:00:00. > :00:00.want to make sure that my constituents and businesses in
:00:00. > :00:00.particular, which I do think the somewhat ignored any debates so far,
:00:07. > :00:10.I going to be able to feed in their views in a more systematic way. If
:00:11. > :00:15.were going to be leaving the European Union, we must not delay
:00:16. > :00:20.further. To do so would frustrate our European friends and allies and
:00:21. > :00:24.weaken our negotiating hands. I would like to clarify quickly, with
:00:25. > :00:28.the Government in relation to the final vote, I'm worried as the
:00:29. > :00:35.Supreme Court ruled to put this Bill forward, I wonder how the court
:00:36. > :00:40.would rule if the Government used probative powers to approve no deal.
:00:41. > :00:47.I will be voting to trigger article 52 night and I implore other members
:00:48. > :00:55.to do the same. Given the short time available to me, I will restrict my
:00:56. > :01:03.remarks. EU nationals and the single market in aviation isn't issue
:01:04. > :01:07.important to my constituency. Instead of straight and says from
:01:08. > :01:15.the Government, EU nationals living in the UK have only heard empty
:01:16. > :01:21.words from the Tories. When my caseworkers in constituency office
:01:22. > :01:26.is a woman born in Finland, she studied at Glasgow University and is
:01:27. > :01:30.extremely upset that she is being used as a bargaining tool in the
:01:31. > :01:35.story Brexit game that very few in Scotland wanted to play in the first
:01:36. > :01:40.place. Other constituents have been in touch to allay their fears that
:01:41. > :01:46.Brexit me rip their families apart. Regarding EU immigration and the
:01:47. > :01:50.rate to remain is already harming the UK and will continue as long as
:01:51. > :01:55.the Tories refused to confirm the rate of you national to remain in
:01:56. > :01:58.the UK. It will impact businesses across these islands. One sector
:01:59. > :02:04.that has not been given the attention it deserves in the
:02:05. > :02:10.aviation sector. This vital part of the economy contributes ?1 billion a
:02:11. > :02:16.week and ?9 billion in taxation. It is the third-largest aviation sector
:02:17. > :02:22.in the world. Largely as a result of the agreement between the US and the
:02:23. > :02:25.EU. By leaving the EU, the UK what sweet from these hugely important
:02:26. > :02:30.agreements. An agreement that accounts for a lot of aviation
:02:31. > :02:38.traffic. This is vital in Scotland. The Tories Rex dot-mac reckless
:02:39. > :02:51.gamble will cause a serious impact on the Scottish economy. -- the
:02:52. > :02:54.Tories' reckless gamble. Not the first time, we know what the
:02:55. > :02:58.Scottish Government plan to do with the powers within its remit, but
:02:59. > :03:05.what of the UK Government? Canny minister tellers the UK Government
:03:06. > :03:19.want to remain part of the aviation agreement, and can he ensure that
:03:20. > :03:27.the aviation will not suffer as a result of this. The 1 million people
:03:28. > :03:34.in Renfrewshire whose jobs rely on a thriving aviation are watching
:03:35. > :03:38.worried. The Government needs to guarantee that these statutory rates
:03:39. > :03:41.will be protected, if she doesn't, she must offer a different path to
:03:42. > :03:53.those living and working in Scotland. Yet our children's future,
:03:54. > :04:00.yes for Scotland, yet independent. I agree with the honourable gentleman
:04:01. > :04:03.who said that this was a debate he hopes would never happen and the
:04:04. > :04:11.vote he hoped would never happen. I am a strong remain and I campaigned
:04:12. > :04:15.hard for us to stay in the EU and I still think that our future would be
:04:16. > :04:18.better off within it, but I do recognise the result of the British
:04:19. > :04:25.people who have voted for Brexit. But I also recognise that my germ
:04:26. > :04:30.constituency, in line with many university cities voted strongly to
:04:31. > :04:37.remain. Madam Deputy Speaker, I was worried about the results on the
:04:38. > :04:40.23rd of June. The north east is only 1.6% of its population are
:04:41. > :04:47.foreign-born and hardly any of them live in Derham, and yet in the
:04:48. > :04:50.campaign immigration was the most commonly cited reason for putting
:04:51. > :04:54.me. It rose from people feeling like their views were not been taken into
:04:55. > :05:00.account and that the access to jobs and services were diminishing. Not
:05:01. > :05:08.least because of the posterity policies of the parties office it
:05:09. > :05:14.did vital resources out of those most in need. -- posterity policies.
:05:15. > :05:19.We have to tackle xenophobia and racism and we have to change our
:05:20. > :05:23.immigration policies, but I hope we found a way of doing that without
:05:24. > :05:28.simply withdrawing from the single market, because that will create as
:05:29. > :05:32.many problems as it solves. We also had for decades of negative press
:05:33. > :05:37.about Europe and it was impossible to overturn that within a few months
:05:38. > :05:43.and make the positive case, not only for the EU, but for upholding human
:05:44. > :05:49.rights and active participation in global institutions that do so much
:05:50. > :05:53.to maintain peace and great prosperity in the world. I hope they
:05:54. > :05:57.continue to have that international outward looking approach that we
:05:58. > :06:02.need and reject the policies of Donald Trump and isolationism. I was
:06:03. > :06:07.brave pleased that my constituency voted to remain, because the impact
:06:08. > :06:12.of Brexit on the north-east is huge. We have a positive balance of trade,
:06:13. > :06:17.with 58% of our exports going to Europe. We have no idea whether that
:06:18. > :06:20.will continue if trade buyers arise and we need to hear more from the
:06:21. > :06:28.governments on our automated industries, Aaron universities,
:06:29. > :06:33.manufacturing and those in receipt of ES F and RDF funds. That would
:06:34. > :06:38.create stability. They voted largely to remain, about how the Government
:06:39. > :06:43.is going to deliver a more prosperous country. That's why we
:06:44. > :06:47.need to adopt the amendments of labour and assure that we have a
:06:48. > :06:55.vote on the final Brexit deal. Madam Picardy Speaker, I want to recognise
:06:56. > :07:00.that my constituents in remain, but recognise that the country voted for
:07:01. > :07:03.Brexit and I'm going to add steam this evening. Last summer I walked
:07:04. > :07:06.through the fields of the Somme, I walked along the beaches of
:07:07. > :07:12.Normandy, and you cannot ask yourself how did we get here?
:07:13. > :07:16.History teachers as it was a failure of institutions, economics,
:07:17. > :07:21.relationships, the rise of populism and nationalism. Because of that
:07:22. > :07:25.Madam Deputy Speaker, I was and still am inspired by Europe what is
:07:26. > :07:28.achieved for all its faults and many of those was popular during the
:07:29. > :07:35.referendum, the alternative it represented junior Cold War, the
:07:36. > :07:38.alternative to Balkans water and the opportunities for hope it
:07:39. > :07:45.represented. I understand and I respect the mass majority of those
:07:46. > :07:49.who voted to leave, but my constituency voted overwhelmingly to
:07:50. > :07:53.remain and because of my constituents, my conscience and the
:07:54. > :07:58.facts I see before me, I will vote against the triggering of article 52
:07:59. > :08:01.nights of the amendment and also against the programme motion. No
:08:02. > :08:07.doubt the Bill will go through and I will also seek to amend it. The
:08:08. > :08:16.result will respect the referendum. -- Article 50. To stand up for the
:08:17. > :08:18.48%, to stand up in the sovereign Parliament and challenge this
:08:19. > :08:26.Government to its approach. The Government has no plan in contrast
:08:27. > :08:29.to the plan set out by the First Minister of wheels. There is no
:08:30. > :08:33.guarantee that Wales will not be worse off, no guaranteed of access
:08:34. > :08:37.to the single market that is so crucial to business and jobs in my
:08:38. > :08:40.constituency. The Government that has provided no assurances that
:08:41. > :08:47.powers will not be taken away from Wales and I rates removed. A
:08:48. > :08:50.Government that has given no reassurance to European nationals
:08:51. > :08:54.living in my constituency. We are told the optimistic, and I have no
:08:55. > :08:58.doubt that the British and Welsh people will find their way through
:08:59. > :09:05.however difficult things become. We have done so sunny times before, but
:09:06. > :09:08.I have to be honest, I fear that people concerns about immigration
:09:09. > :09:12.are far from being resolved and will not be resolved by leaving the
:09:13. > :09:15.European Union. I fear that many who felt left behind will continue to
:09:16. > :09:21.feel left behind with the Government in place who is arguing some sort of
:09:22. > :09:26.bargain basement economy and is running across to the United States,
:09:27. > :09:30.throwing themselves before Donald Trump. I fear the purists will
:09:31. > :09:35.continue to suffer and what then? Who will be blamed next? The Prime
:09:36. > :09:39.Minister said today that she is a reader, but the truth is she is a
:09:40. > :09:45.follower. She is following the siren calls of a select group on her
:09:46. > :09:54.benches to a reckless Brexit. Now she is following the belief of a
:09:55. > :10:01.president with Fallon she does not share. -- with the values. There is
:10:02. > :10:08.not just one route, and we have to think very hard about where we had.
:10:09. > :10:13.The Honourable member for Nottingham North who is not here just now,
:10:14. > :10:17.spoke earlier about the future and the big impact in this Bill for
:10:18. > :10:21.future generations affecting the prosperity of her children and young
:10:22. > :10:24.people, our young men and women and in the Highlands this is in
:10:25. > :10:30.particularly sharp focus. For generations, we have had all young
:10:31. > :10:35.people leaving the Highlands to seek their future. Until we have the
:10:36. > :10:40.Scottish Parliament, until we had the engagement of the European Union
:10:41. > :10:44.and the University of the Highlands and Islands is now celebrating 20
:10:45. > :10:48.years of EU corporation that has allowed us to have that very much
:10:49. > :10:56.needed symbol in the Highlands, eight as a goal University campus in
:10:57. > :10:59.Inverness. And that, amongst other things, our core operation with
:11:00. > :11:05.Europe has helped address that decline. As have EU nationals. And I
:11:06. > :11:09.was struck by the words of the Honourable member for Hampstead and
:11:10. > :11:13.Kilburn earlier, because I agree that those people who come to our
:11:14. > :11:17.country ads. They are our friends, neighbours and deserve to be treated
:11:18. > :11:21.as such. Under the current direction of the UK Government, that all
:11:22. > :11:26.changes. We are scrabbling about free deals, any deals. No Stone
:11:27. > :11:31.unturned, no matter who is underneath it. Holding hands with
:11:32. > :11:38.Donald Trump, legitimising his exclusion and rising xenophobia. All
:11:39. > :11:42.of this clearly saying it is warehouse for children, dogma before
:11:43. > :11:47.doctrines and the alternative of a rock-hard Brexit is a change of
:11:48. > :11:52.course. If not for the UK, then for our universities. For people but in
:11:53. > :11:56.a blue difficult position, like those bubble in Gibraltar. But of
:11:57. > :12:02.course is of the people of Scotland, who voted for a 62% to remain, 100%
:12:03. > :12:04.of all the council areas. There is a choice of all the council areas.
:12:05. > :12:09.There is the choice for this Parliament.
:12:10. > :12:16.Has the member noticed a shiver running up the Labour front bench
:12:17. > :12:20.looking for a spine to run up? I thank my honourable friend for his
:12:21. > :12:25.contribution and I hope the Labour front bench and members will follow
:12:26. > :12:31.the example of some of those I have referenced and vote against Article
:12:32. > :12:37.50 tonight. If there are exceptions for borders with Ireland, exceptions
:12:38. > :12:43.for Nissan, exceptions for the City, there is a choice. People in the
:12:44. > :12:49.Highlands, people in Scotland, what hope for the future, they want to
:12:50. > :12:56.see future conditions reflecting our nation, a bighearted, open-minded
:12:57. > :13:01.cooperative future for all one they come from to contribute to a better
:13:02. > :13:06.society and are valued. An enlightened future and not an
:13:07. > :13:15.insulated Little Britain dragging us into the darkness.
:13:16. > :13:22.I am going to vote against triggering Article 50 tonight. I am
:13:23. > :13:26.going to do that as a patriots who believes in Britain and as a
:13:27. > :13:32.Democrat who believes profoundly in parliamentary democracy. I will do
:13:33. > :13:36.so in my view in the interests of my children and my constituents and my
:13:37. > :13:42.country and in support of my convictions. I do not believe the
:13:43. > :13:47.Brexit course we are now set on will make Britain a more prosperous,
:13:48. > :13:55.fairer, more equal, tolerant country. I believe it will make our
:13:56. > :14:02.politics meaner and it will make our country pool. All the optimism and
:14:03. > :14:07.jingoism from the opposite benches there have been many terrific
:14:08. > :14:14.speeches, I cannot credit the notion of the best way to make Britain a
:14:15. > :14:17.successful trading nation is to withdraw from the most
:14:18. > :14:23.sophisticated, global market the world has ever seen. I, believe
:14:24. > :14:28.standing here in London and the heart of the most global,
:14:29. > :14:33.cosmopolitan trading city, the world has ever seen, we will enhance our
:14:34. > :14:39.chances of improving our economy by cutting of this city from the other
:14:40. > :14:44.great cities around Europe. I cannot believe our economy will improve and
:14:45. > :14:50.cannot believe the constituents I represent will be well served by
:14:51. > :14:54.this and in fact if harder Brexit, rock-hard Brexit, now proposed comes
:14:55. > :14:58.to pass I am convinced it will be constituents like mine in
:14:59. > :15:02.working-class communities in this country who will be hit hardest. If
:15:03. > :15:10.it is the alternative version she is Europe with, they will be hit harder
:15:11. > :15:16.still. -- she is threatening Europe with. It is about the values that
:15:17. > :15:22.are in jeopardy in our country and across the world. We are a liberal,
:15:23. > :15:27.top, European Enlightenment economy and the society and those great
:15:28. > :15:33.British values that Labour has spoken for for so long, are at risk
:15:34. > :15:39.today. This Brexit vote began with immigration. The man in charge of it
:15:40. > :15:44.said it was their baseball bat and they simply needed to pick up to
:15:45. > :15:48.bring in the vote. It ended with the member for Rushcliffe saying the
:15:49. > :15:54.Tory party is now an anti-immigrant party. It has ended with the Prime
:15:55. > :15:57.Minister hand in hand with a racist president of the United States. Are
:15:58. > :16:02.those my values or might values those of Angela Merkel who had to
:16:03. > :16:06.ring him up to tell him he was wrong? I know when I think this
:16:07. > :16:10.country stands on this issue and I know that unless we do think again
:16:11. > :16:18.we are going down a very, very dangerous path.
:16:19. > :16:28.Eight few brief points about this bill. Politics Europe is a net
:16:29. > :16:32.beneficially -- Wales is a net beneficiary from the EU and in
:16:33. > :16:38.liberal constituencies like mine this funding makes an impact the way
:16:39. > :16:41.beyond what this figure implies. For rural communities the common
:16:42. > :16:45.agricultural policy is the most important financial contribution the
:16:46. > :16:52.EU makes. Yet the party opposite stand ready to switch off these
:16:53. > :16:55.vital support mechanisms essential to our already isolated communities
:16:56. > :17:02.with no indication of how they will make good the damage or even whether
:17:03. > :17:07.they intend to. I would like to turn to spend a few sentences exploring
:17:08. > :17:17.the increasingly divisive and most misused word freedom. It was take
:17:18. > :17:27.back control dominated the league campaign's propaganda... The freedom
:17:28. > :17:30.to and the freedom from an opposing and disputed understandings of
:17:31. > :17:35.liberty that arguably underpin the political divide for centuries,
:17:36. > :17:39.however, if we strip away much of the Leave campaign's divisive
:17:40. > :17:46.rhetoric we find it is the dogmatic belief in a freedom from Brussels
:17:47. > :17:52.that explains their opposition to the EU. In their view now that we're
:17:53. > :17:55.free of them the sun will never set on our shores.
:17:56. > :18:00.I think it is a great discourtesy you're not being listened to by some
:18:01. > :18:05.in this chamber. I am finding her speech very good indeed.
:18:06. > :18:09.I am most grateful for that intervention. Many of us have waited
:18:10. > :18:13.and we do not have many days to discuss this and many a witted as we
:18:14. > :18:19.were required to in this chamber and the least we can do is listen to
:18:20. > :18:26.each other's contributions. For -- from what I be truly free? Workers'
:18:27. > :18:32.rates and employment protections, free from greater unity with our
:18:33. > :18:37.neighbours, free from progress? Our so-called freedom from the EU will
:18:38. > :18:41.undermine our freedom to, our freedom to achieve our potential.
:18:42. > :18:44.Our businesses will not have the freedom to export and import the
:18:45. > :18:49.goods rely on, our children will face greater challenges to work and
:18:50. > :18:52.live in the countries we have freedom to enjoy unfettered. To take
:18:53. > :18:58.back control we have given nothing but the illusion of control. -- we
:18:59. > :19:02.have gained nothing but the illusion of control. My party will always
:19:03. > :19:06.work in the national interest Wales and so my colleagues and I will vote
:19:07. > :19:12.against this bill on the ground the Government has failed to ensure
:19:13. > :19:18.Wales' national interests. In terms of our economy, the role of our
:19:19. > :19:21.divorce legislation, these are disregarded in this modulation. --
:19:22. > :19:27.devolve legislation. I am confident the people of Wales did not vote for
:19:28. > :19:34.property or for our economy to bear the brunt of a Brexit. -- did not
:19:35. > :19:38.vote for poverty. One of the more bizarre aspects of
:19:39. > :19:46.the discussion since the letter and has the way -- has been the way the
:19:47. > :19:50.people who won the 11 have tried to explain what it means by reference
:19:51. > :19:55.to those who lost. We are told even though it was not on the ballot
:19:56. > :19:59.paper the vote is a vote to leave the single market because David
:20:00. > :20:04.Cameron suggested it might be. I did to your David Cameron suggest that
:20:05. > :20:11.but I also heard every time he did so the Leave campaign accused him of
:20:12. > :20:15.hyperbole and say it was not true. We have a real possibility in this
:20:16. > :20:21.country now that the political rights may hijack that mandate from
:20:22. > :20:26.the 23rd of June last year and use it to reconfigure our society and
:20:27. > :20:30.economy in a way that most right minded people in this country would
:20:31. > :20:34.find abhorrent. What stands between them and that outcome is this
:20:35. > :20:40.Parliament. That is why it is so important we should not give this
:20:41. > :20:46.Government a blank cheque, a carte blanche to do as it will as it tries
:20:47. > :20:50.to interpret what happens next and that is why we should have fought
:20:51. > :20:56.for the reasoned amendment and I can say we are not going ahead until you
:20:57. > :20:59.explain the consequences of making that decision. I welcome very much
:21:00. > :21:07.the support from other parties and many Labour members. I want to
:21:08. > :21:12.implore the Labour front bench to reconsider their attitude on this.
:21:13. > :21:17.Do not give the Tory Government a blank cheque on this matter, that is
:21:18. > :21:20.not the historic responsibility of the opposition and it is not the
:21:21. > :21:28.democratic requirement of the opposition. Please do not do it.
:21:29. > :21:31.As I have been sitting here I heard from yet another worry EU national
:21:32. > :21:36.in my constituency so does my honourable friend agreed this
:21:37. > :21:41.Government really must sort this out and treat our friends and neighbours
:21:42. > :21:43.with respect and dignity and listen to the Scottish Government.
:21:44. > :21:48.I completely agree and that is another fine example of why we
:21:49. > :21:51.should not get on the bus until we know the destination. On these
:21:52. > :21:56.benches be determined not to do that but we also are determined to argue
:21:57. > :22:02.what that destination should be. My colleagues have already talked about
:22:03. > :22:07.the report published by the Scottish Government on Stockton's place in
:22:08. > :22:13.Europe post Brexit and I would commend -- Scotland's place. I would
:22:14. > :22:17.encourage colleagues to read that document. It may surprise you. It is
:22:18. > :22:21.published by a Government that believes in an independent Scotland
:22:22. > :22:26.and an independent nation within the EU and yet that document argues for
:22:27. > :22:32.neither of those things. It is a massive compromise, an olive branch,
:22:33. > :22:37.an attempt to make goodwill inside this post Brexit world let us try
:22:38. > :22:42.and find unity and consensus. What that means is one size does not fit
:22:43. > :22:45.all in a country the size, it means they should be differential
:22:46. > :22:51.arrangement in Scotland as to what happens next for two very simple
:22:52. > :22:54.reasons. One, the material consequences of a Brexit are
:22:55. > :22:57.materially different in Scotland and, too, the attitude of the
:22:58. > :23:02.electorate and the people of Scotland is different. You can do
:23:03. > :23:05.that, the Government can do that, and accommodate the wishes of the
:23:06. > :23:10.Scottish people and the Scottish Government and achieve a situation
:23:11. > :23:13.where there is some sort of sense of things post Brexit and the views of
:23:14. > :23:16.the Scottish people are respected. That brings the back and I want to
:23:17. > :23:22.finish on what other colleagues have spoken about, this debate is not
:23:23. > :23:26.without context in Scotland. In 2014 in the Scottish referendum we were
:23:27. > :23:29.promised to things. One, as mentioned, the best way to keep our
:23:30. > :23:35.European passport would be to vote to stay in the UK and secondly, we
:23:36. > :23:41.were promised a vote to stay in the UK would not mean the views of
:23:42. > :23:43.Scotland would be debited and absorbed into our bigger neighbour
:23:44. > :23:49.to the south but they would be respected. -- views of Scotland
:23:50. > :23:55.would be absorbed. Let us see in the month, if respect remains cashback
:23:56. > :24:07.respect means respect. I am going to raise the speech limit
:24:08. > :24:11.to four minutes. Madam Deputy Speaker, I hope I am
:24:12. > :24:18.wrong, but I believe the decision the country took on the 23rd of June
:24:19. > :24:22.will be the biggest self-inflicted wound since our disastrous
:24:23. > :24:27.intervention in Iraq. This is the wounds that this festering and will
:24:28. > :24:31.leave the UK permanently economically weaker, even once it
:24:32. > :24:36.has healed. When Members of Parliament to believe a course of
:24:37. > :24:44.action is going to be a catastrophe, I believe Members of Parliament have
:24:45. > :24:48.a duty to hurry, a sale and oppose the Government, not to acquiesce. I
:24:49. > :24:55.respect those who voted yes, that's back those who voted to leave. They
:24:56. > :24:59.had genuine grievances about concerns or changes they see in our
:25:00. > :25:05.society, indeed, concerns about immigration. Those four Brexit
:25:06. > :25:09.claimed leaving the EU would address these concerns, stop the
:25:10. > :25:15.cancellation of urgent hospital operations paid for, presumably, by
:25:16. > :25:20.the tsunami of cash coming to the NHS post Brexit. They will improve
:25:21. > :25:24.teacher shortages in schools and boost housing supply. It will not.
:25:25. > :25:31.It will not do any of these things, in fact, it will make them worse.
:25:32. > :25:34.And the Leave campaign's most prominent pledge to reduce
:25:35. > :25:40.immigration substantially, I doubt either that will be achieved. Why
:25:41. > :25:45.would it be? After all, the Prime Minister has spent many years
:25:46. > :25:49.seeking to reduce the level of non-EU immigration and nothing
:25:50. > :25:55.changed there. What leaving the EU will do with certainty is diminish
:25:56. > :26:00.us as a nation. Reduce our influence and international standing and that
:26:01. > :26:09.is already happened. Brexit has forced our Prime Minister, a
:26:10. > :26:14.born-again hardline Brexit supporter to walk hand-in-hand with Donald
:26:15. > :26:19.Trump. While Canada and EU leaders condemned his plan our Prime
:26:20. > :26:23.Minister's initial response was to say, not my business. And she
:26:24. > :26:29.immediately offered him a state visit. Far quicker than any other US
:26:30. > :26:33.president. I am sure this has nothing to do with the Prime
:26:34. > :26:39.Minister's desperation to secure a trade deal, any deal, with the
:26:40. > :26:45.protectionist Tromp. In the Are Of The Deal Tromp says the worst of
:26:46. > :26:51.times often brings the best of times to make good deals. To translate the
:26:52. > :26:56.worst of pounds for the UK is great the best of times for a deal for the
:26:57. > :27:02.US. -- the worst of times for the UK.
:27:03. > :27:15.I will not give way. The proposition is very clear. The people voted for
:27:16. > :27:18.departure, not destination. Now the Government must give them a chance
:27:19. > :27:22.to vote on the destination and with that guarantee, if it is forthcoming
:27:23. > :27:32.tonight, I would vote with the Government. Is bestial thanks for
:27:33. > :27:39.this extra minute, I really appreciate it. What we are voting on
:27:40. > :27:43.tonight, it says on the paper that we are just voting on the Article 50
:27:44. > :27:46.Bill, but what we are voting on is consigning the UK to it with red,
:27:47. > :28:09.white and blue Brexit. -- a special thanks. Anyone voting
:28:10. > :28:13.on Article 50 tonight is consigning us to a red, white and blue Brexit
:28:14. > :28:18.shaped by the Conservative Party and I could not in good conscience do
:28:19. > :28:22.that and I cannot believe that other members on this side of the Chamber
:28:23. > :28:26.could do that in good conscience. We are looking at the future, we're
:28:27. > :28:30.looking 20 years into the future when my children will be young
:28:31. > :28:34.adults, we're looking at a future where young people will not be able
:28:35. > :28:38.to easily travelled to EU countries. They will not be able to marry
:28:39. > :28:41.people from EU countries for fear that they will not be allowed to
:28:42. > :28:45.live in the same country. They will not be able to afford the same
:28:46. > :28:51.living standards that we have. There will be an erosion of the standards
:28:52. > :28:54.of, for example, food quality that we have, because we are going to
:28:55. > :28:59.have two, my son I standards in order to have traded deals with
:29:00. > :29:04.countries like America. We're going to have a loss of farming in the UK.
:29:05. > :29:09.In loss of farming into amenities like Wales and Scotland that rely
:29:10. > :29:12.heavily on mats, that have a huge amount of EU Common agricultural
:29:13. > :29:16.policy and the money coming in. And also that rely on the high standard
:29:17. > :29:22.and the lack of ability of countries to import cheap foreign projects. We
:29:23. > :29:26.are going to lose that. In 20 years' time, we are still going to be
:29:27. > :29:30.negotiating trade deals. We do not have the capacity within this
:29:31. > :29:32.Government, we do have the skills within the civil service, to
:29:33. > :29:36.negotiate the trade deals that we need to negotiate in a short period
:29:37. > :29:42.of time. They take a long time to come through. The economy will be
:29:43. > :29:48.scuppered. We will see high levels of inflation, people struggling for
:29:49. > :29:52.a living standards, a paper came out today that said in 2021, the lowest
:29:53. > :30:00.earning quarter of households will have their income reduced by five to
:30:01. > :30:05.15%. The highest earning households will have the income raised by 4%.
:30:06. > :30:09.This is the Tory Brexit and this is only five years in the future. 20
:30:10. > :30:17.years in the future, things will be even worse. Productivity will be
:30:18. > :30:26.further tanked. It is rubbish in the UK. Increases in productivity are
:30:27. > :30:32.linked. My children will have to work more hours than I have had to
:30:33. > :30:36.down the same wages. Nott I wonder if my honourable friend agrees with
:30:37. > :30:41.me that Brexit is in fact an economic catastrophe waiting to
:30:42. > :30:44.happen. I absolutely agree with my colleague and I think that there are
:30:45. > :30:47.too many members in this House who have not done on work en masse.
:30:48. > :30:52.There are too many members in this House that see the positives for the
:30:53. > :30:59.elite few. They see those positive and don't the B return to the 80s,
:31:00. > :31:05.the decimation of the Thatcher 's years that we saw. That is what is
:31:06. > :31:09.coming. That is where we are heading. The validity plans amid
:31:10. > :31:13.Tory Government. But we would get this plan to have low taxes, some
:31:14. > :31:18.sort of tax haven. No country that is a tax haven is a country that
:31:19. > :31:21.spends as much on public services as we do. They are all ones that spend
:31:22. > :31:26.a very small amount of public services. Is this the way that the
:31:27. > :31:30.Tories are suggesting we go? What will happen to the NHS if that is
:31:31. > :31:35.the case? The great repeal Bill will show that this is a Government power
:31:36. > :31:39.grab. We have been protected from the worst excesses of these right
:31:40. > :31:43.wing governments by the European Union. They have protected our
:31:44. > :31:50.workers' rights, they have protected the equalities, they have detected
:31:51. > :31:54.climate change was for example. Now, the Tory Government and the
:31:55. > :31:57.unelected Lords are going to be able to dictate to this country all of
:31:58. > :32:04.the laws. They are not even owing to get the benefits we said we would
:32:05. > :32:08.get. These Edwin Poots be exempt from state aids. The Government has
:32:09. > :32:15.rules in relation to state aid. The worst thing of all, the very worst
:32:16. > :32:21.thing about this, is that in 20 years' time when my children are
:32:22. > :32:26.young adults, we will be a less tolerant, a more xenophobic society,
:32:27. > :32:28.because instead of tackling the discrimination and prejudice this
:32:29. > :32:36.House has pander to it. CHEERING
:32:37. > :32:39.A referendum that Scotland did not want, a Government that Scotland did
:32:40. > :32:43.not vote for and the result that does not reflect the wishes of the
:32:44. > :32:47.people of Scotland. This Government, whose state policy was to keep as
:32:48. > :32:51.the single market is taking us towards the Brexit door at breakneck
:32:52. > :32:55.speed. Can I say, Madam Deputy Speaker, debentures opposite have
:32:56. > :32:58.been waxing lyrical over the past couple of days about this wonderful
:32:59. > :33:02.opportunity we have had to debate this issue since yesterday. Can I
:33:03. > :33:08.remind them that they had to be taken to court to be given us this
:33:09. > :33:11.opportunity to have this debate. Can remind them they spent an off a lot
:33:12. > :33:15.of money trying to stop this debate happening in the first and can I
:33:16. > :33:21.also remind them they had to be forced into coming up to with a
:33:22. > :33:26.white paper. Suffice to say, the Government isn't handling Brexit
:33:27. > :33:30.very well at all. Just like the disastrous policy to bazooka
:33:31. > :33:36.austerity at all costs, this Government is pursuing Brexit at all
:33:37. > :33:42.costs. We were told how Scotland should vote to keep Scotland in the
:33:43. > :33:46.EU. The people of Scotland have not forgotten the promises they were
:33:47. > :33:50.made on the other side must come up with answers. When David Cameron
:33:51. > :33:54.gave his first keynote speech of the campaign, he talked about the UK
:33:55. > :33:58.having one of the most stable economies in the world and this was
:33:59. > :34:02.hugely attractive for investors. He took about as having real clout in
:34:03. > :34:08.Europe. It David Cameron was right, we have gone from a country at the
:34:09. > :34:11.centre of Europe to one in the periphery. From demonstrating
:34:12. > :34:16.solidarity with our great allies in France and Germany and beyond to
:34:17. > :34:22.begging for scraps from the table of President Donald Trump. A downward
:34:23. > :34:26.spiral if ever there was one. It is not simply that we are seeking to
:34:27. > :34:30.walk away from the table, but many members opposite seems intent on
:34:31. > :34:34.burning our bridges on the way out. They seem to have forgotten the
:34:35. > :34:39.language they have used it isn't higher debate about the EU nationals
:34:40. > :34:43.who they think are a drain on this country, yet want to do deals with
:34:44. > :34:49.their governments. What kind of negotiations are you going to enter
:34:50. > :34:52.into on that basis? Tonight, I will be joining my excellent colleagues
:34:53. > :34:56.and some of those on the Labour benches to vote against this Bill
:34:57. > :35:00.and I will do so, because that is what the majority of my constituents
:35:01. > :35:04.want, because Scotland was promised continued EU membership if we
:35:05. > :35:08.remained in the UK and because this Government is attempting to leave
:35:09. > :35:14.the EU in a haphazard and absolutely reckless way without regard to the
:35:15. > :35:18.constitutional, social or economic consequences. We are not prepared to
:35:19. > :35:31.let them take Scotland over that cliff with them. Thank you, Madam
:35:32. > :35:34.Deputy Speaker and first of all me I offer you my congratulations on
:35:35. > :35:42.juggling what has been an excessively busy day in this place.
:35:43. > :35:45.I am proud to follow so many passionate and eloquent speakers on
:35:46. > :35:53.both sides, although I do not necessarily agree with them all. As
:35:54. > :35:57.my constituents from Somerset, home to that famous roads and the
:35:58. > :36:02.Wellington Monument and Somerset cricket, as they know, I did
:36:03. > :36:12.personally campaign to remain, but the majority of my constituents
:36:13. > :36:15.voted to leave. By 52 to 48 and since then, I've been very clear
:36:16. > :36:20.that I will stand by the views of the people and I will work to make
:36:21. > :36:24.the very rest of this brave new opportunity... Of course, I will
:36:25. > :36:30.give way. Does she agree with me that it is important that we respect
:36:31. > :36:39.the vote that took place in May and that she is correctly doing that?
:36:40. > :36:46.The point I'm making is that I do respect this. And I think it's very
:36:47. > :36:51.important that we illustrate that we are abiding by the wishes of the
:36:52. > :36:57.people. We would be pure parliamentarians indeed if we did
:36:58. > :37:01.not stick to what we promised. To this end, I shall be supporting this
:37:02. > :37:05.historic Bill, which was set in train the triggering of Article 50
:37:06. > :37:11.and our subsequent withdrawal from the EU. I want to express my respect
:37:12. > :37:20.for all those people who did vote remains and I do appreciate their
:37:21. > :37:28.concerns about 12 acknowledge that and I will be doing my very best as
:37:29. > :37:37.well my colleagues in the size, daddy did outcome. -- to have a good
:37:38. > :37:40.outcome. Waxing lyrical about the happy constitutional system that was
:37:41. > :37:50.known in this country until 1972, it is now time to put our shoulders to
:37:51. > :37:53.the wheel and make this work. The Secretary of State exiting the EU,
:37:54. > :37:56.singling out one or two industries for fair treatment, particularly the
:37:57. > :38:01.finance industry and in water industry. I would urge the same
:38:02. > :38:04.fairness is given to the all important agricultural and
:38:05. > :38:09.environmental sectors. With 25% of all businesses in the UK being in
:38:10. > :38:15.the farming, food and ink sectors, this is essential. Of course, I will
:38:16. > :38:20.give way. Does she agree with me that just as making sure that
:38:21. > :38:23.agriculture is central to our negotiations, food standards as part
:38:24. > :38:29.of that are absolutely critical as well. I thank my honourable friend
:38:30. > :38:32.forgiving way and there are a whole raft of standards that I really
:38:33. > :38:37.critical as we leave Europe and that we should embrace and harness those
:38:38. > :38:41.standards that are already set and we should indeed tailor them to
:38:42. > :38:47.improve them for a nation and is to make them much more suitable for the
:38:48. > :38:51.way that we want operates. These industries of agriculture and food,
:38:52. > :38:55.especially important in the south-west. Southwest form related
:38:56. > :39:00.businesses turn over ?2.7 billion. More than any other area in the
:39:01. > :39:09.country and agriculture in the Southwest employees 80,000 people.
:39:10. > :39:16.In re formulating our life after the EU, I really urge that we consider
:39:17. > :39:21.very carefully how going to move forward. There are opportunities to
:39:22. > :39:24.develop a better framework, to develop an agricultural industry
:39:25. > :39:28.inexplicably linked to the environment in a sustainable way
:39:29. > :39:34.that after all we all depend on Friday, water and for our food, and
:39:35. > :39:38.to build this into an industrial strategy, causing linking it with
:39:39. > :39:43.our 25 year food and farming plans. Making it work for the economy and
:39:44. > :39:49.also for our role, social fabric. So that we have a world that works
:39:50. > :39:51.better for everybody. I urge the Secretary of State to harness the
:39:52. > :39:56.shared environmental legislation that we already have from the EU and
:39:57. > :40:01.that we take it on board and adapted to make it work better for
:40:02. > :40:04.ourselves. That we keep our climate change commitments and I'm delighted
:40:05. > :40:09.that the Prime Minister has already spoken out on this issue, that we
:40:10. > :40:14.maintain as my honourable friend mentioned, our high standards of
:40:15. > :40:16.food security, are high sense of welfare, our nuclear standards and
:40:17. > :40:20.indeed we consider how we are going to deal with their seasonal workers,
:40:21. > :40:27.so that I industries can storm forward. With understanding,
:40:28. > :40:31.co-operation, consideration and demonstrating that we are listening
:40:32. > :40:37.to the people. Not just in time to and even, but across the nation. I
:40:38. > :40:39.am optimistic that we can build a better future for generations to
:40:40. > :40:49.come and to this end, I should be voting with the Government to
:40:50. > :40:57.trigger Article 50. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Our democracy is
:40:58. > :41:04.representative. It is a great representative democracy. But the
:41:05. > :41:10.reason this place will, and should, support this Article 50 Bill is that
:41:11. > :41:15.prior to the referendum, we made a contract with the British people but
:41:16. > :41:18.this place would abide by the result. And I think I would ask all
:41:19. > :41:24.members who are thinking of voting against their second reading
:41:25. > :41:27.together that due concern. It needs commitment by the Government and
:41:28. > :41:31.many in the Opposition benches also agree to that and so I very much
:41:32. > :41:36.look forward to supporting Article 50 tonight and I then look forward
:41:37. > :41:41.to my right honourable friend the Prime Minister at negotiating over
:41:42. > :41:44.at to a two-year period and in the end getting as good a deal as
:41:45. > :41:52.possible, but if this place is that not a good deal, then the rules hold
:41:53. > :41:53.no fear for many of us on these benches. No deal is better than a
:41:54. > :42:01.bad deal. Your can I focus on a couple
:42:02. > :42:09.inconvenient truths during the course of this debate? To the Labour
:42:10. > :42:15.benches, I would suggest that all the talk of parliamentary democracy
:42:16. > :42:21.and scrutiny is fine, but for those that were here in 2008 I do not
:42:22. > :42:29.remember too much scrutiny when we ought the Government of the day
:42:30. > :42:34.passed through the house the Lisbon Treaty. It was done very quickly and
:42:35. > :42:40.in fact the Prime Minister of the day I do not think was even present
:42:41. > :42:43.in the debate. For all the talk of parliamentary scrutiny is sacrificed
:42:44. > :42:48.large chunks of our sovereignty that day and it is a great shame Labour
:42:49. > :42:53.now suggesting they are the guardians of parliamentary democracy
:42:54. > :42:57.when it was pretty thin on the ground at the time with the Lisbon
:42:58. > :43:01.Treaty. I pay tribute to all the work the
:43:02. > :43:05.honourable gentleman down on the campaign. When he talks about
:43:06. > :43:10.democracy summer suit the result was too close, but does he agree with me
:43:11. > :43:13.at Members of Parliament have won their parliamentary seats by one
:43:14. > :43:17.vote not a single one would turn that down to come here and take
:43:18. > :43:22.their seats like this and so they should accept the result because the
:43:23. > :43:27.public have decided and we should enact that?
:43:28. > :43:32.I very much agree with my friend. It is very clear the first past the
:43:33. > :43:38.post system you abide by the results.
:43:39. > :43:44.On the point of abiding by the result, well the honourable
:43:45. > :43:47.gentleman recognise the challenges that sometimes colleagues on the
:43:48. > :43:51.other side of the chamber will have an walking through the lobby with us
:43:52. > :43:56.today and appreciate the efforts they have taken to honour the wishes
:43:57. > :44:00.of their constituents? Absolutely. This is not going to be an easy
:44:01. > :44:04.decision for Labour but at the end of the day a contract was made and
:44:05. > :44:12.it should be respected. Can either gently point the finger at the SMP
:44:13. > :44:16.-- can either the gently point the finger at the SNP because for all
:44:17. > :44:22.the talk about wishing to remain within the EU, the bottom line as
:44:23. > :44:36.had they won their independence referendum they would have left the
:44:37. > :44:41.EU. The EU made that very clear. And what is more, there was no automatic
:44:42. > :44:49.right of re-entry and they would have had to have taken on the euro
:44:50. > :44:55.in that process. So for all the talk about being a good European, if it
:44:56. > :45:05.was left to them Scotland would have left the EU. Can I just point then
:45:06. > :45:12.the time but is allowed just be a few more inconvenient truths. I have
:45:13. > :45:18.heard it said many times on the benches opposite about how we're
:45:19. > :45:21.going to become a intolerant country, emigration has been raised
:45:22. > :45:32.by several speakers with regard to us leaving the EU. I would suggest
:45:33. > :45:35.to them by leaving the EU we will no longer discriminate against the rest
:45:36. > :45:44.of the world which the present immigration policy does. They may
:45:45. > :45:48.not like it in the SMP but it is a fact we cannot stop anybody coming
:45:49. > :45:54.in from Europe but we do stop the rest of the world coming in to the
:45:55. > :46:00.UK because no country in the Western world has an unlimited or
:46:01. > :46:06.nonexistent immigration policy. So for all the talk on the opposition
:46:07. > :46:12.benches, by leaving the EU, whatever the criteria we choose to guide our
:46:13. > :46:18.immigration policy, it will be fair to the whole world, not just to a
:46:19. > :46:24.particular region. No region will be discriminated against. And that is
:46:25. > :46:27.the point, whatever the criteria, there will be fairness and you will
:46:28. > :46:31.not be discriminated against depending on where you come from.
:46:32. > :46:40.That is a further inconvenient truth. It has hardly been touched
:46:41. > :46:44.upon in this debate. People suggest we are suddenly going to become an
:46:45. > :46:55.economic backwater by leaving the EU. I can assure the house that if
:46:56. > :47:01.you look at the growth rates across the western world the EU remained in
:47:02. > :47:07.the global economic slow lane with shamefully high youth unemployment
:47:08. > :47:12.to match. There is a world out there are growing much faster than the EU
:47:13. > :47:18.and we need to embrace that future. So I very much look forward to us
:47:19. > :47:24.winning this vote two nights and ask the Prime Minister to do what she
:47:25. > :47:29.can to negotiate as good a deal as possible but not to be afraid to
:47:30. > :47:40.fall back on WTO rules if there is a bad deal on the table because there
:47:41. > :47:45.is a very bright future ahead of us. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
:47:46. > :47:53.This has been an important debate with MPs from every region and
:47:54. > :47:56.nation, towns and cities, rural, coastal, industrial and agricultural
:47:57. > :48:02.communities having their say. So many contributions of quality it
:48:03. > :48:09.would be impossible to mention them all. This is how Parliament is meant
:48:10. > :48:13.to work. Members sent here to speak for their constituents and settled,
:48:14. > :48:21.if not always agree, the way forward. Usually, MPs listen to the
:48:22. > :48:27.arguments, so count of the impact of a decision on our constituents and
:48:28. > :48:32.apply the values of our party and our hearts. Then we vote
:48:33. > :48:39.accordingly. As the member for Ilford North said in his outstanding
:48:40. > :48:48.speech, this decision is different. This decision follows a referendum.
:48:49. > :48:56.And 52% voted to leave the EU. A close vote but a clear decision. We
:48:57. > :49:00.accept the outcome of the referendum. Therefore, we must
:49:01. > :49:08.consent to allow the process of leaving the European Union to begin.
:49:09. > :49:18.And we will hold this Government to accounts every step of the way. Our
:49:19. > :49:24.challenge to this Government through our amendments, is to enable this
:49:25. > :49:29.house to have proper scrutiny, to publish regular reports, to allow
:49:30. > :49:34.British MPs the same oversight as members of the European Parliament.
:49:35. > :49:42.And to ensure a secure the position of EU nationals... In a minute. To
:49:43. > :49:49.secure the position of EU nationals living in this country as a matter
:49:50. > :49:55.of urgency. But, most important of all, to allow this house a
:49:56. > :50:01.meaningful vote on our withdrawal agreement at the proper time. I give
:50:02. > :50:04.way to the honourable gentleman. Given the many points made right
:50:05. > :50:09.across these benches on the need for this bill to be amended, will the
:50:10. > :50:15.honourable lady and her front bench friends be voting against the
:50:16. > :50:21.destructive programme motion? -- restrictive programme motion.
:50:22. > :50:27.I want this bill to proceed. Our amendments that will be discussed
:50:28. > :50:33.next week are all reasonable request. I would appeal to those
:50:34. > :50:37.members opposite, many of them who have spoken in support of a
:50:38. > :50:43.parliamentary vote, I would appeal to all of those members opposite who
:50:44. > :50:48.spoke in that way and to share our desire to see a constructive and
:50:49. > :50:56.open process to consider voting in support of other amendments next
:50:57. > :51:02.week. We are an outward looking, internationalist, pro-European
:51:03. > :51:07.party. That will never, ever change. And that our determination to
:51:08. > :51:14.collaborate with, to stand alongside and to work together, with our
:51:15. > :51:20.European partners never be in doubt. These are British values. And I know
:51:21. > :51:25.that to vote -- the vote to leave the European Union, as well as a
:51:26. > :51:30.changing moods in other countries, has deepened the sense these values
:51:31. > :51:39.we hold most dear are under threat. Tolerance, openness, cooperation,
:51:40. > :51:44.solidarity. It is true the rise of the far right in Europe and the rise
:51:45. > :51:49.of populism in the USA have left many of us who believe in those
:51:50. > :51:59.values with an overwhelming sense of the political tide is against us.
:52:00. > :52:04.But xenophobia, fear and isolationism are drowning out our
:52:05. > :52:11.values of inclusion, hope and tolerance and it is more important
:52:12. > :52:18.than ever to stand firm beside those values. Bigotry, fanaticism and
:52:19. > :52:23.narrow-mindedness should have no place in our politics. There are
:52:24. > :52:31.very few members of this house who do not feel any trepidation
:52:32. > :52:37.whatsoever about the future. To deny the complexity, the risks to our
:52:38. > :52:44.manufacturing and service sectors, the destruction and uncertainty that
:52:45. > :52:49.doubtless lie ahead, is to hide from the truth. -- the this disruption.
:52:50. > :52:55.The truth can be dealt with and overcome. It is precisely because
:52:56. > :53:02.this process is so complex all of us need to complex to -- contribute to
:53:03. > :53:06.resolving the issues we confront, and pretending these challenges do
:53:07. > :53:10.not exist is negligent and the Labour Party will not neglect its
:53:11. > :53:17.duty to challenge the Government when we think they are getting
:53:18. > :53:23.Brexit wrong. I say to the Prime Minister, the best Brexit will never
:53:24. > :53:30.come via a cliff edge. However much some of her backbenchers might wish
:53:31. > :53:36.it. This must be a deal the consent of this house. If she and her
:53:37. > :53:42.negotiators failed to achieve a deal worthy of our country they will not
:53:43. > :53:49.achieve our consent. The Prime Minister must deliver the deal
:53:50. > :53:56.claims that she can. MPEG and free trade, she said, Paris free trade.
:53:57. > :53:59.-- impediment free trade. -- tariff free trade. A loving British
:54:00. > :54:09.businesses becoming benefits to enjoy. -- delivering British
:54:10. > :54:15.businesses. That is a good starting point but for the Labour Party that
:54:16. > :54:18.aspiration is not enough. The Brits and the Labour Party wants to build
:54:19. > :54:26.is confident in its place in the world. We want a Briton way outside
:54:27. > :54:32.the EU we can protect British jobs by securing a deep trade deal with
:54:33. > :54:37.the EU and remember, whatever deals we reach with other nations in the
:54:38. > :54:44.future, an agreement with our closest neighbours will always be
:54:45. > :54:49.the most important deal we do. Where we protect British citizens by
:54:50. > :54:54.maintaining cooperation on justice and security we protect British jobs
:54:55. > :54:59.by securing a good transitional deal and the Labour Party will use every
:55:00. > :55:06.means possible to bring about the best Brexit for Britain. We will
:55:07. > :55:14.fight for a future where business and industry thrived. Especially as
:55:15. > :55:22.the member for Backley and spend, and a ROM, Sedgefield, the member
:55:23. > :55:28.for Wirral South said, especially in our proud regions. We are in the
:55:29. > :55:32.country of Brunel, Rosalind Franklin, Alan Turing, Michael
:55:33. > :55:38.Faraday, Tim Peake. Our engineers and scientists and academics,
:55:39. > :55:44.creatives, they need to flourish in this workshop of the world. And
:55:45. > :55:51.Labour will work to ensure after Brexit our future as an ingenious,
:55:52. > :56:00.innovative, imaginative and inspiring nation grows and is never
:56:01. > :56:06.diminished. The British people voted to take back control. Control over
:56:07. > :56:14.their lives and the Labour Party understand the anger expressed
:56:15. > :56:20.through the vote to leave. Lope, lack of opportunities. -- low pay.
:56:21. > :56:25.Insecure work and sit -- uncertain futures. A feeling of being remote
:56:26. > :56:32.from decision making in Brussels. To all who voted for those reasons, I
:56:33. > :56:36.say we hear you. Labour will stand up throughout the Brexit
:56:37. > :56:42.negotiations for those who may have voted to leave but who did not vote
:56:43. > :56:49.to be poorer. We will stand up, too, for those who voted to Remain. 48%
:56:50. > :56:58.of voters cannot be marginalised or ignored.
:56:59. > :57:06.Many, although the exact the outcome of the referendum, do not see a
:57:07. > :57:11.prosperous future. The political value dot-mac battle now, much of
:57:12. > :57:18.the honourable gentleman would like to run the battle just enjoyed,
:57:19. > :57:23.centres on the times and the country we aspire to become. Labour is ready
:57:24. > :57:29.to take on those who offer MTV assurance based on nothing but their
:57:30. > :57:36.own dogmatic conviction. Brexit marks to work for all our
:57:37. > :57:40.communities. -- Brexit must work for all our communities. Especially the
:57:41. > :57:49.most disadvantaged and my party will step up and make sure the Government
:57:50. > :57:52.fulfils its duty. As a former president of the United States, a
:57:53. > :57:59.former President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt said to
:58:00. > :58:05.the Democrats, ours must be a party of liberal thought, of planned
:58:06. > :58:13.action, of enlightened international outlook, and of the greatest good to
:58:14. > :58:21.the greatest number of citizens. And this is how we must precede! Not
:58:22. > :58:25.fully 52%, not for the 48%, but for 100% of the people of Britain.
:58:26. > :58:42.CHEERING Madam Deputy Speaker, may I start by
:58:43. > :58:44.paying tribute to all the right honourable and honourable members
:58:45. > :58:49.who have contributed to what my honourable friend, the member for
:58:50. > :58:57.Sleaford and night hike in aim excellent maiden speech rightly
:58:58. > :59:01.called an historic debate. Members of both sides of the house,
:59:02. > :59:05.supporters of both leave and remain have spoken with passion and
:59:06. > :59:08.sincerity and have been some outstanding contributions and
:59:09. > :59:16.several times over the last two days, we have seen this House as is
:59:17. > :59:19.very best. A wide range of issues has been raised over the course of
:59:20. > :59:23.this debate and I will seek to address these in the time available
:59:24. > :59:28.to me, but I hope that honourable members will forgive me if I do not
:59:29. > :59:38.address everything a point made by every single Speaker. Let me be
:59:39. > :59:43.clear, what we are considering is the most straightforward possible
:59:44. > :59:47.Bill, a Bill which necessary is to implement the referendum result and
:59:48. > :59:51.respect the judgment of the Supreme Court. It is positively not a
:59:52. > :59:56.vehicle for determining the terms of the broader negotiations that will
:59:57. > :00:01.follow. This Bill follows one of the largest democratic exercises in this
:00:02. > :00:06.country's history. As pointed out by many memorable members, an issue
:00:07. > :00:10.that has been central to political debate in this country for decades
:00:11. > :00:16.was finally put to the people of the United Kingdom and the people made
:00:17. > :00:19.their decision. We have heard repeatedly from honourable members
:00:20. > :00:25.on both sides of this debate and on both sides of the house that they
:00:26. > :00:28.fully respect and accept the referendum and its outcome. Today is
:00:29. > :00:32.an opportunity for all of us to demonstrate that respect by
:00:33. > :00:40.supporting this small, but important, Bill. In the time I have
:00:41. > :00:47.available,... I will not give way, I hope you will forgive me. A number
:00:48. > :00:51.of themes emerged during the course of the debate. First of all, the
:00:52. > :00:56.referendum itself. Parliament voted overwhelmingly to put this to the
:00:57. > :01:02.people. We must trust decision. The must be no attempt to remain inside
:01:03. > :01:08.the EU. No attempt to rejoin it through the back door and second
:01:09. > :01:12.referendum. As a fuel honourable members have urged. This country has
:01:13. > :01:15.voted to leave the European Union and it is the duty of the Government
:01:16. > :01:22.and of this House to make sure that we do precisely that. In the time
:01:23. > :01:26.available, I cannot. Secondly, I would like to touch on the issue of
:01:27. > :01:31.engagement with the devolved administrations, which has figured
:01:32. > :01:34.strongly in this debate. Before and throughout the referendum campaign,
:01:35. > :01:38.it was clear that the outcome would apply to the Hall of the United
:01:39. > :01:42.Kingdom and that is what we are committed to deliver. We are
:01:43. > :01:47.committed to securing the best deal for the call of the United Kingdom
:01:48. > :01:52.in the interests of all of its constituent nations and regions. My
:01:53. > :01:59.right honourable friend the Prime Minister has made clear her
:02:00. > :02:04.determination to uphold and strengthen the union. We will
:02:05. > :02:10.continue to engage with the devolved administrations are out the
:02:11. > :02:15.established committees. We understand that there are unique and
:02:16. > :02:22.diverse interests across the UK, in particular... I do not know why the
:02:23. > :02:33.honourable gentleman does not understand, I am not taking his
:02:34. > :02:38.intervention. In particular, Mr Speaker, we are wholly committed to
:02:39. > :02:42.the Belfast at agreement and successors. We will work with the
:02:43. > :02:48.Irish Government to maintain the Common travel area on the island of
:02:49. > :02:53.Ireland are not return to the Borders of the past. We have
:02:54. > :02:56.received under grateful to these submissions from the Scottish and
:02:57. > :03:03.Welsh governments, which are being considered. That said, the Supreme
:03:04. > :03:08.Court was clear in its judgment that triggering Article 50 is a reserved
:03:09. > :03:14.matter for this Parliament. And that the devolved nations do not have a
:03:15. > :03:19.veto. We have been clear that we will work very carefully to ensure,
:03:20. > :03:26.as powers are reverted Brussels back to Britain, Iraq powers are returned
:03:27. > :03:29.Westminster and the rate powers are passed to the devolved
:03:30. > :03:40.administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. -- the correct
:03:41. > :03:45.powers. EU citizens working and living in the United Kingdom, this
:03:46. > :03:50.Government values and appreciate the role that they play in our economy
:03:51. > :03:53.and in working in 80s. We are determined to provide as much
:03:54. > :04:04.certainty as we can as soon as we can. That guaranteeing UK citizens
:04:05. > :04:17.rates in the EU and in the UK is one of our immediate objectives in the
:04:18. > :04:21.upcoming negotiations. To the EU citizens were living, studying and
:04:22. > :04:28.working in the UK I say this, you will still be welcome in this
:04:29. > :04:33.country, as we trust our citizens will continue to be welcome in
:04:34. > :04:37.years. Moving on to the forthcoming negotiations, I want to repeat, that
:04:38. > :04:46.whilst we are leaving the EU, we are not turning our back on Europe.
:04:47. > :04:52.Point of order. What is the point in the Government coming here, reading
:04:53. > :04:57.out a written statement to the house are not listening to interventions
:04:58. > :05:00.from honourable members who have legitimate questions to ask the
:05:01. > :05:04.Government benches. These debates will run for a long time to come,
:05:05. > :05:10.but that is not a matter for the chair. Minister. Thank you, Mr
:05:11. > :05:15.Speaker. I want to repeat their wealthy are leaving the EU, were not
:05:16. > :05:21.turning our backs on Europe. We will be seeking a broad new partnership
:05:22. > :05:26.outside of the single market with the EU. Including a bold and
:05:27. > :05:28.ambitious trade agreement. We will retain strong relationships with our
:05:29. > :05:36.European partners as we work together on issues such as security,
:05:37. > :05:41.justice and migration. The honourable gentleman is reading an
:05:42. > :05:50.excitable Zebedee. It has been made clear to him that the minister is
:05:51. > :05:55.not giving way. We have made clear commitments to protect workers'
:05:56. > :06:00.rights and we will ensure that the keep pace. All the workers' rights
:06:01. > :06:03.that are enjoyed under EU legislation will be preserved by the
:06:04. > :06:09.great repeal Bill and will be brought across into UK law. Let me
:06:10. > :06:22.say this also, we have no plans to withdraw from the... Euratom and the
:06:23. > :06:27.EU share a common institutional framework, including European court
:06:28. > :06:32.of justice, decision making of the council. Making them uniquely
:06:33. > :06:38.legally joined. Triggering Article 50 therefore also entails giving
:06:39. > :06:41.notice to leave Euratom. The nuclear industry is of key strategic
:06:42. > :06:46.importance to the UK and we have been clear that this does not affect
:06:47. > :06:51.our intention to maintain close and effective arrangements relating to
:06:52. > :06:57.civil nuclear operation, safeguards and safety with Europe and the rest
:06:58. > :07:00.of the world. Let me move on to the role of Parliament. My right
:07:01. > :07:06.honourable friend the Prime Minister set out our plan for the United
:07:07. > :07:08.Kingdom's withdrawal in her speech at Lancaster house and she has
:07:09. > :07:12.confirmed that Parliament will have its say on the final deal we achieve
:07:13. > :07:18.with the European Union by putting that deal to a vote of houses. There
:07:19. > :07:23.has already been extensive scrutiny in both houses and we will be
:07:24. > :07:27.publishing our white paper tomorrow before a committee stage. It is
:07:28. > :07:31.however it entirely separate from this Bill, which is simply about
:07:32. > :07:34.giving Government the power to trigger the process of exit from the
:07:35. > :07:38.EU in accordance with the instructions we have received from
:07:39. > :07:45.the people of this country. There has already been, there has also
:07:46. > :07:57.been much debate over the last two days about the many opportunities
:07:58. > :08:03.that leaving the EU for the UK. As my right honourable friend the Prime
:08:04. > :08:08.Minister has said, we will be an outward facing, bald and global
:08:09. > :08:12.country, seeking ambitious trade deals, forging new friendships and
:08:13. > :08:18.consolidating existing partnerships and we will remain a tolerant and
:08:19. > :08:22.open country. The triggering of Article 50 will start the process of
:08:23. > :08:26.our withdrawal from the European Union, during which this House will
:08:27. > :08:30.have plenty of opportunities to debate and play a crucial role in
:08:31. > :08:35.scrutinising the great repeal Bill and related bills to come. My right
:08:36. > :08:39.honourable friend has set out a detailed plan for building a new
:08:40. > :08:42.partnership between an independent United Kingdom and the European
:08:43. > :08:49.Union in years to come and let me say how much I agree with the right
:08:50. > :08:54.honourable lady. Let me say how much I agree with the honourable lady
:08:55. > :08:58.that people have made their decision and now we must strive for an
:08:59. > :09:04.outcome that as she says, works not just for the 52% or the 48%, but for
:09:05. > :09:09.the 100%. All of us in this House must work together in the national
:09:10. > :09:15.interest, but let me repeat, tonight we are not voting on the outcome,
:09:16. > :09:19.nor on the wider issues, but simply to start the process. It is
:09:20. > :09:25.absolutely essential that Parliament now move quickly, with a timetable
:09:26. > :09:32.but this House has already voted for in December to trigger Article 50 by
:09:33. > :09:40.the end of March. In short, Mr Speaker, this is a straightforward
:09:41. > :09:43.Bill that delivers on the promise made by the people of the United
:09:44. > :09:49.Kingdom to honour the outcome of the referendum. We must trust the people
:09:50. > :10:04.and I commend this builds a house. Order. The quest meant is that the
:10:05. > :10:16.amendment be made, ayes. Clear the lobby.
:10:17. > :12:21.-- As many as are of the opinion, say "aye". To the contrary, "no".
:12:22. > :12:30.Question is at the amendment be. As many as are of the opinion, say
:12:31. > :18:30."aye". To the contrary, "no".. Tellers for the ayes...
:18:31. > :23:30.The ayes to the right, 100. The noes to the left 336.
:23:31. > :23:45.The ayes to the right, 100. The noes to the left, 336. So the noes have
:23:46. > :23:50.it. The noes habit. Unlock! The question is that the bill be now
:23:51. > :24:00.read a second time. As many as are of the opinion, say "aye". To the
:24:01. > :26:53.contrary, "no".. Division! Clear at the lobby!
:26:54. > :27:01.The question is the Bill now be wrote a second time. As many as are
:27:02. > :27:04.of the opinion, say "aye". To the contrary, "no".. Tellers for the
:27:05. > :27:17.ayes. Tellers for the noes.
:27:18. > :27:23.I say to the little baby, don't be sheepish about it, the little baby
:27:24. > :27:35.is welcome to come in. There is no problem.