, and yet one in which nearly 100 million Americans could

:19:02. > :19:05.not turn out and vote. The referendum was not a consultation

:19:06. > :19:09.bottom instruction. Today I will do my duty and vote to trigger Article

:19:10. > :19:14.50. And then the work really begins. If we use the analogy of a flight,

:19:15. > :19:18.we have boarded the plane and we're leaving Europe. But while we know

:19:19. > :19:24.the general direction, we do not yet know the destination. Some

:19:25. > :19:28.passengers believe we are heading for some kind of tropical paradise.

:19:29. > :19:32.Some believe we are heading to some icy wasteland. But locally, we do

:19:33. > :19:38.have a pilot who has a clear flight path. And I suspect that after

:19:39. > :19:41.flying around for a while, we will not land on an icy wasteland, we

:19:42. > :19:44.will not land on a tropical paradise, but we will land somewhere

:19:45. > :19:49.quite familiar to where we originally began. While I don't wish

:19:50. > :19:54.to belittle the great challenge we have ahead of us, the fact is the

:19:55. > :19:59.British economy is strong, resilient and dynamic. I never from one minute

:20:00. > :20:02.believe that by leaving the EU the sky was falling. But different

:20:03. > :20:06.segments of our economy will inevitably be impacted in different

:20:07. > :20:10.ways by Brexit. Some obviously benefit. Some will be is the

:20:11. > :20:15.struggle. And all are impacted to some degree by uncertainty. So we

:20:16. > :20:18.must work hard and quickly to reduce that uncertainty and we must provide

:20:19. > :20:23.every support and comfort to those sectors of the economy that we know

:20:24. > :20:26.are at most risk from Brexit. And we must listen to people with deep

:20:27. > :20:31.knowledge and expertise in sectors that are perhaps not well

:20:32. > :20:34.represented in this place. Yet faced some particularly context

:20:35. > :20:39.challengers were Brexit. Such is the aviation industry, digital and

:20:40. > :20:42.creative, and those sectors where there is no clear WTO alternative. I

:20:43. > :20:50.encourage the Godman to continuing gauging with industry and experts.

:20:51. > :20:53.-- the government. I look forward to holding the government to account to

:20:54. > :20:59.ensure the government delivers a successful deal that helps Britain

:21:00. > :21:04.and secures my children's future. I intend to vote in favour of

:21:05. > :21:08.activating Article 50 tonight out of respect for the result of the

:21:09. > :21:12.referendum despite the flaws and the deceit of the Leave campaign. But I

:21:13. > :21:19.will write no blank cheques to anyone, least of all this

:21:20. > :21:22.government. I resent -- reject the assertion of the result of the

:21:23. > :21:29.referendum is the will of the people. It is not. It is a result of

:21:30. > :21:34.a slim majority. It is deeply troubling. Everyone on this side of

:21:35. > :21:39.the house recognises the growing inequality in our country, the

:21:40. > :21:42.growing pub -- pressure on public services, competition from low paid

:21:43. > :21:48.jobs and economic and social transformation. I certainly don't

:21:49. > :21:51.understand how a harder Brexit and low regulation Singapore Britain is

:21:52. > :21:55.the answer to these concerns. It will destroy jobs, destroying

:21:56. > :21:59.employers, destroy public finances and make it more difficult to

:22:00. > :22:01.address the social and economic challenges we recognise. We need a

:22:02. > :22:06.vision of Britain closely integrated with our European partners and the

:22:07. > :22:11.European market we are closely situated to. Our manufacturers,

:22:12. > :22:14.service centres, creative industries, universities are hugely

:22:15. > :22:19.dependent on those markets and on European skills. If we walk away

:22:20. > :22:23.from Europe out of petty malice, we will be cutting off her nose to

:22:24. > :22:27.spite our face. We will be cutting hope and opportunity throughout the

:22:28. > :22:30.land. That is the antithesis of what I believe those driving forward the

:22:31. > :22:39.gum and agenda which. Quite apart from threatening a low tax,... That

:22:40. > :22:43.is precisely the kind of UK they want to achieve. Free from what they

:22:44. > :22:49.see as the constraints of employment rights and environmental protection.

:22:50. > :22:53.They want a UK with low corporate tax, no protection for people at

:22:54. > :22:57.work and minimal public services. They have taken people's's

:22:58. > :23:02.understandable concerns about immigration and anger over bad

:23:03. > :23:07.employers bringing in cheap imported labour to drive down pay rates. And

:23:08. > :23:10.they have driven through their own vision which ironically and

:23:11. > :23:13.tragically would end up most hurting the people most concerned about the

:23:14. > :23:16.current arrangements. They are so desperate for a trade deal with the

:23:17. > :23:22.United States, we go capping hand to the racist president because we need

:23:23. > :23:25.is good favour to get a trade deal. At the same time we're alienating

:23:26. > :23:29.all other countries who want a recently shared our values of

:23:30. > :23:34.decency, tolerance and respect. So tonight I will respect the result of

:23:35. > :23:38.the referendum but after that, all bets are off. I will not allow good

:23:39. > :23:43.people who voted for a Leave be hoodwinked by the hard right of the

:23:44. > :23:48.Conservative Party. I will not allow a wonderful, beautiful, decent,

:23:49. > :23:52.tolerant country to be abandoned to Brexit, short of a standard we have

:23:53. > :23:57.all come to enjoy and perhaps take for granted.

:23:58. > :24:02.Like other colleagues on this side of the House, I stood in the general

:24:03. > :24:08.election on a manifesto promising a referendum and to respect the

:24:09. > :24:12.result. I campaigned hard in the referendum to stay in the European

:24:13. > :24:16.Union. It pains me greatly that my side lost. But honour and decency

:24:17. > :24:22.binds me by the Pledge I made in the referendum and I shall vote to

:24:23. > :24:26.support the government tonight. That said, it is also my duty to my

:24:27. > :24:30.constituents and the country to make sure we have the best possible

:24:31. > :24:36.outcome thereafter. In my sense that means this. In my constituency some

:24:37. > :24:39.35% of people work in the financial and professional services sector. It

:24:40. > :24:44.is one of the highest percentages anywhere in the country. It is

:24:45. > :24:48.critical that that key economic interest of the United Kingdom is

:24:49. > :24:50.central to our negotiating objectives and should not be

:24:51. > :24:54.regarded as secondary in my judgment to anything. And if we have to be

:24:55. > :24:59.prepared to make pragmatic compromise to secure the welfare of

:25:00. > :25:04.that key economic sector, we should be prepared to do so. Secondly, we

:25:05. > :25:08.should not forget the interest of our territory on Gibraltar. It

:25:09. > :25:12.doesn't have anybody else to speak for it today. I will take the

:25:13. > :25:16.liberty of doing so. They must have their economy protected and there

:25:17. > :25:21.are broader able to flow uninterrupted and free. Thirdly, we

:25:22. > :25:26.must actually make sure that Parliamentary sovereignty is now

:25:27. > :25:31.real in this case. We are acting in accordance with the process set down

:25:32. > :25:37.by our highest courts, where the judges acted in accordance with

:25:38. > :25:41.their constitutional duty and shall be accepted and commended for doing

:25:42. > :25:45.that. That means Parliament must be prepared to have a proper control of

:25:46. > :25:49.the process. I welcome the commitment to publish the white

:25:50. > :25:53.Paper. I accept the words in good faith of the Prime Minister and the

:25:54. > :25:58.Secretary of State. There are two other things we must do. It is very

:25:59. > :26:02.important that Parliament has the maximum information available to it.

:26:03. > :26:07.And in particular it will be quite wrong if Parliament at any state had

:26:08. > :26:10.less information than our European counterparts. And secondly, the

:26:11. > :26:16.pledge of a vote on the final day in both houses must be meaningful --

:26:17. > :26:22.deal. That must mean a vote before the dealers put to our European

:26:23. > :26:25.counterparties for ratification. Otherwise it would be a Hobson 's

:26:26. > :26:29.choice of little value. I hope ministers will reflect carefully on

:26:30. > :26:36.those key points as the Bill makes its progress going forward.

:26:37. > :26:41.Despite my constituency producing two enormous Brexiteers in the past,

:26:42. > :26:45.one, so Teddy Taylor, who represented South end, and Tom

:26:46. > :26:50.Harris, who led the Brexit campaign in Scotland, I had the highest

:26:51. > :26:56.Remain voting constituency in the city of Glasgow at over 70%. I get

:26:57. > :26:59.were lots of people felt they did not have a connection to the EU. I

:27:00. > :27:03.understand that. They felt like they did not have a lesion chip with it

:27:04. > :27:08.in their daily lives. -- relationship. We felt like it was

:27:09. > :27:16.something done to them, rather than inclusive. Sadly, this Brexit deal

:27:17. > :27:18.is going in the same direction. The Prime Minister has done everything

:27:19. > :27:24.she possibly could to prevent this House from having a say a vote on

:27:25. > :27:28.it. We are only here today for this to be because the Government was

:27:29. > :27:32.taken to court, which had to go on appeal and then to the Supreme

:27:33. > :27:37.Court. The Prime Minister has done everything to try and free us out --

:27:38. > :27:43.freeze out parliament and devolved administration 's. That is

:27:44. > :27:46.regrettable. This Brexit process has all the hallmarks of a hostile

:27:47. > :27:50.takeover in which the vote on the 23rd of June last year is being used

:27:51. > :27:57.to have allsorts and other issues, like the single market, the customs

:27:58. > :28:02.union alongside. That is not good enough.

:28:03. > :28:05.The honourable member has expressed some concern and confusion about the

:28:06. > :28:11.position that has been argued by the Brexiteers. Could he help alleviate

:28:12. > :28:16.my confusion on the Scottish position. That is that you want a

:28:17. > :28:23.free independent Scotland but it has to be ruled from Brussels. Can you

:28:24. > :28:28.please explain that conundrum? IMAX are not going to explain it because

:28:29. > :28:33.to such a lazy argument. -- I am actually not going to explain it. I

:28:34. > :28:38.will use my extra minute to make the arguments I wish to proceed. The

:28:39. > :28:43.Prime Minister does not have a consensus... I suggest you take that

:28:44. > :28:53.back. The Prime Minister has no consensus to proceed in the way sea,

:28:54. > :28:59.-- she suggests. Former Prime Minister that talks about a country

:29:00. > :29:01.that works for everyone, this is a Brexit negotiating process and

:29:02. > :29:06.Article 50 process that was incubated and kept that Downing

:29:07. > :29:11.Street. That will do nothing in our attempts to fight against the poison

:29:12. > :29:15.of political cynicism that is eating away at liberal democracies around

:29:16. > :29:23.the world, including this one that we serve. Mr Speaker, our position

:29:24. > :29:28.is well known as a party. The Britannic isolation that this

:29:29. > :29:31.Government seeks is something I cannot back, I will not back and

:29:32. > :29:37.they will be voting against the Government tonight.

:29:38. > :29:43.I voted remain in the referendum. Not for nostalgic or... Reasons, but

:29:44. > :29:47.a pragmatic belief that it was not the right time for us to leave.

:29:48. > :29:52.However, the point that has been sometimes overlooked is that this

:29:53. > :29:57.vote on Article 50 is different one reason. It is not our decision. We

:29:58. > :30:04.have a jetty as Democrats and Members of Parliament to enact the

:30:05. > :30:12.result of the referendum. I have not change my mind personally, but the

:30:13. > :30:17.Conservative manifesto pledge this referendum. I was proud and

:30:18. > :30:21.Parliament to vote for the referendum and promised voters I

:30:22. > :30:24.would honour the result. It was made abundantly clear in the referendum

:30:25. > :30:29.that it would be final without any ifs or buts. When I make a promise

:30:30. > :30:35.to my voters, I intend to keep it, no ifs or buts. This debate is less

:30:36. > :30:40.about triggering Article 50 and more about democracy. The mere suggestion

:30:41. > :30:42.we could consider riding roughshod over democracy and destroying what

:30:43. > :30:49.is left of the British public's faith in politicians is quite

:30:50. > :30:51.frankly absurd. Yes, we can all think of loopholes and justification

:30:52. > :30:56.is to rationalise voting against the referendum result but surely it is a

:30:57. > :30:59.sad state when it comes to this. Isn't it patronising to claim that

:31:00. > :31:04.people really did not understand what they were voting for? Mr

:31:05. > :31:09.Speaker, it is also important we do not distort the meaning of this

:31:10. > :31:14.debate. This vote should not be turned into a pro-or anti

:31:15. > :31:16.immigration board. It is simply a recognition that the Government

:31:17. > :31:21.voted in part for a desire to take that control. There has been a lot

:31:22. > :31:26.of talk in this debate about immigration and the end to free

:31:27. > :31:28.movement. Members of spoken of cultural and economic benefits of

:31:29. > :31:33.immigration and I echo this message wholeheartedly. But I seriously

:31:34. > :31:39.question whether economic be achieved by European immigration. It

:31:40. > :31:41.disadvantages those from other Commonwealths and the wider world

:31:42. > :31:46.who my opinion have the same right and opportunity as those living in

:31:47. > :31:52.Europe. It bound our hands and gave us no chance to make our immigration

:31:53. > :31:56.system link to our skills. It saddens me some members have used

:31:57. > :32:02.this debate had a stop that. Let us remember and be clear not escape the

:32:03. > :32:08.public today. -- not to miss guide. This is about starting the process.

:32:09. > :32:14.We can spend weeks about what we could change and what we can, but we

:32:15. > :32:17.have a duty today. Our economy and businesses need certainty. The last

:32:18. > :32:23.thing we need is another referendum speculation. Now is the time to get

:32:24. > :32:26.on with the job, work on and get the best deal for Britain. We have a

:32:27. > :32:33.duty to honour the result, a promise to keep and we need to show the

:32:34. > :32:38.British public we can lesson and we are not superior to the people. --

:32:39. > :32:45.we can listen. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I respect the views of any

:32:46. > :32:50.member in this House voting with a conscience. I have contempt for

:32:51. > :33:03.people voting out of self-interest and self-preservation. I think the

:33:04. > :33:06.Government can argue they have a mandate to take people out of the

:33:07. > :33:13.EU, but not out of the single market. We are being asked to hand

:33:14. > :33:15.over complete control of the process to a Prime Minister and Foreign

:33:16. > :33:18.Secretary that between them, could not handover a dinner invitation

:33:19. > :33:23.without creating a major international event. The Government

:33:24. > :33:28.if anything has a mandate to keep us in the single market. That was what

:33:29. > :33:31.was in the 2015 election manifesto. They don't like being reminded about

:33:32. > :33:37.it but that was a mandate given by the people. As recently as the 24th

:33:38. > :33:40.of October 2016, the Prime Minister said, I want the best possible deal

:33:41. > :33:45.with the maximum opportunities for British businesses to operate within

:33:46. > :33:49.the single market. For goods and services. The fact that as recently

:33:50. > :33:56.as October the Primus awarded to stay in, at the very least, she

:33:57. > :34:02.could tell us that nonmembership of the single market is too big to be

:34:03. > :34:09.dealt with with just a single debate in this House. Some MPs have been

:34:10. > :34:12.subject to and -- unfair pressure. The one you can tell someone they

:34:13. > :34:17.have been undemocratic by exercising a vote. I have had that as well. I

:34:18. > :34:20.have had an e-mail darkly hinting at the number of my constituency

:34:21. > :34:22.wanting to leave, threatening me with potential deselection if I

:34:23. > :34:37.dared to vote against the Government tonight. It did cross my mind that,

:34:38. > :34:41.pension wise, you get out much better deal from losing for

:34:42. > :34:47.retirement. I might decide to stand as a Labour candidate after I

:34:48. > :34:51.retire. The Secretary of State concluded his speech yesterday by

:34:52. > :34:56.asking us to trust the people. What I have heard from the Tory benches

:34:57. > :34:59.today is much more than that. I have heard that the abolition of the

:35:00. > :35:07.sovereignty of Parliament, they have finally accepted the people are

:35:08. > :35:12.sovereign. There are four different sovereignties representative. The

:35:13. > :35:18.solitary of my pupils are six to 2% wanted to stay in. We put forward a

:35:19. > :35:23.compromise that respects those who want to leave and remain. And

:35:24. > :35:29.respects the issues of the 55% in 2014. If we are forced to choose

:35:30. > :35:36.between the 55% and 62% to want to remain in the EU, the party opposite

:35:37. > :35:39.might get a matter surprise indeed. I campaigned on voted to leave the

:35:40. > :35:47.European Union. It was in line with the butter -- alias I represent,

:35:48. > :35:51.Bolton and Wigan, will the overwhelming view was to leave the

:35:52. > :35:56.EU. It was an incredibly important referendum and I am disappointed

:35:57. > :36:00.that sometimes people think we should never have had the referendum

:36:01. > :36:05.in the first place. It was absolutely vital that we did because

:36:06. > :36:09.when there is a transfer of power, it is for the people to approve,

:36:10. > :36:12.even if retrospectively that transfer, that fast transfer of

:36:13. > :36:18.power from Westminster to Brussels comes up. It is almost like the SNP

:36:19. > :36:22.taking Scotland out of the UK without a referendum of the Liberal

:36:23. > :36:26.Democrats changing our voting system without approval of the people. We

:36:27. > :36:39.had to have this referendum to approve where we were, with those

:36:40. > :36:41.transfers to the European Union. Dissatisfaction with the European

:36:42. > :36:47.Union seemed to grow proportionally with the powers handed over to the

:36:48. > :36:50.European Union. We could all see, whether you wanted to remain or

:36:51. > :36:56.leave the EU, we could all see reform was absolutely vital. David

:36:57. > :37:05.Cameron, in his speech, set out a fantastic vision for the EU. What is

:37:06. > :37:08.this it -- his visit to Brussels whittled away that vision until

:37:09. > :37:12.almost nothing was left. That was a proposal put to the British people.

:37:13. > :37:20.Either we leave or we have this almost nonexistent reform of the EU.

:37:21. > :37:26.It seems now that the campaign is to ensure that the Bloomberg vision is

:37:27. > :37:31.almost resurrected in terms of the soft Brexit that people keep talking

:37:32. > :37:36.about. This is the vision already rejected by the EU. During the

:37:37. > :37:44.campaign, and both sides, there were problems. There was misleading

:37:45. > :37:51.information. That ?350 million figure about the NHS is somewhat

:37:52. > :37:55.overstated. In a general election, we look at the policies developed

:37:56. > :37:58.over months and years. We look at the performance of the Government

:37:59. > :38:03.and arguments from the opposition. We have years to decide and make up

:38:04. > :38:06.our mind for the general election. The British people had 40 years to

:38:07. > :38:10.make up their mind when looking at the European Union. It was not about

:38:11. > :38:17.the last few weeks of the referendum campaign. It was about her

:38:18. > :38:21.experience in the EU. That is by the people rejected it. Not because of

:38:22. > :38:24.the few debatable arguments from one side or another. So I am looking

:38:25. > :38:34.forward this evening to voting in favour of the bill and supporting

:38:35. > :38:40.her leaving of the European Union. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Since the

:38:41. > :38:43.vote, there has been a shadow cast across the country. The decision for

:38:44. > :38:48.the UK to leave the European Union has played heavily on us all. It has

:38:49. > :38:57.invited communities, families and put Google parties. -- political

:38:58. > :39:01.parties. I campaigned for us to remain in the EU not because I feel

:39:02. > :39:06.it is perfect. I don't want to see the UK closes doors and shut itself

:39:07. > :39:11.the rest of the world. I want to work with European neighbours to

:39:12. > :39:14.find common solutions to problems every country is facing. From a

:39:15. > :39:19.rapidly ageing population and the impact on health care, pension

:39:20. > :39:25.system, to the quality needed action we have today to tackle climate

:39:26. > :39:28.change and terrorism. My constituents voted 66% in favour of

:39:29. > :39:35.leaving the year and I respect that decision. Some of those voted to

:39:36. > :39:37.leave the EU because of concerns over immigration and feels this was

:39:38. > :39:42.negatively impacting on jobs and local services. Some voted out

:39:43. > :39:46.because they thought it meant more money for the NHS. For some, this

:39:47. > :39:49.was an opportunity not just a registered discontent with the EU,

:39:50. > :39:54.but also the direction this country is travelling in as a whole. Well

:39:55. > :39:58.globalisation has brought wealth and economic growth, it has left many

:39:59. > :40:01.people behind. In Burnley, people have seen manufacturing jobs

:40:02. > :40:06.decline, wages stagnate and bankers pay themselves millions of pounds in

:40:07. > :40:10.bonuses. They have been told consistently by this Government the

:40:11. > :40:15.UK's fastest-growing economy in the G7 but they do not see their growth.

:40:16. > :40:18.They do not see more job opportunities or wage increases.

:40:19. > :40:24.They find things getting harder. Because I respect my constituents

:40:25. > :40:30.and democratic process, I will vote to trigger Article 50. But I will

:40:31. > :40:34.not vote blindly for the Brexit deal that leaves my constituents worse

:40:35. > :40:38.off. The deal reached must protect jobs. That means we have to access

:40:39. > :40:43.the single market. 5000 people in Burnley work in manufacturing. Many

:40:44. > :40:48.of the biggest employers are European and it is vital these jobs

:40:49. > :40:53.are protected. Workers' rights must be protected. I am out past Labour

:40:54. > :41:01.governments have championed workers Mark -- workers' rights. Burnley has

:41:02. > :41:07.relied on vital EU funding that helps us expand. This investment has

:41:08. > :41:11.to be replaced. The circumstances were not of my making but I believe

:41:12. > :41:15.we must seize the moment and work together to our very best to achieve

:41:16. > :41:18.a deal to serve the interests of all our people. In so doing, we have to

:41:19. > :41:28.heal the divisions in our country. It's a pleasure to follow the

:41:29. > :41:33.honourable member for Bromley. I very much chime with her words of

:41:34. > :41:39.healing division and working for the will of the people. -- Burnley. This

:41:40. > :41:43.is quite clearly an historic moment. The results of not only decades of

:41:44. > :41:50.campaigning in this House but outside. It is also the result of a

:41:51. > :41:52.decision by the people of the UK. It is perfectly reasonable and

:41:53. > :41:56.perfectly rational that people should hold the view that we

:41:57. > :42:00.shouldn't go ahead and free ourselves from Brussels, but to try

:42:01. > :42:05.to frustrate the decision by 20 shall be referendum result was in

:42:06. > :42:08.some way illegitimate or incomplete, so that others can impose their view

:42:09. > :42:15.of what ought to have happened isn't really the ticket. No one voted

:42:16. > :42:20.thinking, I will vote Leave because I'm pretty sure we will still remain

:42:21. > :42:24.a member of the single market so it will be OK. No one said, I will vote

:42:25. > :42:30.Leave because I'm pretty sure Parliament won't bowled to trigger

:42:31. > :42:33.Article 50. -- vote. I'll vote Leave because I'm pretty sure that when

:42:34. > :42:39.the final dealers put the parliament they will reject it. People voted

:42:40. > :42:43.Leave because they wanted to leave. The two district councils which make

:42:44. > :42:48.most of my constituency voted to leave by 13,000 votes. And they

:42:49. > :42:55.voted to leave because they wanted to leave. That means triggering

:42:56. > :43:03.Article 50. In their judgment, the Supreme Court made clear that once

:43:04. > :43:06.given, Article 50 notice cannot be withdrawn. Therefore when this House

:43:07. > :43:11.makes the decision on the final deal, when the choices put, it is

:43:12. > :43:16.only to approve the deal. Our choices thereafter will be to

:43:17. > :43:20.approve the deal, seek renegotiation or exit the EU with no deal. There

:43:21. > :43:23.will be no option of remaining within the EU. This is the simple

:43:24. > :43:31.choice. And we have a very short Bill, although we have a lot of long

:43:32. > :43:34.amendments. Parliament can perfectly well contented itself with very

:43:35. > :43:41.brief legislation and as many members of this House will know,

:43:42. > :43:46.length need not equate to quality. But the PM's speech at Lancaster

:43:47. > :43:49.House was the exception to that rule, setting out the 12 areas of

:43:50. > :43:58.work the government will seek to address. The next two years imposes

:43:59. > :44:03.an obligation on members of this House to heal the divisions and help

:44:04. > :44:07.shape the negotiations, and ensure that our future relationship with

:44:08. > :44:11.the EU emerges in a way that reflects an open, tolerant spirit of

:44:12. > :44:17.exchange and accord without political control. And that we

:44:18. > :44:25.should believe in the future just as the country did on June the 23rd

:44:26. > :44:29.last year. Yesterday the Secretary of State

:44:30. > :44:32.finished his speech by saying, for many years there has been a creeping

:44:33. > :44:36.sense in this country that politicians say one thing and do

:44:37. > :44:40.another. No I'm not sure which country he was talking about,

:44:41. > :44:45.because the UK is a country of more than a smack a union of more than

:44:46. > :44:49.one country. Insofar as the country of Scotland is concerned, the sense

:44:50. > :44:53.that sometimes politicians say one thing and do another is more than a

:44:54. > :45:01.creeping sense, it's a well founded and widespread concern and it

:45:02. > :45:04.relates in particular to the party opposite, their Prime Minister and

:45:05. > :45:09.their leader in Scotland. At the end of tonight we will be voting on an

:45:10. > :45:15.SNP Amendment. I welcome the support further amendment. That amendment is

:45:16. > :45:18.in part designed to ensure that the party opposite delivers on promises

:45:19. > :45:24.made by politicians to the people of Scotland during the 2014

:45:25. > :45:28.Independence Referendum. Promises that were made by Ruth Davidson such

:45:29. > :45:33.as voting to remain in the United Kingdom was a guarantee of our EU

:45:34. > :45:38.citizenship, and promises made that Scotland was an equal partner in the

:45:39. > :45:40.union. Listening to the debate yesterday you could be forgiven for

:45:41. > :45:45.thinking that Scotland is seen as an unwelcome distraction from the main

:45:46. > :45:51.event. The message seems to be, get back in your box and know your

:45:52. > :45:54.place. Gone are the love bombs and they are replaced with instructions

:45:55. > :46:07.to sit down and shot and put or put it. -- shut up. What happened in

:46:08. > :46:10.2014 was that the question of Scotland's future membership of the

:46:11. > :46:19.European Union was central to the Independence Referendum. The SNP and

:46:20. > :46:25.the wider yes campaign warned a no vote was a threat to Scotland's

:46:26. > :46:33.injured trade links. We said it was a threat to our membership of Europe

:46:34. > :46:39.because of Tory Euroscepticism. I'd like to ask the honourable and

:46:40. > :46:42.Leonard Lady if she agrees with me that there has been much

:46:43. > :46:48.misreporting of the recent Supreme Court decision. While the

:46:49. > :46:52.established that Scotland need not be consulted legally, there was no

:46:53. > :46:57.requirement that Scotland should not be consulted constitutionally. Yes

:46:58. > :47:03.indeed. My honourable friend is absolutely right. The Supreme Court

:47:04. > :47:07.said, and I quote, the civil convention has an important role in

:47:08. > :47:11.facilitating harmonious relationships between the UK

:47:12. > :47:15.Parliament and devolved legislatures. The policing of its

:47:16. > :47:18.scope does not lie within the constitutional remit of the

:47:19. > :47:25.judiciary. Basically, it is up to the politicians. When we in the SNP

:47:26. > :47:29.warned that staying in the UK was a threat to our EU membership, the no

:47:30. > :47:35.campaign said we were scaremongering. Ruth Davidson said

:47:36. > :47:42.no means we stay in the EU. The Lib Dems, Labour said to us that voting

:47:43. > :47:45.to remain part of the UK guaranteed our EU membership. The question for

:47:46. > :47:50.the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems is this. What are they

:47:51. > :47:52.going to do to deliver on the promises they made during the

:47:53. > :48:00.Independence Referendum? What are they going to do to protect and

:48:01. > :48:05.guaranteed that EU citizenship which they told us was guaranteed by

:48:06. > :48:09.voting to remain in the UK? The Scottish government, unlike others,

:48:10. > :48:15.has produced this document, a place in Europe. It has a detailed plan.

:48:16. > :48:18.It is a plan which we heard from the Prime Minister's on lips today is

:48:19. > :48:21.possible, because it is possible to have a soft and open border between

:48:22. > :48:28.a country that is in the single market and a country that isn't. So

:48:29. > :48:33.the question is for all people in this House, Labour, Lib Dem and

:48:34. > :48:37.Tory, what are you going to do to deliver on the promises he made to

:48:38. > :48:46.the people of Scotland? Or are you just going to sit there and admit

:48:47. > :48:50.those promises were lies? This is a historic debate. I was

:48:51. > :48:55.here during the Maastricht debates 25 years ago. It has been a long

:48:56. > :49:02.campaign. The British people voted by a margin of 1.35 million to leave

:49:03. > :49:05.the European Union. Two thirds of the constituencies in this country

:49:06. > :49:10.voted to leave the European Union. And whilst I respect all my

:49:11. > :49:16.constituents who voted to remain, and The Cotswolds voted very

:49:17. > :49:21.narrowly to remain, 51% to 49%, I totally reject the Liberal Democrats

:49:22. > :49:25.assertion that I cannot represent my constituents who voted to remain.

:49:26. > :49:29.The British people have regained the sovereignty of this Parliament. We

:49:30. > :49:33.will no longer be subject to the directors and regulations laid down

:49:34. > :49:37.by Brussels. We will regain control of our borders. And above all, we

:49:38. > :49:42.will be able to give reassurance to the Europeans living in this country

:49:43. > :49:45.that they are welcome here, provided our European partners give

:49:46. > :49:54.reciprocal rights to them. Mr Speaker, shorn of our EU competence

:49:55. > :49:56.for trade, we will be able to regain our entrepreneurial spirit and go

:49:57. > :50:02.around the world trading openly with all nations. Some people assert the

:50:03. > :50:06.peace in Europe has been maintained by the European Union. I say the

:50:07. > :50:11.peace in Europe has been maintained by Nato. And it is absolutely right

:50:12. > :50:17.for our Prime Minister to make sure that all Nato members live by their

:50:18. > :50:21.obligations of paying 2%. Mr Speaker, we, as many people have

:50:22. > :50:27.said in this today, we will not be leaving Europe, we will be leaving

:50:28. > :50:30.the European Union, but we are still neighbours without Europeans. They

:50:31. > :50:33.will be friends. I think pragmatically we will do a deal for

:50:34. > :50:38.this country that is in the interest of all the people of this country.

:50:39. > :50:41.It is a by 's untimely complex negotiation that our colleagues on

:50:42. > :50:48.the front bench are about to start. -- it by sand time, complex

:50:49. > :50:51.negotiation. It is an opportunity to get the best deal we possibly can

:50:52. > :50:55.for this country. I'm confident when our partners look at what we have

:50:56. > :50:59.and what they have too offered to us, it would be pragmatically in

:51:00. > :51:04.their interest to make sure we do a deal that suits both partners. I

:51:05. > :51:08.simply say we will be set our relationship with Europe. It will be

:51:09. > :51:12.uneasy relationship. It would be a relationship that all part of this

:51:13. > :51:16.kingdom will be able to relate to, whether it is England, Scotland,

:51:17. > :51:22.Wales or Northern Ireland. And I simply say to our Scottish

:51:23. > :51:25.nationalist friends, in echoing Julius Caesar, beware of

:51:26. > :51:32.referendums, you cannot be certain of what the result is going to be.

:51:33. > :51:37.Mr Speaker, periodically a nation has to stand tall and say what ideas

:51:38. > :51:41.it is driven by, what values lead its sense of direction and its

:51:42. > :51:45.destiny. I am proud of all we have achieved as members of the European

:51:46. > :51:50.Union in terms of our economy, our security, but also our peace between

:51:51. > :51:54.nations, that twice in the last century have been at war. I

:51:55. > :51:58.campaigned hard for Remain but I accept the result. I will not vote

:51:59. > :52:01.against the second reading but I will not criticise others from

:52:02. > :52:06.making a different choice. I am sad that tonight we will take the first

:52:07. > :52:10.step in this House in what I believe is the wrong direction for this

:52:11. > :52:14.country. In which I was proud to be born, that has shaped me through its

:52:15. > :52:18.openness and generosity of spirit, my very firm sense of partnership

:52:19. > :52:20.with other nations and the need for internationalist politics. The

:52:21. > :52:26.responsibility now of this government has never been greater.

:52:27. > :52:31.This must not be or feel like the end of the debate. It is right that

:52:32. > :52:34.tomorrow the government will be publishing a white paper. It is

:52:35. > :52:38.wrong that we didn't have it before. It is right that we have a vote. It

:52:39. > :52:42.is wrong but it took the Supreme Court to make it happen. Voting for

:52:43. > :52:48.Article 50 today is not a blank cheque. But it must be for this

:52:49. > :52:53.House to be consulted and to bin include -- meaningfully vote on the

:52:54. > :52:58.final deal. This bill has been written to limit the ability of MPs

:52:59. > :53:01.to amend it. It is clear the views and opinions of members of this

:53:02. > :53:05.house will not be silenced. I want to make three broad point in

:53:06. > :53:08.contribution to this debate. We should not rule out membership of

:53:09. > :53:12.the single market, but instead make the case EU wide reforms of freedom

:53:13. > :53:18.of movement that can give member states greater control if they wish

:53:19. > :53:21.it. Secondly, we must engage the public. That's why I believe the

:53:22. > :53:27.Prime Minister should bring forward a national convention which includes

:53:28. > :53:30.MEPs, elected mayor 's, devolved administrations, local government,

:53:31. > :53:34.universities, higher education, civil society and others. The public

:53:35. > :53:36.were asked their view about membership of the European Union.

:53:37. > :53:42.They should be properly involved in a discussion and debate about our

:53:43. > :53:45.future. And thirdly, on the needs of our young people, they are our

:53:46. > :53:50.future and we have a stake in their success. How we conduct this debate

:53:51. > :53:55.and make decisions, the language we use and the way we build

:53:56. > :53:59.relationships between young people across borders, will be the gift

:54:00. > :54:04.would give the next generation. On the government to set priority on

:54:05. > :54:06.young people in the negotiations, retaining the rights and

:54:07. > :54:10.opportunities for young people to work, study and travel, these are

:54:11. > :54:15.free if they are under 25, so they do not become worse off than their

:54:16. > :54:19.European counterparts. Mr Speaker, the referendum was not a proud

:54:20. > :54:22.moment in our history. But there is more than one way to Brexit. There

:54:23. > :54:28.are risks and we must be open about that. But we must also have an

:54:29. > :54:35.evidenced based -- evidence -based debate. Our future depends on it. It

:54:36. > :54:42.is a pleasure to follow the Honourable lady. Like her, I

:54:43. > :54:45.campaigned for Remain. I did it passionately. I argued if we left we

:54:46. > :54:50.would miss the opportunity of being the largest country in the U -- EU

:54:51. > :54:55.that's not in the euro. But that's gone. I accept that. I would support

:54:56. > :54:59.this bill because having voted for the referendum act, one of the first

:55:00. > :55:02.pieces of legislation I voted for as a new MP, would be reneging in the

:55:03. > :55:06.most extraordinary way if I turned against that just because I

:55:07. > :55:10.campaigned on the other side. This doesn't mean I do not have concerns.

:55:11. > :55:15.There are two areas where I am worried. The first is on trade. At

:55:16. > :55:19.all costs we must avoid a game of protectionist chicken with the EU.

:55:20. > :55:23.That can happen. Particularly when we know what is going on in

:55:24. > :55:28.Washington, where we have an openly protectionist president. Be under no

:55:29. > :55:31.illusions. Not Project Fear. If protectionism breaks down on both

:55:32. > :55:34.sides of the Atlantic, we could have a severe crisis and we know where

:55:35. > :55:39.that finishes. The other point is on immigration. It is absolutely right

:55:40. > :55:45.that we cannot control immigration unless we leave the EU. But we

:55:46. > :55:49.cannot reduce the numbers, which is what the public want, unless we have

:55:50. > :55:53.a native British workforce that is willing and able and available in

:55:54. > :55:58.sufficient numbers to step into the breach if the immigration shutters

:55:59. > :56:01.come down. And the select committee which I recently joined, we have

:56:02. > :56:04.held evidence sessions on this unheard from employers who are

:56:05. > :56:08.completely dependent on migrant labour. And he struggled to recruit

:56:09. > :56:12.locally, including the care sector, construction. These are vital part

:56:13. > :56:15.of our economy. We should not pretend to the British people

:56:16. > :56:19.immigration will be slashed if we leave. There is one part of it that

:56:20. > :56:29.I think it's particularly important we discuss. It is not true there are

:56:30. > :56:32.no restrictions on EU migration. You cannot come to this country as a

:56:33. > :56:39.non-skilled migrant, which includes many skilled people, if you are from

:56:40. > :56:41.outside the EU. You can only legally come in from the EU. I think we

:56:42. > :56:53.should be cost is by changing that. I do not think the British people

:56:54. > :56:59.would support and skilled migration to this country. We have to debate

:57:00. > :57:04.that and be open with it. -- unskilled migration. We have to

:57:05. > :57:11.support the will of the people. We are Democrats. Do it in an open and

:57:12. > :57:19.United Way. The National interest is served by maximum unity. I give way

:57:20. > :57:21.to my honourable friend. I thank my honourable friend and son-in-law

:57:22. > :57:28.forgiving way. I want to endorse what he has said. It is possible, on

:57:29. > :57:36.this very divisive and complex issue, it is possible, not only in

:57:37. > :57:40.the same family and party, to have different views. And yet look

:57:41. > :57:44.forward to being united to support the best possible future for our

:57:45. > :57:50.country. The local paper did speculate on this matter. When asked

:57:51. > :57:59.about my wife's views, I said, she is my father-in-law's daughter. On

:58:00. > :58:03.the morning after the referendum... Not just biologically, in spirit,

:58:04. > :58:07.obviously. I bought her a bottle of champagne and congratulated her. She

:58:08. > :58:11.was on the winning side. We have to unite unsure winning spirit in

:58:12. > :58:15.negotiations with Europe. We have to have a deal in the interests as

:58:16. > :58:20.well. That is why it is about openness, free trade and a positive

:58:21. > :58:23.Brexit. We can all get behind that and we should all get behind it and

:58:24. > :58:30.we do that by voting for this bill tonight. Thank you. When I

:58:31. > :58:36.campaigned as one of a fairly Billy God minority in the Labour Party in

:58:37. > :58:41.the 1970s to join the EU, little did I think that in many years hence I

:58:42. > :58:48.would be standing up today to vote in favour of triggering the

:58:49. > :58:53.negotiations for our exit. But I am. It is against all my instincts and

:58:54. > :58:59.preference for an international way of delivering a business and it is

:59:00. > :59:05.also against the economic logic which says that a large and

:59:06. > :59:08.uniformly regulated market is a prerequisite for the fast-growing

:59:09. > :59:15.economy and the benefits that accrue from it. But I am going to,

:59:16. > :59:19.basically for three reasons. The first is the democratic argument

:59:20. > :59:23.that has been articulated by many. There is a lack of faith in

:59:24. > :59:32.Parliament and democratic institutions. For Parliament and

:59:33. > :59:35.politicians to win an election on a promise of a referendum, to hold a

:59:36. > :59:40.referendum and then to actually not implement the result of that

:59:41. > :59:50.referendum has profound implications in terms of faith in our democratic

:59:51. > :59:53.system. I also believe that, given the complexities and difficulties of

:59:54. > :59:58.the negotiations that we are going to be confronted with, the public

:59:59. > :00:05.will expect this Parliament to do is very best to implement the will that

:00:06. > :00:13.they have expressed. What I do not want to see is conspiracy being able

:00:14. > :00:16.to blame the real problems that will arise from negotiations on the

:00:17. > :00:24.reluctance of parliament, rather than the difficult issues that they

:00:25. > :00:27.are being confronted with. I also support it because I think it is in

:00:28. > :00:32.the interests of business. A decision has been made. My

:00:33. > :00:35.discussions with businesses run along the lines of, we would prefer

:00:36. > :00:41.to remain in, but we recognise that we are coming out. What we want is

:00:42. > :00:47.certainty about the future trade relationships we're going to have.

:00:48. > :00:52.That will depend on investment decisions, recruitment decisions and

:00:53. > :00:58.until we start to negotiate and try to shape the sort of future that our

:00:59. > :01:07.businesses will be confronted with, that uncertainty will continue and

:01:08. > :01:13.it will severely affect the economy. Mr Speaker, I make it clear that in

:01:14. > :01:17.voting to trigger Article 50, I not committing myself to accept the

:01:18. > :01:21.finer outcome. I will work with others to ensure that we shaped

:01:22. > :01:25.negotiations in a way that will be beneficial. And they reserve the

:01:26. > :01:33.right to vote against it subsequently if I do not feel that

:01:34. > :01:38.is so. Thank you, Mr Speaker. My constituents have a great deal of

:01:39. > :01:43.common sense. They are intelligent and fought for. They go about their

:01:44. > :01:46.lives with incredible diligence. When people have written to me

:01:47. > :01:51.saying that they did not understand what they were voting for, I don't

:01:52. > :01:56.believe that because I know my constituents and I trust in them. We

:01:57. > :02:00.trust in them enough to put them on Julie 's -- jury duty and their

:02:01. > :02:06.trust in them enough to make a decision when exercising a vote. I

:02:07. > :02:11.also argued for, remain. I believe the Prime Minister when he said he

:02:12. > :02:18.would go to Europe and seek to negotiate a better deal for Britain.

:02:19. > :02:23.And he went out there and he went there in good faith. He played those

:02:24. > :02:29.negotiations with a straight bat, Mr Speaker. But, unfortunately, to

:02:30. > :02:33.paraphrase another speech in this House, not only did he find out when

:02:34. > :02:38.the game back here to stand at the crease that his bat had been broken,

:02:39. > :02:43.his shoes had been nicked and the stumps were hidden. He was hampered

:02:44. > :02:47.by Europe's failure to recognise that it needed reform and it needed

:02:48. > :02:55.to deal with the crucial issue of free movement. That failure to

:02:56. > :03:02.recognise the concerns that Britain and the Prime Minister was raising,

:03:03. > :03:06.I think they are great deal of responsibility in the outcome of the

:03:07. > :03:12.vote. It was a deep concern to me when I heard the member for

:03:13. > :03:15.Sheffield Hallam yesterday talking about him having it on data for the

:03:16. > :03:21.day that the Germans have offered some deal after the referendum of an

:03:22. > :03:24.emergency brake. If it was on the table and that was something that

:03:25. > :03:31.was willing to be signed up to, it was far too late to do it afterwards

:03:32. > :03:36.and after there were drastic consequences for this country. I

:03:37. > :03:40.welcome the approach of the Prime Minister and the fact that she wants

:03:41. > :03:46.to reach out globally. That we are leaving the US institutions but

:03:47. > :03:49.we're not leaving... -- EU institutions. We are members of

:03:50. > :03:54.Europe even if not members of the EU institutions. It is vital that we

:03:55. > :03:58.build on those links and continue to look outwards. That we work on

:03:59. > :04:06.cooperation in crime, terrorism and national to. And that we negotiate

:04:07. > :04:10.for the best you in terms of our economy. -- and national security.

:04:11. > :04:15.My constituents know that there was a risk to the economy. It was

:04:16. > :04:23.explained very seriously to them. As the honourable member for Haslemere

:04:24. > :04:26.suggest the -- said yesterday, those risks were understood and accepted

:04:27. > :04:31.by the British electorate when they voted out. We have to respect that

:04:32. > :04:35.decision and I will work on delivering the best outcome for my

:04:36. > :04:40.constituents. Benjamin Franklin famously said, if

:04:41. > :04:45.you fail to plan, you plan to fail. That is what this Tory Government

:04:46. > :04:48.has done over Brexit. Leaving the supposedly equal family of nations

:04:49. > :04:51.with a very stark choice. If you will indulge me, I pay tribute to

:04:52. > :04:56.Irving Welsh, Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor because I saw the train

:04:57. > :05:01.spotting sequel recently and it inspired me. Choose Brexit, choose

:05:02. > :05:07.making up numbers and plastering them on the side of buses. Choose

:05:08. > :05:13.racist and xenophobic sentiment from some corners of the league campaign.

:05:14. > :05:16.Choose hate crime, rising by over 40%, and LGBT Hate Crime Pack over

:05:17. > :05:24.150 present in England and will is following Brexit board. Choose

:05:25. > :05:29.taking to the -- people to the polls with no plan. Choose ignoring the

:05:30. > :05:31.people of Scotland and my constituents in Livingston, despite

:05:32. > :05:37.voting overwhelmingly to remain in the EU. Choose leaving the single

:05:38. > :05:44.market, risking thousands of jobs and costing the people in Scotland

:05:45. > :05:56.and average of 2000 -- ?2000 in wages. Choose vital EU workers'

:05:57. > :05:58.safety being under threat. Choose risking international standing in

:05:59. > :06:03.academic, research and innovation communities as below is access to

:06:04. > :06:13.funding, expertise and people from the EU. Choose the great Brexit

:06:14. > :06:19.power grab. Taking back control of straight on an Apple Mac. Choose

:06:20. > :06:24.returning to the Thatcher era of poverty and asperity. Choose the UK

:06:25. > :06:26.turning its back on Europe. These are not the choices be Scottish

:06:27. > :06:33.people made. Scotland chose differently. Scotland chose to look

:06:34. > :06:35.outward, to face the world and embrace the EU and all of the

:06:36. > :06:41.protections and advantages it brings. Scotland chooses life in the

:06:42. > :06:47.European Union. Not a hard Tory Brexit. This Tory Government must

:06:48. > :06:50.respect that. Mr Speaker, a member opposite quoted Churchill, saying it

:06:51. > :06:54.could well be the end of the beginning of this Brexit process. I

:06:55. > :06:57.say to the members opposite, if they do not respect the democratic will

:06:58. > :07:06.of the Scottish people to remain in the EU, it will be the beginning of

:07:07. > :07:10.the end of this disunited kingdom. This evening, I will vote to begin

:07:11. > :07:17.formal process of leaving the EU because, though I voted Remain, the

:07:18. > :07:21.referendum result was clear. In my constituency and in the country as a

:07:22. > :07:28.whole, the majority voted to leave. Had the result gone the other way,

:07:29. > :07:31.all of us who voted Remain would have expected that result to be

:07:32. > :07:34.honoured. Whether voting to remain on leave, British people voted last

:07:35. > :07:39.year in the expectation that the Government would enact that result.

:07:40. > :07:45.So we must see it through. But the referendum has shone a light on

:07:46. > :07:49.divisions in British society. The divide between those for whom life

:07:50. > :07:53.is working out, full of opportunity, and those for whom life seems to be

:07:54. > :07:58.going nowhere. If we think people are angry and divided now, just

:07:59. > :08:02.think what anger there would be if MPs rejected the referendum result,

:08:03. > :08:07.effectively killing so many voters that they had got it wrong. --

:08:08. > :08:11.effectively telling so many voters. The job of the Government is to make

:08:12. > :08:17.success of Brexit. And tackle the problems the referendum has laid

:08:18. > :08:19.bare. As a first step, we have to give the Prime Minister the school

:08:20. > :08:25.to negotiate the best possible Brexit deal. To those who asked for

:08:26. > :08:31.more than more detail at this time, in my experience they go shooting on

:08:32. > :08:35.business deals, at a much smaller scale, giving details we does not

:08:36. > :08:42.generally enable you to secure a better deal. We need to be clear,

:08:43. > :08:46.you will walk away if you do not get a good deal, as the Prime Minister

:08:47. > :08:50.has been. To those who want a second referendum to choose between a final

:08:51. > :08:55.deal and staying in, I ask them, could there be any stronger

:08:56. > :09:00.incentive for the European Union to offer us an attractive exit terms?

:09:01. > :09:08.It might be in political interests but it is not in the UK's interest.

:09:09. > :09:11.Mr Speaker, now we must get on with it and use this time of change as an

:09:12. > :09:18.opportunity to frame the sort of country we want to merge. We want to

:09:19. > :09:20.open Britain, engaging with Europe and the world, offering

:09:21. > :09:25.opportunities to all with confidence in identity and prospects. That

:09:26. > :09:31.confidence will enable people to be tolerant and welcoming. That is the

:09:32. > :09:35.task ahead. When we have one of the referendum result and enacted this

:09:36. > :09:42.bill. -- ordered the referendum result.

:09:43. > :09:46.Thank you. This is a debate, like many others, that I hoped would not

:09:47. > :09:49.take place. I campaigned to can-mac remain in the belief that it was the

:09:50. > :09:54.best way to detect jobs and stability for my constituents.

:09:55. > :09:59.However, my constituency voted with a clear margin to leave. I respect

:10:00. > :10:02.the democratic process and the views of all of my colleagues and my

:10:03. > :10:08.constituents and I will be voting for this bill tonight. Now that

:10:09. > :10:13.we're having this debate, I have to speak up and fight for the people I

:10:14. > :10:17.was elected to serve. For decades, the benefits of the EU will not

:10:18. > :10:20.sorted people. The European Parliament was shrouded in mystery,

:10:21. > :10:28.leaving a vacuum for Ukip to sell an alternative narrative of what the EU

:10:29. > :10:31.does for us. During the campaign, it felt like I was trying to share with

:10:32. > :10:35.people in a few months things we should all have been sharing with

:10:36. > :10:39.them for years. I was trying to campaign in the referendum against

:10:40. > :10:41.the backdrop of an increasingly dark and globalised world where things

:10:42. > :10:46.are constantly shifting at an alarming pace. Where intolerable

:10:47. > :10:50.cruelty has been inflicted on people because of race and a legend. Where

:10:51. > :11:00.people are being displaced and humanitarian crisis -- crises are

:11:01. > :11:04.happening. And the old answers to the world's problems are not coming

:11:05. > :11:09.from our politicians any more. The vacuum left in British politics is

:11:10. > :11:18.we MPs and party struggle to respond to this change, filled with divisive

:11:19. > :11:22.and racist rhetoric that has created an isolationist environment. It is

:11:23. > :11:28.no surprise when you throw in the mix experiences like my own dad's

:11:29. > :11:31.that many people voted out. My dad is a retired welder. He is kind,

:11:32. > :11:36.considerate and hard-working. He used to work on the shipyards with

:11:37. > :11:39.economic migrants from Europe who worked alongside him. He hated

:11:40. > :11:42.seeing them being exploited. He wanted them to have rights and he

:11:43. > :11:49.wanted them to have the same terms and conditions in paid Etihad. -- in

:11:50. > :11:53.payment that he had. But they were exploited to such a degree that you

:11:54. > :11:56.got those could be so little it was no longer agribusiness model to

:11:57. > :12:01.employ people like my dad there. In short, he lost his job.

:12:02. > :12:08.People lose faith and they become angry. No government should never

:12:09. > :12:12.underestimate what unemployment can do to people, their family, their

:12:13. > :12:17.communities, because these scars last. This referendum was a chance

:12:18. > :12:21.for people like my dad to vent their hurt. In areas like mine this

:12:22. > :12:31.referendum was last a very long time ago. For me, this bill is about just

:12:32. > :12:35.one thing. It is about process. Like many other honourable members, I

:12:36. > :12:41.began on the Brexit Road to Damascus by advocating that Britain remain in

:12:42. > :12:47.the EU. That is because I'm a pragmatist. I personally believe

:12:48. > :12:52.that on balance retaining EU membership was the safe option for

:12:53. > :12:56.Britain economically and socially. However, the collective majority of

:12:57. > :13:00.the British people, including the overwhelming majority of my own

:13:01. > :13:05.constituents, disagreed with that view and except that now we must

:13:06. > :13:10.leave. The debate on the nuts and bolts of our exit deal after another

:13:11. > :13:17.day. This bill is not about which laws to keep or abolished, or about

:13:18. > :13:22.our future trade relationships. It is not about how we share our

:13:23. > :13:25.security interests. Today is about the mechanism that will enable us to

:13:26. > :13:31.begin having these discussions and debates. Not only between ourselves

:13:32. > :13:37.in this House, but more importantly the other 27 member states. So it

:13:38. > :13:41.comes down to the core question the Secretary of State poses today in

:13:42. > :13:47.his opening speech. We trust the people or not? Whilst I've been

:13:48. > :13:50.quick to learn that we are required to take some difficult and unpopular

:13:51. > :13:54.decisions as members of Parliament which can be contrary to the views

:13:55. > :13:59.expressed by some of my constituents, on this particular

:14:00. > :14:08.issue I choose to trust the people will vote this evening.

:14:09. > :14:12.Make no mistake, we are leaving the European Union. The referendum seven

:14:13. > :14:18.months ago settled that issue. Today's vote is not about whether

:14:19. > :14:20.you have a leave Arkansas -- Laura Main constituency. This bill is

:14:21. > :14:24.about green lighting the Prime Minister and error approach to

:14:25. > :14:32.Brexit, and her approach to Parliamentary scrutiny. To a fast

:14:33. > :14:35.tracked processed avoid of any detail for triggering Article 50 in

:14:36. > :14:40.March when key European allies will have elections distracting them. To

:14:41. > :14:46.the grudging promise of a White Paper tomorrow to replace the blank

:14:47. > :14:51.paper we currently have. Those of us who campaigned for Remain know that

:14:52. > :14:54.Brexit is to happen. But how we green-lighted is a different matter.

:14:55. > :14:59.And all of us have two ask ourselves whether we are confident that as

:15:00. > :15:05.things stand, this government is going to get the best or even a good

:15:06. > :15:09.deal for our country. I cannot answer that question yes. And this

:15:10. > :15:13.bill is our only opportunity to send the Prime Minister back to the

:15:14. > :15:18.drawing board, both on the process and the purpose of negotiation. In

:15:19. > :15:22.the short time available to me there are three points that Walthamstow

:15:23. > :15:26.residents, when we met on Sunday, wanted to make clear. Because they

:15:27. > :15:30.understand there are many different ways that Brexit can happen. But

:15:31. > :15:35.they get the importance of the single market being part of the

:15:36. > :15:39.negotiations. But when 50% of goods cross borders at least twice before

:15:40. > :15:44.they hit the shop floor, what we are talking about is more red tape for

:15:45. > :15:50.British businesses. But a government that abandons the Customs Union and

:15:51. > :15:54.a common commercial policy for a form membership that doesn't even

:15:55. > :15:59.exist, puts thousands of jobs at risk. The Secretary of State himself

:16:00. > :16:04.said businesses would ensure that trade with Britain continues

:16:05. > :16:07.uninterrupted and under similar circumstances. That is clearly not

:16:08. > :16:12.the case and the British public deserve better. Walthamstow also

:16:13. > :16:20.wants rights for EU citizens confirmed, not to be used as

:16:21. > :16:25.bargaining chips. Walthamstow once their employment rights protected.

:16:26. > :16:30.The government was already talking about extending the erosion of

:16:31. > :16:34.employment rights. This is not a done deal. My neighbour yesterday,

:16:35. > :16:37.the member for Chingford and Woodford Green, said he was voting

:16:38. > :16:42.to trigger Article 50 simply because of all the mistakes of the past.

:16:43. > :16:45.While I cannot green light Article 50 tonight because of all the

:16:46. > :16:50.opportunities of the future that it puts at stake. I am a proud patriot.

:16:51. > :16:55.I am proud of my country. I want the best for my country. We can and we

:16:56. > :16:59.should be doing better. We can trigger this process now. We must

:17:00. > :17:05.rethink and go back to the drawing board for the sake of everybody we

:17:06. > :17:09.represent, whether Leave or Remain. It is quite clear that night's vote

:17:10. > :17:13.is an historic event. And I personally can did an incredible

:17:14. > :17:23.honour to be here at this time in this Parliament being able to cast

:17:24. > :17:27.my vote in this debate. People have often asked me how long I have been

:17:28. > :17:34.a Eurosceptic. I often reply, for as long as I knew what one was. Growing

:17:35. > :17:38.up in Cornwall I witnessed the impact that EU bureaucracy and

:17:39. > :17:42.regulation had on our communities. How it strangled our fishing

:17:43. > :17:46.communities. Howerd overburdened our agricultural sector with red tape

:17:47. > :17:51.and bureaucracy that meant they were not able to operate in the way that

:17:52. > :17:54.they felt best. And I personally waited for the negotiation with the

:17:55. > :17:58.former Prime Minister before deciding how I was going to cast my

:17:59. > :18:05.vote in this referendum. And it "Clear to me that despite all the

:18:06. > :18:09.rhetoric, the EU or not willing or prepared to change, that they were

:18:10. > :18:13.set on continuing because they had been on for some time. That was for

:18:14. > :18:16.me the final straw that made me decide that casting my vote to leave

:18:17. > :18:22.was the right thing to do. It was then a great relief to me when the

:18:23. > :18:27.constituency I represent also agreed with me and voted 62% to leave as

:18:28. > :18:33.well. I find it an easy position to be into night. It is not only my

:18:34. > :18:35.personal view but it is the view of the vast majority of my constituents

:18:36. > :18:43.that we should leave the European Union. Since the referendum result

:18:44. > :18:48.I'm even more convinced it was the right decision. That it the right

:18:49. > :18:54.thing to do. What I have detected is a new confidence in the country. A

:18:55. > :18:58.new positive approach, a new outward looking approach. Business people I

:18:59. > :19:00.speak to, despite the predicted doom and gloom, has said they are

:19:01. > :19:05.positive about the future and what they want is the government to take

:19:06. > :19:10.a clear lead, to set a clear direction, and I welcome the Prime

:19:11. > :19:14.Minister's approach in doing that, in setting out where we are taking

:19:15. > :19:17.our country as we negotiate to leave. And it's been quite clear

:19:18. > :19:21.that all of the predictions of Project Fear about what would happen

:19:22. > :19:27.when we decided to leave are being proved to be completely unfounded.

:19:28. > :19:31.And what we find now is companies investing in the UK and the media

:19:32. > :19:36.say, despite Brexit, they are investing here. I would like to say,

:19:37. > :19:40.just maybe it should be because of Brexit they are investing here.

:19:41. > :19:46.Because they are confident about the future of our country. Let me say

:19:47. > :19:50.that I believe to night's historic vote gives us the opportunity to

:19:51. > :19:55.start writing a new chapter for our country. Our country that has a long

:19:56. > :19:59.and great history of standing up positively and looking at the world

:20:00. > :20:03.and engaging with the world. I view to night's vote as the next step in

:20:04. > :20:08.writing a new chapter for our great nation.

:20:09. > :20:13.The European Union is a bureaucratic, cumbersome system. But

:20:14. > :20:17.it is the longest and most successful peace process the world

:20:18. > :20:20.has ever seen, transforming historic enemies into trading partners,

:20:21. > :20:25.allies and friends. It gave hope to those labouring under the yoke of

:20:26. > :20:29.communism and it has protected workers, consumers and environment,

:20:30. > :20:33.supported the Northern Ireland peace process, and driven Britain's

:20:34. > :20:39.economy, innovation and prosperity. I did not vote to hold a referendum

:20:40. > :20:44.and I campaigned to remain. People in my constituency voted to leave.

:20:45. > :20:48.My labour values, solidarity, internationalism, social justice,

:20:49. > :20:52.say something else. Because I see the Prime Minister talking about

:20:53. > :20:56.free trade but walking out on the largest free-trade area in the

:20:57. > :21:02.world. To chase an imaginary trade deal with Donald Trump. A trade deal

:21:03. > :21:06.with the USA is a distraction. The most important trade deal is the one

:21:07. > :21:14.we negotiate with the European Union. That deal determines whether

:21:15. > :21:19.a company in Wakefield faced tariffs on what they export. Or if Wakefield

:21:20. > :21:23.farmers face tariffs on the land they export to Belgium. The Prime

:21:24. > :21:27.Minister has a weak negotiating hand but she has thrown her cards on the

:21:28. > :21:31.table before the other players and even sat down, rejecting sting in

:21:32. > :21:35.the single market, worth 44% of UK experts currently go tariff free.

:21:36. > :21:40.This hard Brexit was not what Leave campaigners promised in the

:21:41. > :21:44.referendum. The UK's access to the largest free-trade area in the world

:21:45. > :21:48.will be worse after 2019. That puts thousands of British jobs at risk.

:21:49. > :21:53.An open society without discrimination is the founding

:21:54. > :22:01.pillar of our British and European identity. And since the referendum,

:22:02. > :22:06.hate crime and far-right right activity is up. My father died in

:22:07. > :22:12.October. His last vote was to remain in the EU. He came to Britain from

:22:13. > :22:17.Ireland to get an education, race 's family, work and pay his taxes.

:22:18. > :22:20.After Brexit, someone like him without a degree from eastern

:22:21. > :22:24.Europe, will face barriers to come here. I hope we are better than

:22:25. > :22:29.that. To the people of Wakefield I have always sought to act in your

:22:30. > :22:33.best interests. My duty is to make your lives better. You did not elect

:22:34. > :22:38.me to make you poorer, destroy your jobs and we Kinyor public services.

:22:39. > :22:43.My judgment as someone who has lived in Belgium and Italy and worked with

:22:44. > :22:46.entrepreneurs for seven years, as an elected Labour public servant for

:22:47. > :22:51.seven years, my judgment is this vote will make people in Wakefield

:22:52. > :22:55.poorer, will destroy jobs and businesses, remove social, consumer

:22:56. > :22:59.and environmental rights, and reduce the tax base that funds the NHS and

:23:00. > :23:04.schools and public services. History has its eyes on horse today. I can

:23:05. > :23:08.no more vote for this than I can vote against my conscience. It is

:23:09. > :23:17.against my values. I can no more vote for this than I can vote

:23:18. > :23:21.against my own DNA. My constituency voted to remain by a

:23:22. > :23:28.large margin. I voted to remain. Coming to the conclusion that I

:23:29. > :23:33.believe I should support this bill this evening has been a very

:23:34. > :23:37.difficult one to make. In 2015, I stood on the manifesto that promised

:23:38. > :23:41.a referendum. Soon after, I voted in favour of the bill to put that

:23:42. > :23:45.referendum before the British people. In December, I voted for a

:23:46. > :23:50.motion calling on the comment to invoke Article 50 by the end of

:23:51. > :23:53.March. I did so because the democratic process has been

:23:54. > :23:59.undertaken and it would be wrong of me to ignore that result. I was

:24:00. > :24:04.disappointed by the result of the referendum. But we cannot continue

:24:05. > :24:10.this indecision and uncertainty indefinitely. To vote against

:24:11. > :24:16.triggering Article 50 would prolong that uncertainty. We will leave the

:24:17. > :24:23.European Union. That much is for sure. And delaying the process,

:24:24. > :24:28.which is in effect all that that vote would achieve, can only have

:24:29. > :24:35.negative indications for our economy. Any attempt to overturn

:24:36. > :24:41.that decision would damage the reputation this country has for our

:24:42. > :24:48.democracy, which we all in this place prize so highly. In my view

:24:49. > :24:55.it's now time for this House and the nation to come together. Not only

:24:56. > :24:58.mitigating the risks of Brexit, but exploiting the opportunities. The

:24:59. > :25:02.best interests of our constituents, must be promoted and protected.

:25:03. > :25:06.Whether through trade or and industrial strategy. Warwick and

:25:07. > :25:12.Leamington is home to a thriving local economy. A superb education

:25:13. > :25:21.system. And constituents with outward looking and inclusive... I

:25:22. > :25:25.do not believe that this has or will change due to impending exit from

:25:26. > :25:35.the EU. Now is the time to set out a positive vision for the UK and

:25:36. > :25:42.turned that vision into a reality. It's an honour to speak in such an

:25:43. > :25:46.historic debate. As a passionate pro-European, a proud Londoner and

:25:47. > :25:51.someone who comes from a background in which Britain was a welcoming

:25:52. > :25:57.home to me and my family, and a constituency where almost 70% of the

:25:58. > :26:02.electorate vote to remain, it goes without saying that this is a bill

:26:03. > :26:11.that I wish I didn't have too vote on. The decision to trigger Article

:26:12. > :26:15.50 to leave the European Union today is a process that, once it begins,

:26:16. > :26:20.can't be stopped. There is no turning back. Mr Speaker, I don't

:26:21. > :26:24.agree with the Prime Minister's plan to take bus out of the single

:26:25. > :26:27.currency and the Customs Union because the effects will be

:26:28. > :26:34.dangerous and devastating to our economy. And that is well understood

:26:35. > :26:37.and well documented when it concerns the City of London and Canary Wharf,

:26:38. > :26:40.which my constituency borders on, were some 70,000 to 100,000 jobs are

:26:41. > :26:50.at risk. It is not just the jobs of

:26:51. > :26:54.financiers at the top end, it is the receptionists, caterers and all the

:26:55. > :27:03.people who serve the can-mac Wharf and all those jobs. -- who serve the

:27:04. > :27:10.city and Canary Wharf. This sector contributes around 2 million jobs in

:27:11. > :27:13.the country and loss of revenue for public expenditure. It is really

:27:14. > :27:17.important we do not throw the baby out of the bath water, which I feel

:27:18. > :27:24.this plan to leave the single market will lead to. And of course, our

:27:25. > :27:33.rights, hard-won workers' writes, women's rights and the protections

:27:34. > :27:39.of human rights which are seen and admired all over the world. These

:27:40. > :27:41.are the things we have put at risk, as well as investment in public

:27:42. > :27:46.services, because these decisions will cost early. It will be deeply

:27:47. > :27:55.problematic and damaging to our economy. Some 44% of our exports is

:27:56. > :28:01.with the EU. Even the head of the WTO indicated that if we leave and

:28:02. > :28:09.end up on WTO terms, UK consumers will lose some 9 billion. Mr

:28:10. > :28:12.Speaker, it is because of the damage that this change in move away from

:28:13. > :28:18.the single market will do to my constituents, but and down the

:28:19. > :28:21.country to our economy, and our rights, that I cannot support

:28:22. > :28:24.triggering Article 50. I do not believe it is in our national

:28:25. > :28:29.interests. I do not believe it is in our interests as a country that is

:28:30. > :28:34.supposed to be outward looking and internationalist. I do not believe

:28:35. > :28:40.it is in the interest of future generations.

:28:41. > :28:44.About 20 years ago, my own political career was launched on the back of a

:28:45. > :28:48.field referendum campaign when I and many others failed to prevent the

:28:49. > :28:52.Welsh Assembly from being set up. I am reminded very much of those days

:28:53. > :28:56.as I look at what is happening at the moment because it was a very

:28:57. > :28:59.divisive campaign in Wales. There were all sorts of promises made

:29:00. > :29:03.which I feel I've never actually been kept. It was a huge

:29:04. > :29:10.constitutional change for us. There were divisions within wheels and

:29:11. > :29:20.threats and altercations. -- within Wales. John Prescott came to Newport

:29:21. > :29:25.town centre and I don't campaign was removed from the streets. The

:29:26. > :29:30.resulting fracas made the news at ten. I won't reveal the identity of

:29:31. > :29:38.the person involved. Yes, all right then, it was me! There was a great

:29:39. > :29:42.discussion that took place and I remember it happening in Cardiff. We

:29:43. > :29:45.said only one in four people had voted for this Welsh Assembly. It

:29:46. > :29:49.went through on a much narrower margin than the referendum we have

:29:50. > :29:53.just had. What are we going to do? Some of us, and I think I was one of

:29:54. > :29:58.the diehards, said flights carry on fighting it. Let's fight it in

:29:59. > :30:01.Parliament and get out in the media, which do the whole campaign. I did

:30:02. > :30:05.not think about the courts at the time but we did have any hedge

:30:06. > :30:12.funders behind us, otherwise I might have done. There were wiser voices,

:30:13. > :30:15.such as the current climate change Minister. The Brexit Minister

:30:16. > :30:19.himself, who sits on the front bench and a such a good job for us. Like

:30:20. > :30:25.those of the Cabinet member, as he is at the moment, all of these wiser

:30:26. > :30:29.people said, we have to accept it. We don't have to admit we were wrong

:30:30. > :30:34.but we have to admit that on this occasion, the people said one thing

:30:35. > :30:36.and we have to go along it. They were so right, Mr Speaker. I was

:30:37. > :30:40.wrong to say we should have carried on fighting because, as a result, we

:30:41. > :30:44.got involved with the National Assembly advisory group Andrew at

:30:45. > :30:48.the standing orders. We drew up candidates. We are now the second

:30:49. > :30:52.party in Wales and close to becoming the first party in Wales as a result

:30:53. > :30:57.of what took place. Look at how well they have all done this year. One

:30:58. > :31:02.day, who knows as well. That is the reality we have. There were

:31:03. > :31:05.divisions during the referendum campaign but they need to end. We

:31:06. > :31:10.all agree with that. They will not end when so many people, who, for

:31:11. > :31:14.the best reasons and feel they are doing the right thing, in a

:31:15. > :31:16.minority, continue to try and fight this campaign. Stop fighting the

:31:17. > :31:20.campaign and become part of what is going to take place now. The people

:31:21. > :31:25.of this country has spoken. Of course I will give way. You honestly

:31:26. > :31:31.telling me you would have stopped fighting to come out of the EU if it

:31:32. > :31:40.had gone the other way? I can tell you now, I do not believe he would.

:31:41. > :31:46.The honourable lady is a peacemaker. She has given me a few tellings off

:31:47. > :31:49.in her time. If I try to do anything like that, I would have the

:31:50. > :31:53.honourable lady having a quiet or even not so quiet word with me

:31:54. > :31:57.putting me in my place. Because we would have had to have accepted what

:31:58. > :32:01.the people of this country said. I am saying, let's end the division.

:32:02. > :32:04.Of course we should. Look at what is happening in this political party.

:32:05. > :32:10.We were all over the place a few months ago. One thing this and that.

:32:11. > :32:15.All of us have got behind Cabinet members and our leader. That is the

:32:16. > :32:18.lesson to this country. Our Prime Minister tonight is going to reflect

:32:19. > :32:23.the will of the British people. It is about bringing power back, yes,

:32:24. > :32:26.from Brussels to the people of this country but it is about going

:32:27. > :32:29.through the lobbies and recognising that is what the people of this

:32:30. > :32:32.country once. I say to anyone thinking of not coming through with

:32:33. > :32:36.us tonight, think about the will of the British people and be part of

:32:37. > :32:40.what is going to take place. That exciting new chapter in the history

:32:41. > :32:49.of this great country. Come with us tonight, come British people.

:32:50. > :32:57.I will start by putting my cards on the table. I loathe and detest this

:32:58. > :33:02.toady Brexit. I despair that what this toady Brexit would do to my

:33:03. > :33:10.beautiful country. This is to be the hardest of Brexits with cuts and

:33:11. > :33:14.imaginable, and for what? If we were doing this for some lofty ideal,

:33:15. > :33:20.some grand purpose, like addressing global poverty and the huge issues

:33:21. > :33:25.of injustice around the world, maybe making it more palatable. But we are

:33:26. > :33:30.doing this because the UK does not like immigration. That is the cold,

:33:31. > :33:38.beating heart of this Brexit that underpins everything the --

:33:39. > :33:42.concerning our departure from the EU. It expresses ins and all other

:33:43. > :33:53.issues are merely consequential. We live anything connected -- in a

:33:54. > :34:02.connected world. With exchanges of skills and ideas. Somehow we ask to

:34:03. > :34:07.believe the myth that Brexit will take us back to a better time. I

:34:08. > :34:12.laughed out loud when I heard all this stuff about a global UK. That

:34:13. > :34:16.is the last thing possible they want to create. This is drawbridge UK

:34:17. > :34:19.they are trying to create. Look at the response from the rest of the

:34:20. > :34:24.world. When you're not laughing at us, they are taking pity on us. As

:34:25. > :34:36.the Foreign Secretary goes out of his way to insult the people we have

:34:37. > :34:43.to negotiate with... A negotiating position? It seems to be that we

:34:44. > :34:49.will indulge in for the economic self harm if we look after

:34:50. > :34:54.self-interest. Apparently, timing the UK into a deregulated tax even

:34:55. > :35:00.if the EU thinks about looking after its own interests. That will show

:35:01. > :35:04.them, won't it? It is not just the fact of leading EU concerns me, it

:35:05. > :35:12.is the new worldview that is hastily designed to accommodate this

:35:13. > :35:18.isolation. I see a Brexit Britain as a world of weird 1950s mastalgia, in

:35:19. > :35:24.reality that will feel very much like the pages of a Daily Mail

:35:25. > :35:28.editorial. People of Britain workers if you would in the early days of

:35:29. > :35:31.Ukip UK, because that is what is coming. Scotland, of course, wanted

:35:32. > :35:34.no part of this but we are to be driven off the cliff edge with the

:35:35. > :35:39.rest of the UK. What we have now those options. We have presented a

:35:40. > :35:44.plan to stop Scotland indulging in the worst of this madness. If that

:35:45. > :35:49.is not listen to, we have every right to reconsider our membership

:35:50. > :35:55.of this United Kingdom. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. When the

:35:56. > :35:59.results came through on the 24th of June, I must admit, my emotion was

:36:00. > :36:05.one of great sadness. And it continued for some time. Sadness, I

:36:06. > :36:10.think, as you honourable gentleman for Cambridge said, not just because

:36:11. > :36:13.of the economic consequences, potential or not, because I do

:36:14. > :36:16.believe in the medium to long-term this country will see a stable and

:36:17. > :36:21.prosperous economic future, but sadness because of the division that

:36:22. > :36:25.it put between ourselves and our European partners and allies. And

:36:26. > :36:28.some of those divisions that were showing up in our own country. It is

:36:29. > :36:34.absolutely vital that we come together and rebuild some of that

:36:35. > :36:39.social capital that was lost. We have to do so by building on the

:36:40. > :36:42.decision we are taking tonight. When you're taken decision, whether it is

:36:43. > :36:47.right or right or wrong or something you don't know, what you can do is

:36:48. > :36:53.ensure the next decisions you take the best possible decisions for your

:36:54. > :36:58.country. And for your people. That demands that we involve all the

:36:59. > :37:07.peoples of the UK in this, whether from Northern Ireland, England or

:37:08. > :37:10.Scotland or Wales. It demands that we immediately reassure European

:37:11. > :37:16.citizens in this country of the rights here, as we would expect

:37:17. > :37:20.other countries within the EU to assure our own citizens. That is a

:37:21. > :37:25.matter of moral decency. It is also very important that we fight hard to

:37:26. > :37:32.retain those institutions which are not part, effectively, the European

:37:33. > :37:36.Union, which we are vital, technically and in so many other

:37:37. > :37:40.ways for our general well-being and the health of our economy. Whether

:37:41. > :37:45.that is the European medicines agency or not. Another thing that is

:37:46. > :37:54.vital is that the work incredibly hard. We, selling my party, have put

:37:55. > :37:56.the country this position. It is our duty to get out there and ensure

:37:57. > :38:01.that we have the best possible arrangements. That is not just mean

:38:02. > :38:05.writing newspaper column saying how wonderful it is, that means getting

:38:06. > :38:09.out there and doing the hard work, treating people with respect,

:38:10. > :38:13.building up relationships that perhaps have been more than a little

:38:14. > :38:19.bruised over the last few months. It is also vital that this place has a

:38:20. > :38:23.decision to make. A decision to make that we have a sovereignty to make

:38:24. > :38:27.that decision over our future relationship with Europe. Not the

:38:28. > :38:31.Government, not the European Parliament on its own, but we hear.

:38:32. > :38:35.And finally, I would hope that we would conduct these debates with

:38:36. > :38:43.honesty, clarity and not with bombast. Thank you, Mr Speaker. It

:38:44. > :38:49.is an honour to speak on this debate today. Last Friday, celebrating my

:38:50. > :38:52.first 100 days as an MP, I spoke to a room of 50 dedicated activists and

:38:53. > :38:56.members of my stitches in Labour Party meeting. I am proud that we

:38:57. > :39:01.were able to talk frankly and honestly about this vote. Many spend

:39:02. > :39:06.months knocking on doors and delivering leaflets alongside my

:39:07. > :39:13.predecessor, Jo Cox, advocating that people should vote Remain. Excuse

:39:14. > :39:20.me. Whilst others in the room voted another way.

:39:21. > :39:24.I am sure that... I thank the honourable lady for the speech that

:39:25. > :39:28.she is making and I just wanted to say on behalf of the whole house

:39:29. > :39:32.that I am sure Jo Cox and her family are in our thoughts as we take this

:39:33. > :39:38.vote on the referendum tonight. Absolutely. I do appreciate that.

:39:39. > :39:42.Thank you so much. I also voted to remain. As I spoke and listened to

:39:43. > :39:47.my friends and colleagues, it was difficult and occasionally emotional

:39:48. > :39:53.as I explained why I felt it was my duty to respect democracy and vote

:39:54. > :40:00.in favour of triggering Article 50. Batley and Spen voted 63% to leave.

:40:01. > :40:08.The people have spoken. And I must listen. However painful this is now,

:40:09. > :40:18.we're leaving the European Union. It is my duty to listen to everyone.

:40:19. > :40:22.Move on from levers, remains and get the best deal for everyone. Once,

:40:23. > :40:29.Batley and Spen was a manufacturing powerhouse. But things move on and

:40:30. > :40:34.now we are celebrated for beds and biscuits. The mills are shopping

:40:35. > :40:40.centres, offices, flats or in some cases have fallen into disrepair.

:40:41. > :40:43.Jobs for life I've been replaced by the gig economy. Many of my

:40:44. > :40:46.constituents are in low pay and insecure work. People have not seen

:40:47. > :40:52.a significant improvement in standards of living for decades.

:40:53. > :41:00.Left behind by globalisation. I have no doubt financial insecurity and a

:41:01. > :41:05.sense of contributed to the leave vote. That said, what my

:41:06. > :41:09.constituents did not vote for is giving this Government a blank

:41:10. > :41:14.cheque. They did not vote for losing jobs, having your rights at work

:41:15. > :41:21.watered down. Losing maternity, paternity pay. Human rights or LGBT

:41:22. > :41:25.rights. Mr Speaker, there are also lessons to be learned from my former

:41:26. > :41:26.industry, the creative industries. They must also have their voice

:41:27. > :41:35.heard in upcoming negotiations. In evidence given to the culture

:41:36. > :41:40.media and sport director they told us the UK is the third largest

:41:41. > :41:44.supplier of films, second largest producer of television in the world

:41:45. > :41:49.and in the area of video games we are constantly at the cutting edge.

:41:50. > :41:53.The creative economy accounts for one any live-in jobs. However it is

:41:54. > :42:00.fair to seek a vote for leaving the EU was not one of the industry at

:42:01. > :42:06.large wished for. The survey ahead of the referendum fund 96%... I will

:42:07. > :42:10.give way. I thank the honourable lady for giving way. Does she agree

:42:11. > :42:15.the point she is making is the creative industries is not just

:42:16. > :42:20.about here but the places we represent and the North watch our

:42:21. > :42:24.readers in this industry? I thank my honourable member for that point and

:42:25. > :42:27.it is true one of our biggest expanding industry locally is the

:42:28. > :42:31.creative industries and he must support that at every opportunity

:42:32. > :42:34.because if we lose free movement of labour we could easily lose a

:42:35. > :42:39.pipeline of highly skilled creatives and if that happens we must develop

:42:40. > :42:44.a domestic training and education system that fills the skills gaps in

:42:45. > :42:51.that industry. However, the time to debate these details will come

:42:52. > :42:56.later. First we must vote to move this process on. Not with angry

:42:57. > :43:00.denial or blind optimism but on a mission to be vigilant about the

:43:01. > :43:07.rights of those with the least and those living here who support those

:43:08. > :43:11.in most need. Thank you, Mr Speaker, it is a

:43:12. > :43:14.pleasure to follow the member for Backley and spent and in this

:43:15. > :43:19.particular bill we have come to similar decision. In the referendum

:43:20. > :43:24.I believe the considerable short-term risks of leaving the EU

:43:25. > :43:29.outweighed the unquantifiable future benefits but I underestimated the

:43:30. > :43:33.deep mistrust of the EU. The people have decided to leave and I must

:43:34. > :43:38.respect their decision and will support this bill. The hard work now

:43:39. > :43:44.begins. For example, how do we access the benefits free trade from

:43:45. > :43:50.outside EU structures like the single market and the customs union?

:43:51. > :43:54.Some believe nothing is possible but the alternative to working for

:43:55. > :43:58.success is to hope things go badly even to Will it and to be

:43:59. > :44:05.ceaselessly critical and ultimately only achieve an ethical of the

:44:06. > :44:09.lament, we are all doomed. None of us have perfect foresight and I am

:44:10. > :44:13.absolutely confident we will have much greater success in line up

:44:14. > :44:17.future of free trade agreements and some members have suggested. The

:44:18. > :44:23.negotiations will begin soon. In my view we need an agreement that is

:44:24. > :44:27.generous to Europeans living here, enthusiastic and continuation of an

:44:28. > :44:33.academic and research cooperation and wrestled our solidarity with

:44:34. > :44:38.Europe on defence, practical ways but well coming to skills, tourists

:44:39. > :44:40.and entrepreneurs, free of the European Court of Justice but never

:44:41. > :44:46.compromising on standards of the rule of law. And ventures in

:44:47. > :44:50.pursuing our own trade deals but never underestimating the importance

:44:51. > :44:54.of free trade and easy customs clearance in all we do with Europe.

:44:55. > :44:58.That is what I hope the Government White Paper will lay out and I hope

:44:59. > :45:03.it brings out what one nation of diverse parts together, for whatever

:45:04. > :45:14.concerns about the journey we shall start positive, not cynical.

:45:15. > :45:20.I want to start by paying tribute to Gino Miller, a courageous woman who

:45:21. > :45:24.fought for our constitution. -- Gina Miller. She found herself and her

:45:25. > :45:28.family the subject of a hideous media campaign and from the public

:45:29. > :45:33.for the crime of simply being a Democrat. She prevented an

:45:34. > :45:37.ill-equipped Government overreaching itself and enforcing its own version

:45:38. > :45:43.of without the view of Parliament being heard. She acted fearlessly,

:45:44. > :45:45.without the board and parliamentarians and Democrats

:45:46. > :45:51.across the country overheard a great debt of gratitude. Honourable

:45:52. > :45:57.members will know I introduced the bill to safeguard all the workers'

:45:58. > :46:01.from the EU legislation after our withdrawal from the EU but

:46:02. > :46:08.unfortunately it was blocked and we over four I was discussion through a

:46:09. > :46:12.handed out to Bill and I do hope the Government tunes in this time. I

:46:13. > :46:16.realise they are these allocated next week to discuss amendments

:46:17. > :46:19.however there is no guarantee my amendments will be hurt so I would

:46:20. > :46:24.like to highlight the now to demonstrate the importance. People

:46:25. > :46:27.in this country deserve to know their rights at work will not be

:46:28. > :46:31.thrown away. I give way. Doesn't have what she

:46:32. > :46:35.had just made sure how outrageous it is and the fact members are not

:46:36. > :46:39.restricted to just three minutes per speech for the Government is

:46:40. > :46:44.imposing just three days for of the most important built this country

:46:45. > :46:47.has faced in our lifetimes? It is very difficult and there are

:46:48. > :46:53.lots of complex issues and many members on both sides will

:46:54. > :46:57.appreciate that -- would appreciate greater time to discuss. I would

:46:58. > :47:02.first like to say new clause nine requires the Government to produce a

:47:03. > :47:06.plan on steps to ensure you workers' rights will be maintained in UK law

:47:07. > :47:10.before withdrawal from the EU and I wonder if people see that and

:47:11. > :47:15.tomorrow's White Paper. Close ten makes provision workers' rights

:47:16. > :47:19.continue to be enforced on exit date subject to changes on the member

:47:20. > :47:25.primary legislation and the new schedule one that places and primary

:47:26. > :47:29.legislation each workers' rights EU directives because this is front and

:47:30. > :47:32.centre from the working people who are four-minute in an increasingly

:47:33. > :47:36.unstable labour market. The protections against against

:47:37. > :47:41.discrimination, paid holiday, leave for working parents. They have

:47:42. > :47:44.become accepting minimums for reasonable and followers and then

:47:45. > :47:50.weaved into the fabric of employment. On the steps of Downing

:47:51. > :47:52.Street in July the Prime Minister misrepresented those who have a job

:47:53. > :47:56.at the others have security in the job and they are the millions of

:47:57. > :48:00.agency workers in the care sector, retail industry, security industry

:48:01. > :48:03.factories and the rely on these protections to enjoy the same wages

:48:04. > :48:08.and holiday entitlement as permanent workers and in return they get equal

:48:09. > :48:12.access to facilities, vacancies and amenities. Some have been reassured

:48:13. > :48:15.by the Government of the Brexit will not undermine workers' rights but

:48:16. > :48:19.the other comments by Matt honourable friend for Walthamstow

:48:20. > :48:25.just demonstrate this is not the case. -- the earlier comments by the

:48:26. > :48:29.member for Walthamstow. If it is the case can look forward to my

:48:30. > :48:32.amendments appearing in the bill going forward. Despite being on the

:48:33. > :48:37.other side of the bit I accept the British public voted for operated

:48:38. > :48:42.but I would urge the Government to yet they did not vote for an in situ

:48:43. > :48:47.contracts or anything less than they currently have by way of protection

:48:48. > :48:50.in their jobs. -- they did not vote for insecure contracts.

:48:51. > :48:54.May I take this opportunity to sit my condolences and that of many

:48:55. > :48:59.colleagues to one of my constituents had passed away today, a great

:49:00. > :49:05.Yorkshireman, Sir Ken Morrison of Morrison Supermarkets. It is a great

:49:06. > :49:09.pleasure to follow the Honourable member for Great Grimsby and support

:49:10. > :49:15.calls for protections of workers' rights. As many as my colleagues do,

:49:16. > :49:19.too. I listened carefully to many fine speeches over the past two days

:49:20. > :49:27.and none finer than that of Mike from Rushcliffe who advocated so

:49:28. > :49:30.will of the peace and prosperity we have achieved through our EU

:49:31. > :49:40.membership. I must say I disagree with his conclusion. It is incumbent

:49:41. > :49:43.upon me to vote Article 50 through. The public, quite reasonably,

:49:44. > :49:49.believe as politicians we have not been listening. Not to listen to

:49:50. > :49:55.their fears regarding sovereignty, democratic accountability and got

:49:56. > :50:02.most of all, regarding immigration. It would be disastrous if we, I

:50:03. > :50:08.believe, if we would not therefore support the public wishes to leave

:50:09. > :50:15.the EU. Many times in business you have to take a certain rate when

:50:16. > :50:20.probably against your better judgment -- take a certain route.

:50:21. > :50:24.The most important thing to do is not worry about whether you made the

:50:25. > :50:30.best decision but make new best of the decision you have made. -- make

:50:31. > :50:34.the best of the decision you have made. Members opposite block of

:50:35. > :50:41.wanting in meaningful votes but by that I think they mean a veto. As my

:50:42. > :50:45.honourable friend referred to, it would on whether we should actually

:50:46. > :50:50.leave the EU at all. If that is what the mean then I could not think of

:50:51. > :50:56.and a more effective device in getting the worst possible deal out

:50:57. > :50:59.of these negotiations. That's my honourable friend agree

:51:00. > :51:04.with me the British public were told there was no second guessing this,

:51:05. > :51:08.it is not a bargaining position, it was a vote and decision taken to be

:51:09. > :51:14.enacted by this Government. I could not agree with her more. I

:51:15. > :51:18.believe this is a device and is quite shameful using a device such

:51:19. > :51:24.as that to try and keep us within the EU by the back door. Clearly

:51:25. > :51:30.votes of no more in this parliament would be to position where we

:51:31. > :51:35.Remain. I think we need to assure confidence

:51:36. > :51:39.at this point in time. There is still time for the EU itself to

:51:40. > :51:45.listen to the fears of other countries and not just the UK, we

:51:46. > :51:51.made our decision but other countries also have concerns. In

:51:52. > :51:58.France in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, there is great discontent

:51:59. > :52:01.with many of the rules, regulations and restrictions of the European

:52:02. > :52:06.Union. It is so important we do get the best possible deal for the UK,

:52:07. > :52:11.but also we get the right deal for the EU. They need to listen. The

:52:12. > :52:17.shifting sands of Europe and the need to see that and listen to

:52:18. > :52:21.people's fears while the still is a European Union because I believe a

:52:22. > :52:23.fragmentation and disintegration of the European Union would be the

:52:24. > :52:28.biggest economic and national security risk we could possibly

:52:29. > :52:35.face. It is time now for Brussels to listen also. Listen to the people

:52:36. > :52:39.and reform before it is too late. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I

:52:40. > :52:44.am often asked by English members here why it is I support removing

:52:45. > :52:48.Scotland from the UK but keeping it in the European Union and it is a

:52:49. > :52:54.good question because Scotland is no stranger to the idea of sacrificing

:52:55. > :52:59.a degree of independence for interdependence and indeed it is the

:53:00. > :53:03.argument which underpinned unionism. When Scotland surrendered its

:53:04. > :53:09.national parliament in 1707 it was to join a prototype European Union.

:53:10. > :53:14.The UK. To countries which had been at war for centuries pooled Southern

:53:15. > :53:21.Fried together, allow free movement of people and created a common

:53:22. > :53:25.trading area. -- pooled sovereignty. The price was complete Scottish

:53:26. > :53:31.independence. Across the North Sea in various similar country, Denmark,

:53:32. > :53:36.both countries harbouring populations of the same, largely

:53:37. > :53:40.open but with significant rural populations and large coastlines but

:53:41. > :53:45.when Denmark chose to sacrifice some sovereignty upon joining the EU it

:53:46. > :53:51.retained much we have lost or will soon lose in the UK. Denmark finds

:53:52. > :53:55.itself today in the single market, a member of the customs union and is

:53:56. > :54:02.able to enjoy all the benefits this brings. Denmark also remains in

:54:03. > :54:06.control of its own defence policy, foreign policy, fiscal policy. In a

:54:07. > :54:13.nutshell, there is a difference within the UK, Scotland controls

:54:14. > :54:20.none of these. He is kind to give way. On the point

:54:21. > :54:24.of controlling economic policy, I am intrigued, given the SNP advocate

:54:25. > :54:28.independence, if they do not get away on this issue, can he confirm

:54:29. > :54:36.whether the SNP believe his country should then the euro?

:54:37. > :54:41.I believe Scotland should hold a referendum whether we get our own

:54:42. > :54:49.way on this or not. I believe in independence whatever the outcome of

:54:50. > :54:52.the vote tonight. And Honourable member with an

:54:53. > :54:56.incredible degree of prescience announces we lost the referendum. I

:54:57. > :55:01.am not sure if that takes our debate very much further but I am happy to

:55:02. > :55:08.acknowledge we did indeed lose the referendum. We will win the next

:55:09. > :55:11.one, however. During Scotland's referendum on independence, it

:55:12. > :55:16.looked like some of this might change. The Prime Minister assured

:55:17. > :55:21.Scotland we were a family of nations. Membership of the EU was

:55:22. > :55:27.sold to the Scottish electorate as one of the defining benefits of

:55:28. > :55:33.remaining within the UK. This must be a cruel irony on the day we

:55:34. > :55:38.debate this, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am intrigued by what the Prime

:55:39. > :55:43.Minister means when she says we are equal partners. What kind of

:55:44. > :55:49.equality is it when England ten times our size, attempts to compel

:55:50. > :55:53.us against our will? It is not the quality as I understand it. My

:55:54. > :55:57.honourable friend is putting the Prime Minister Bright on a couple of

:55:58. > :56:02.matters but would he care to put the Prime Minister right on her oft

:56:03. > :56:06.repeated mistake where she tends to suggest the SNP wants to take

:56:07. > :56:10.Scotland out of the EU. Would you like to take the opportunity to put

:56:11. > :56:12.her right on that now and maybe some of the scramble is on the backbench

:56:13. > :56:22.combustor onto the? Members of the house will be

:56:23. > :56:27.flabbergasted to know that I agree with the honourable member of the

:56:28. > :56:34.house. We see that as a key part of being a member of the European

:56:35. > :56:41.Union. Her first trip to Scotland, to Edinburgh, a visit fool of visual

:56:42. > :56:48.symbolism. She called on the First Minister and Welby did not hold

:56:49. > :56:53.hands, Theresa May said she was willing to listen to options on the

:56:54. > :56:57.relationship of Scotland and the European Union. What is the point of

:56:58. > :57:05.listening at everything that is said. Death years? It is not

:57:06. > :57:09.consultation. My colleagues, constituents and people throughout

:57:10. > :57:13.our country want be part of an outward looking, cosmopolitan

:57:14. > :57:19.Scotland. We want to be part of a union that is the community of

:57:20. > :57:21.nations, that respects diversity and autonomy. Members of the

:57:22. > :57:25.conservative benches over their professed to love the union which

:57:26. > :57:31.binds Scotland and England, but the union which is dying is not you with

:57:32. > :57:39.the long queue of candidate countries, it is the UK. Margaret

:57:40. > :57:45.Thatcher may have started this, but I judge that the members opposite

:57:46. > :57:54.delivered out our continental air partners would say. Thank you, Madam

:57:55. > :57:58.Deputy Speaker. It's a pleasure to follow on from the Honourable member

:57:59. > :58:09.of Eastern Barger showed he was the very passionate Speaker on Scottish

:58:10. > :58:13.issues. I hope he has recovered from the curried nut from last night as

:58:14. > :58:19.well. I am afraid this is the speech that I never wanted to give Andy

:58:20. > :58:23.Bill but I never wanted to see. Listening to the debate over the

:58:24. > :58:27.last few days and in particular harking back to the speech made by

:58:28. > :58:34.my right honourable friend yesterday and his quote in particular, I must

:58:35. > :58:38.make my decision in the interest of this country. Anything else will be

:58:39. > :58:43.to unimaginable consequences in my mind. My other right honourable

:58:44. > :58:48.friend is also quite right, we have to pit country first, constituency

:58:49. > :58:52.second and party last. That is why have come up with the decision that

:58:53. > :58:56.I have in this particular Bill. During the EU Referendum Bill last

:58:57. > :59:01.year, I campaigned passionately on behalf of the Remain campaign. The

:59:02. > :59:07.majority of our residents voted like me to remain inside the EU. In fact,

:59:08. > :59:15.70%. This does not mean I've changed my views and rest assured, I will

:59:16. > :59:17.continue to advocate them. I have received thousands of e-mails and

:59:18. > :59:21.letters on both sides of the debate on whether or not to trigger Article

:59:22. > :59:26.50 and a leading Government to begin the formal negotiations. The

:59:27. > :59:29.referendum campaign was fought however, vote was held, turnout was

:59:30. > :59:34.high and the public give their verdicts. The country but had to

:59:35. > :59:37.leave the European Union and it is the democratic duty of this

:59:38. > :59:44.Parliament and Government to ensure that we do that. The result had been

:59:45. > :59:47.in reverse, I would hope that the Leave campaign would have respected

:59:48. > :59:51.the decision of the British public in the same way. It is now on all

:59:52. > :59:54.abuzz as one nation to seek to get the best possible deal with the

:59:55. > :59:58.European Union. A new partnership with an independent, self-governing,

:59:59. > :00:04.global great at home with our friends and allies in the EU. I'm

:00:05. > :00:08.pleased that the White Paper will be published tomorrow and I really do

:00:09. > :00:10.want to make sure that my constituents and businesses in

:00:11. > :00:15.particular, which I do think the somewhat ignored any debates so far,

:00:16. > :00:19.I going to be able to feed in their views in a more systematic way. If

:00:20. > :00:25.were going to be leaving the European Union, we must not delay

:00:26. > :00:29.further. To do so would frustrate our European friends and allies and

:00:30. > :00:34.weaken our negotiating hands. I would like to clarify quickly, with

:00:35. > :00:39.the Government in relation to the final vote, I'm worried as the

:00:40. > :00:41.Supreme Court ruled to put this Bill forward, I wonder how the