0:00:25 > 0:00:30Thank you Mr Speaker. I will update the House and the negotiation
0:00:30 > 0:00:33between the United Kingdom and the European Union in November
0:00:33 > 0:00:38reflecting our actions since the October Council. Both of the United
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Kingdom and the European Union recognise a new dynamic installed in
0:00:41 > 0:00:46the talks since the Prime Minister 's Florence speech, at the October
0:00:46 > 0:00:49European Council 27 states agreed to start preparations for moving
0:00:49 > 0:00:52negotiations on to trade and official relationships we want to
0:00:52 > 0:00:59see. And the conclusions also called for work to continue on moving the
0:00:59 > 0:01:03second phase of negotiation as as soon as possible. It is inevitable
0:01:03 > 0:01:07that discussions are now narrowing to if you outstanding albeit
0:01:07 > 0:01:11important issues that remain. Last week our focus was on finding
0:01:11 > 0:01:16solutions to those few remaining issues. As we move forward towards
0:01:16 > 0:01:23December counsel we have told the European Union we are willing to
0:01:23 > 0:01:30negotiate in a constructive way to this end. Our teams are in
0:01:30 > 0:01:34continuous contact even between formal rounds. I turned to three key
0:01:34 > 0:01:37ongoing areas of discussion and outline the progress made last week
0:01:37 > 0:01:43in each of these. We have made solid progress in our ongoing discussions
0:01:43 > 0:01:47on Northern Ireland and Ireland. Key areas of achievement include
0:01:47 > 0:01:51progress and technical discussions on preserving north - south
0:01:51 > 0:01:54co-operation, agreeing joint principles on the travel area and
0:01:54 > 0:01:57associated rights and shafting further joint principles on how best
0:01:57 > 0:02:00we preserve north - south cooperation and the Belfast
0:02:00 > 0:02:05agreement to help guide specific solutions to unique circumstances in
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Northern Ireland. Both sides also remain firmly committed to avoiding
0:02:10 > 0:02:15hardboard, a point we have remained clear on throughout. We also remain
0:02:15 > 0:02:20resolutely committed to upholding the Belfast Good Friday Agreement in
0:02:20 > 0:02:26all its parts and finding a solution that works for the people of
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Northern Ireland and Ireland, we continue to hold frank discussions
0:02:30 > 0:02:35of our European counterparts on these issues. We have also made it
0:02:35 > 0:02:37clear that why would respect the desire to protect the legal order of
0:02:37 > 0:02:41the single market and the customs union that cannot come at a cost of
0:02:41 > 0:02:46a constitutional or economic integrity of the United Kingdom. We
0:02:46 > 0:02:52cannot create a new border within the United Kingdom. This is an area
0:02:52 > 0:02:55where we believe we will only be able to conclude talks finally in
0:02:55 > 0:02:58the context of a future relationship. Until such time as we
0:02:58 > 0:03:03do so we need to approach the issues which arise when a high degree of
0:03:03 > 0:03:08political sensitivity, with pragmatism and creativity.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Discussions on these areas will continue in the run-up to the
0:03:11 > 0:03:14December counsel. We continue to make good progress on citizens
0:03:14 > 0:03:18rights, both sides working hard towards the resolution of
0:03:18 > 0:03:21outstanding issues. Last week in response to requests for
0:03:21 > 0:03:26reassurances by the European Union, we published a detailed description
0:03:26 > 0:03:30of our proposals for procedures to European citizens seeking to settle
0:03:30 > 0:03:33in the United Kingdom. As the paper demonstrates the new procedures will
0:03:33 > 0:03:39be as streamlined, straightforward and low cost as possible. They will
0:03:39 > 0:03:42be based on simple transparent criteria, laid out in the withdrawal
0:03:42 > 0:03:48agreement. While they remain differences on the issue of family
0:03:48 > 0:03:52reunion and the export of benefits we will be clear on what reassurance
0:03:52 > 0:03:58we can provide to families of existing citizens even if they are
0:03:58 > 0:04:03not living together. We believe this paves the way in this area which was
0:04:03 > 0:04:06acknowledged by the commission on Friday. Daily Mail some areas where
0:04:06 > 0:04:09we are still seeking further movement from the European Union on
0:04:09 > 0:04:14issues like voting rights, recognition of qualifications and
0:04:14 > 0:04:20onward movement for British citizens currently living in EU 27. In these
0:04:20 > 0:04:24three areas in the United Kingdom 's offer goes beyond that of the EU.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Finally the commission has not yet matched the UK's offer in relation
0:04:28 > 0:04:35to the right to stand and vote in local elections. This is a core
0:04:35 > 0:04:39citizens write normally enshrined in European Union treaties. I have been
0:04:39 > 0:04:42disappointed that the European Union has not been willing to include
0:04:42 > 0:04:49voting rights in the withdrawal agreement so far. As a result we
0:04:49 > 0:04:52will pursue this issue by laterally with member states. We sought
0:04:52 > 0:04:57further clarity on the agreement to incorporate European Union citizens
0:04:57 > 0:05:05rights into UK law which will mean that European citizens can be sure
0:05:05 > 0:05:10of clarity in the long term. We made it clear over term we will take
0:05:10 > 0:05:13account of the rulings of the European Court of Justice in this
0:05:13 > 0:05:19area to help ensure into perdition. We had made clear that as we leave
0:05:19 > 0:05:21the European Union is a priority for the United Kingdom pressed to
0:05:21 > 0:05:25preserve the sovereignty of our courts and as such it will bring to
0:05:25 > 0:05:29an end the direct jurisdiction of the Libyan court of justice. Mr
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Speaker, it's not my intention to pre-empt the committee stage of the
0:05:33 > 0:05:38European withdrawal bill but what I say next several ovens. We need to
0:05:38 > 0:05:41take extra steps to provide clarity and certainty both in negotiations
0:05:41 > 0:05:48and at home to implement any agreement into UK law. I can now
0:05:48 > 0:05:51confirm that once we have reached agreement will bring forward a piece
0:05:51 > 0:05:56of primary legislation to implement that agreement, known as the
0:05:56 > 0:05:59withdrawal agreement and implementation bill. This confirms
0:05:59 > 0:06:02that the major policy set out in the withdrawal agreement will be
0:06:02 > 0:06:06implemented into UK law by primary legislation, not by secondary
0:06:06 > 0:06:12legislation under the withdrawal bill. This means parliament will
0:06:12 > 0:06:16have time to scrutinise and vote on the final deal with strike with the
0:06:16 > 0:06:19EU. This agreement will only hold of Parliament approves it. We expect
0:06:19 > 0:06:24this bill to cover the contents of the withdrawal agreement which
0:06:24 > 0:06:30includes issues such as agreements on citizens rights, any financial
0:06:30 > 0:06:34agreement breast details on any agreement reached by both sides, we
0:06:34 > 0:06:39don't know the exact details of these bills and are not likely to do
0:06:39 > 0:06:43so until they are near completion. These will be over and above the
0:06:43 > 0:06:46undertaking we've already made which will bring forward a motion on the
0:06:46 > 0:06:50final deal as soon as possible after it is agreed. We still intend expect
0:06:50 > 0:06:53such a vote on the final deal to happen before the European
0:06:53 > 0:06:59Parliament votes on it. There can be no doubt that Parliament will be
0:06:59 > 0:07:05intimately involved at every stage. I see laughter from the benches
0:07:05 > 0:07:09opposite. This has been called for by members on all sides of this
0:07:09 > 0:07:13House. I would hope that we get Labour Party support for it, for
0:07:13 > 0:07:18once! Finally, on a financial settlement. The Prime Minister 's
0:07:18 > 0:07:22commitment made in her Florence speech stands. Our European partners
0:07:22 > 0:07:26will not pay more or receive less and the remainder of the current
0:07:26 > 0:07:31budget plan as a result of our decision to leave. The UK will
0:07:31 > 0:07:33honour its commitments made during the period of our membership and
0:07:33 > 0:07:37this would groove made substantial technical process on the issues that
0:07:37 > 0:07:41underpin these commitments. It has been a low-key but important
0:07:41 > 0:07:46technical set of negotiations falling between councils. We need
0:07:46 > 0:07:52there to pinpoint further discussions that will take place. We
0:07:52 > 0:07:56must also look ahead to discussions on our future relationship. For
0:07:56 > 0:08:00this, both parties need to build confidence in the process and the
0:08:00 > 0:08:04shared outcome. The UK will continue to engage constructively as we have
0:08:04 > 0:08:10done since the start.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Went to see flexibility, imagination to make progress on both sides. I
0:08:15 > 0:08:23commend this statement to the house. Keir Starmer.Can I thank the
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Secretary of State for advance notice of his statement. It is
0:08:26 > 0:08:33clearly a statement of two halves, Mr Speaker. First, the usual
0:08:33 > 0:08:39Groundhog Day report back on the negotiations in Brussels. A round of
0:08:39 > 0:08:42negotiations, a press conference at the end that leaves us wondering
0:08:42 > 0:08:46whether the parties were in the same negotiations. Then both sides
0:08:46 > 0:08:50briefing the press in the days immediately afterwards. Then a
0:08:50 > 0:08:55statement from the dispatch box that assures no one. Underlying this, a
0:08:55 > 0:09:01profound lack of progress. We want the next statements to be different.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05We want the Secretary of State to return and inform the house real
0:09:05 > 0:09:09progress has been made, a breakthrough, even. Last time we
0:09:09 > 0:09:15were promised acceleration. What is now, and what's the plan if the
0:09:15 > 0:09:21December deadline is missed? Mr Speaker, I recognise some of the
0:09:21 > 0:09:25difficulties. As the Secretary of State knows, I have some sympathy
0:09:25 > 0:09:30with the position on Northern Ireland that he has set out. As we
0:09:30 > 0:09:35see from the legislation before this house today, the political situation
0:09:35 > 0:09:39in Northern Ireland is fragile. The peace process is too precious to be
0:09:39 > 0:09:42put at risk by rushing a Brexit deal that doesn't have the support of all
0:09:42 > 0:09:49communities. There must be no return to a hard border. Mr Speaker,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Northern Ireland should not be used by either side in the negotiations
0:09:53 > 0:09:56for political point scoring, and I think that's a really important
0:09:56 > 0:10:01point in this house. The second half of the statement is not a report
0:10:01 > 0:10:07back at all. It's a recognition by the government that is about to lose
0:10:07 > 0:10:14a series of votes on the withdrawal bill. Labour has repeatedly argued,
0:10:14 > 0:10:19since the bill was first published in July, that he Article 50 deal
0:10:19 > 0:10:22required primary legislation, including a vote of this house. A
0:10:22 > 0:10:30point that was made forcefully at second reading. Now, on the eve of
0:10:30 > 0:10:33crucial amendments, we have this statement under the cloak of a
0:10:33 > 0:10:37report back from Brussels. I don't think that fool is anyone. The devil
0:10:37 > 0:10:44will no doubt be in the detail. Can the secretary of state is now
0:10:44 > 0:10:47confirmed the government accepts the Labour argument that clause nine
0:10:47 > 0:10:53should be struck from the withdrawal bill altogether? And then there is
0:10:53 > 0:10:56the question of transitional arrangement. It is blindingly
0:10:56 > 0:11:01obvious to anyone following these negotiations that a final deal with
0:11:01 > 0:11:04the EU, including a trade agreement, will not be complete by March of
0:11:04 > 0:11:112019. Transitional agreements on the same terms just now are in the
0:11:11 > 0:11:19public interest. It's what businesses, communities and Labour
0:11:19 > 0:11:23have been calling for for many months. Can he Save The Don Mint
0:11:23 > 0:11:26will not stand in the way of sensible transitional arrangements
0:11:26 > 0:11:33on the same basic terms we have now with the EU. -- can he say the
0:11:33 > 0:11:41government will not. Can the Secretary of State confirm to this
0:11:41 > 0:11:44house that this house will get a vote in the event that there is no
0:11:44 > 0:11:49deal question your?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50vote in the event that there is no deal question These questions have
0:11:50 > 0:11:55been pressing for months. This last-minute attempt to climb down
0:11:55 > 0:12:02brings it into sharp focus and we are entitled to clear answers.Yet
0:12:02 > 0:12:06more carping opposite from the Right honourable gentleman. He complains
0:12:06 > 0:12:09that negotiations are not making as much progress as he would like. Yet
0:12:09 > 0:12:15he allowed his Labour members in the European Parliament to vote against
0:12:15 > 0:12:18progress this time around. The question he needs to ask himself is
0:12:18 > 0:12:25what would he be prepared to sacrifice to buy the goodwill of the
0:12:25 > 0:12:28European Commission? We are standing up to allow European citizens to
0:12:28 > 0:12:31move around Europe, use qualifications and vote in municipal
0:12:31 > 0:12:33elections. Is he proposing we let them down the interest to rush
0:12:33 > 0:12:37ahead. We are standing of British taxpayers, not wasting their money,
0:12:37 > 0:12:41with the clear position we will beat our financial commitments, only
0:12:41 > 0:12:46knowingly know more about future relations. Would he sell them out?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49We are using Brexit to restore the sovereignty of the British courts.
0:12:49 > 0:12:55Would he let that go as well, yes he would, because he would give the ECJ
0:12:55 > 0:13:01the right to dictate our laws in perpetuity. Let me come back to his
0:13:01 > 0:13:07description. He says the second half does not arise from the negotiation.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Yes it does, because actually one of the reasons for this bill that I
0:13:11 > 0:13:17have announced today is providing to European citizens a primary piece of
0:13:17 > 0:13:21legislation which will put into British law the withdrawal agreement
0:13:21 > 0:13:27in total. It is as near as we can come to direct effect. It comes
0:13:27 > 0:13:30directly out of the negotiation today. I hope next time I come to
0:13:30 > 0:13:37report at this as we'll get more support the Labour Party.Kenneth
0:13:37 > 0:13:44Clarke.We will be debating tomorrow Eilidh rather helpful new course,
0:13:44 > 0:13:53first announced in the Telegraph, which announces the processes. Can I
0:13:53 > 0:13:58get the government's intentions on the final processes on the role of
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Parliament? Can he give me reassurance that the parliament will
0:14:01 > 0:14:05have a legally binding and meaningful vote in which it will
0:14:05 > 0:14:12approve or disapprove of any final agreement or lack of agreement
0:14:12 > 0:14:18before we leave the European Union? And that there will be time, in
0:14:18 > 0:14:20whatever circumstances, for the necessary legislation to be
0:14:20 > 0:14:27introduced and debated to pass to implement in law smoothly and
0:14:27 > 0:14:32properly whatever it is Parliament has approved once the government has
0:14:32 > 0:14:38made its proposals?I thank my right honourable friend for the question.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42First of all, yes we will have a meaningful vote. It has been said
0:14:42 > 0:14:46from this dispatch box and in a bar of times. What I have said today as
0:14:46 > 0:14:49we will add to that, over and above the meaningful vote on the outcome
0:14:49 > 0:14:55of the bill, on the deal, we will have legislation which puts it into
0:14:55 > 0:14:58effect. In other words, the house will be able to go through it line
0:14:58 > 0:15:07by line and agree it line by line. Beta grad.I am grateful to the
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement. -- Peter Grant.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Turning to Northern Ireland, doesn't the Secretary of State appreciate is
0:15:15 > 0:15:18becoming increasingly clear that the only sensible solution for Northern
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Ireland is for it to remain in a customs union. If that means the
0:15:21 > 0:15:24rest of us remain in the customs union as well, that's what we must
0:15:24 > 0:15:29do. As he has said, there can't be a border between the two parts of
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Ireland, there can't be a border between Northern Ireland and the
0:15:33 > 0:15:36mainland UK, and they can't be a border between the Republic of
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Ireland and the European Union. They cannot be a customs border anywhere
0:15:39 > 0:15:43between the UK and the European mainland without breaching
0:15:43 > 0:15:48international treaties. On citizens rights, I welcome the update on
0:15:48 > 0:15:53progress. Does he not accept we are now well past the time when our
0:15:53 > 0:15:56constituents are entitled to absolute legal guarantees and
0:15:56 > 0:16:01progress reports are not enough. People are still leaving businesses
0:16:01 > 0:16:03the health service, social care services, because they do not have
0:16:03 > 0:16:09confidence there will be a deal in time for them to make a future here.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Can I turn next to the update we have had a financial settlement.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Would it be cynical to suggest, that this will become a lot simpler when
0:16:18 > 0:16:22the Chancellor has got his budget out of the way? Can the Secretary of
0:16:22 > 0:16:25State tell us what discussions he has had with the Chancellor on what
0:16:25 > 0:16:29might need to be in the budget next week in order to pave the way for
0:16:29 > 0:16:32financial settlement in the weeks to come? Or is it the case that there
0:16:32 > 0:16:35is no financial settlement in the budget because the government they
0:16:35 > 0:16:39know they can't get the budget passed their own backbenchers if
0:16:39 > 0:16:43there is admission of continuity to the European Union in that. The
0:16:43 > 0:16:49announcement of a new piece of legislation, first of all can I give
0:16:49 > 0:16:52credit that the Secretary of State has done the right thing by
0:16:52 > 0:16:54announcing this to the house, and some of his Cabinet colleagues could
0:16:54 > 0:16:58learn from his example. Can we get more clarity on what the bill is
0:16:58 > 0:17:03about. I know he can't give detailed, but will it still is
0:17:03 > 0:17:09simply be a case of take it or leave it? Their Deal or no Deal? Will the
0:17:09 > 0:17:12house get an opportunity to amend that bill, as the house must have
0:17:12 > 0:17:15the opportunity to amend any bill, and therefore will the house have
0:17:15 > 0:17:19the opportunity to attempt to amend the agreement? Given the Prime
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Minister is now on the eighth disgruntled Conservatives away from
0:17:24 > 0:17:28facing a vote of no-confidence, why should anyone else have confidence
0:17:28 > 0:17:34in this government to extricate us from the mess have created, now they
0:17:34 > 0:17:41are losing the confidence of their own backbenchers?Firstly on the
0:17:41 > 0:17:45question of Northern Ireland, what I have said in terms, which I have
0:17:45 > 0:17:51said here, is that there will be no internal border within the United
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Kingdom. That is an absolute fundamental, because, apart from
0:17:55 > 0:18:01anything else, the Good Friday, Belfast agreement, requires us to
0:18:01 > 0:18:05run the government on behalf of all communities. At least one community
0:18:05 > 0:18:08in Northern Ireland would not accept a border in the Irish Sea. As for
0:18:08 > 0:18:13the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, everybody has accepted
0:18:13 > 0:18:17there must be no return to a hard border. Some of that is dealt with
0:18:17 > 0:18:22by the continuation of the Common travel area, which has been around
0:18:22 > 0:18:28since 1923. In that respect, it's not new. In terms of the customs
0:18:28 > 0:18:33border, there is already a difference between Levy and tax
0:18:33 > 0:18:37rates and excise rates north and south of the border, which we manage
0:18:37 > 0:18:41without a hard border, which we will continue to do. It ends up budget,
0:18:41 > 0:18:47he is optimistic if he thinks the Chancellor gives us any more of an
0:18:47 > 0:18:52advance warning a recap from his budget. I have discussed with him
0:18:52 > 0:18:55the financial aspects of our relationship with the European Union
0:18:55 > 0:18:58at many meetings. As for new legislation, I don't think it's in
0:18:58 > 0:19:02the gift of the government to put out a piece of primary legislation
0:19:02 > 0:19:06before the house that is incapable of amendment. It's the nature of
0:19:06 > 0:19:10primary legislation, it has always been carried on Amendment. We'll
0:19:10 > 0:19:13have the practical limitations of having a deal that we have signed
0:19:13 > 0:19:16and there might be applications for that, but the whole thing will be
0:19:16 > 0:19:23put in front of the house.Mr Iain Duncan Smith.May I congratulate my
0:19:23 > 0:19:26right honourable friend for being very clear in his statement that
0:19:26 > 0:19:33come March 29 2019, as we leave the European Union, the Court of Justice
0:19:33 > 0:19:37itself will no longer have direct authority here in the United
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Kingdom, thus dispelling the game is played out by the opposition this
0:19:40 > 0:19:48morning. May I take my honourable friend back to the statement he has
0:19:48 > 0:19:54made with regards to the bill and the motion. As I understand it, if
0:19:54 > 0:20:00we had a motion that was voted on, but was not passed, then that would
0:20:00 > 0:20:06negate the idea of a bill that would then be amended. And if there was a
0:20:06 > 0:20:09bill, and it could be amended, as we were always told through
0:20:09 > 0:20:12negotiations with Maastricht and beyond, you cannot accept an
0:20:12 > 0:20:15amendment at the end of the day because the agreement has already
0:20:15 > 0:20:21been made and thus you would be altering the agreement. This is not
0:20:21 > 0:20:24that -- does that not leaders into the situation where you would have a
0:20:24 > 0:20:26bill that would change the agreement, but the other side is not
0:20:26 > 0:20:32wish to make those changes?With respect to the first half of his
0:20:32 > 0:20:37question, if the motion, the original motion that is but does not
0:20:37 > 0:20:43pass, the deal falls in total. He is right about the second part. He will
0:20:43 > 0:20:46render the Maastricht Bill, as I remember there was quite a lot of
0:20:46 > 0:20:49amendments and quite a lot of voting. The house can express its
0:20:49 > 0:20:56view and did so in light of the consequences.Hilary BennI welcome
0:20:56 > 0:20:59the Secretary of State's announcement that there will be
0:20:59 > 0:21:03primary legislation to implement the EU withdrawal agreement. I would say
0:21:03 > 0:21:06it's another recognition of the government having to listen to the
0:21:06 > 0:21:09House of Commons. The question I want to ask is about Northern
0:21:09 > 0:21:15Ireland. It is becoming increasingly clear that there is a contradiction
0:21:15 > 0:21:18between the government but I clearly stated desire that there should be
0:21:18 > 0:21:21no return to a hard border and no customs border on the one hand, and
0:21:21 > 0:21:30its determination to leave the customs union. Since the proposal it
0:21:30 > 0:21:41has put forward proposals to try to square that circle. It doesn't
0:21:41 > 0:21:43persuade the governance of the Republic of Ireland that a hard
0:21:43 > 0:21:47border can be achieved. What does the government propose to do about
0:21:47 > 0:21:50one of its central objectives?I will thank him for his opening
0:21:50 > 0:21:55comments. At the time we published the white Paper on what was then the
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Great Repeal Bill, now the withdrawal bill, I said at the time
0:21:58 > 0:22:03that we would listen to the House of Commons. I said to the front bench
0:22:03 > 0:22:07opposite that if there were any rights then we would endeavour to
0:22:07 > 0:22:13replace them and any other changes similarly. In terms of Northern
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Ireland, the second stanza that we face at the moment is that there are
0:22:17 > 0:22:25a range of permutations and possibilities depending on what the
0:22:25 > 0:22:30outcome is and if the government achieves is primary policy of having
0:22:30 > 0:22:33a tariff free, barrier free free trade agreement than a customs
0:22:33 > 0:22:36agreement following on from that will be a very light touch customs
0:22:36 > 0:22:40agreement, in which case it will be relatively straightforward to
0:22:40 > 0:22:41maintain a relatively invisible border.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52If that is not the case I suspect the alternatives will be expensive
0:22:52 > 0:22:58but not impossible.Mr Owen Paterson.Thank you Mr Speaker. Of
0:22:58 > 0:23:01the House of Commons voted in the new withdrawal bill will we still
0:23:01 > 0:23:09leave on March 29, 2019 but without an agreement?Yes. Liverpool what
0:23:09 > 0:23:22was that? The Secretary of State said yes. Kate Hoey.Mr Speaker may
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I welcome the Secretary of State is very firm rebuttal of the ridiculous
0:23:25 > 0:23:29idea that Northern Ireland will be taken out of the rest of the United
0:23:29 > 0:23:34Kingdom and stay in the customs union. Can I also say that does he
0:23:34 > 0:23:40recognise that the Northern Ireland affairs committee met with the
0:23:40 > 0:23:45customs in certain to not in the EU and the one thing that he said over
0:23:45 > 0:23:48again was that that there was nothing that could not make this
0:23:48 > 0:23:53work if there was not full cooperation between all sides.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Northern Ireland want no hard border, no customs union, no EU,
0:23:57 > 0:24:04this can happen.The honourable lady is exactly right, this is too
0:24:04 > 0:24:11across-the-board whether talking about free trade agreement, the past
0:24:11 > 0:24:26commissioner for trade, the same is true in this case, I'm sure the
0:24:26 > 0:24:33political will is there north and south of the border.With the
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Secretary of State confirm that any such withdrawal bill would take
0:24:35 > 0:24:44place after the withdrawal bill itself has been enacted after March
0:24:44 > 0:24:5429.I don't confirm that, this would depend on where the withdrawal
0:24:54 > 0:25:00treaty is negotiated. And that is the intention of the union, we try
0:25:00 > 0:25:09to negotiate that by October of next year. So the ideal outcome will be,
0:25:09 > 0:25:16it will be before the conclusion. Yvette Cooper.Thank you Mr Speaker.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Can I welcome the government coming forward with a separate bill for the
0:25:19 > 0:25:23withdrawal agreement, it is something I have made amendments for
0:25:23 > 0:25:27and the Member for Beaconsfield has also made amendments. Can you
0:25:27 > 0:25:31clarify the timing on this. He just said it was only in an ideal world
0:25:31 > 0:25:40that this withdrawal agreement Bill would come before Brexit date. May I
0:25:40 > 0:25:43say it will be a real problem of the government thinks they can simply
0:25:43 > 0:25:49use clause nine to provisionally implement the withdrawal agreement
0:25:49 > 0:25:55through secondary legislation while not having the withdrawal agreement
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Bill until after Brexit date. Can he clarify, will he confirm that the
0:25:59 > 0:26:04government will bring the withdrawal agreement Bill before the House,
0:26:04 > 0:26:13before Brexit today and not after. The right honourable lady corrects
0:26:13 > 0:26:17me, the right word is our principal policy aims. That is what we are
0:26:17 > 0:26:22trying to do. But I cannot guarantee is that if the union doesn't come to
0:26:22 > 0:26:25a conclusion in negotiations we cannot bring the withdrawal bill in
0:26:25 > 0:26:30front of the House before we have a withdrawal agreement. That is the
0:26:30 > 0:26:37sequence I point you to.Anna Soubry.Thank you Mr Speaker. All
0:26:37 > 0:26:39very interesting because the government has now decided to bring
0:26:39 > 0:26:45forward an amendment to put into law the Brexit leaving date, even though
0:26:45 > 0:26:51it hasn't been to the Cabinet and has not been subject to the usual
0:26:51 > 0:26:55right around. Could my honourable friend the Secretary of State help?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58He's told us about this new piece of legislation that will come forward
0:26:58 > 0:27:04which we can all vote on and amend and so forth in the normal way. That
0:27:04 > 0:27:08is only if there is an agreement. Can he confirm that in the event of
0:27:08 > 0:27:27no agreement, no deal, this place will have no say that any say from
0:27:27 > 0:27:31this problem and which were to detect that control.What I can say
0:27:31 > 0:27:34is if we don't have a withdrawal agreement we can't have a withdrawal
0:27:34 > 0:27:44agreement Bill. Full stop.Hasn't he just given the game away on this
0:27:44 > 0:27:48sham offer. Totally worthless to Parliament, trying to buy of people
0:27:48 > 0:27:53by saying, we will give you an act to shape things when in fact this is
0:27:53 > 0:27:57a post-hawk, after the horse has bolted bees of legislation. We might
0:27:57 > 0:28:02have left the European Union, the treaty and the deal will been down
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and Parliament could do nothing at all to shape the nature of that
0:28:05 > 0:28:09withdrawal agreement. He has to do much better than this. Parliament
0:28:09 > 0:28:13must have a say on that withdrawal agreement before we are thrown over
0:28:13 > 0:28:22the cliff edge.Let repeated to him the probable sequence of events. If
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Michel Barnier hits its target and the hit man will conclude the
0:28:25 > 0:28:28withdrawal agreement and associated agreements in the latter part of the
0:28:28 > 0:28:37water. That's his stated aim. If we do, the first withdrawal and treaty
0:28:37 > 0:28:41vote will come to the House, and then as as soon as possible after
0:28:41 > 0:28:47the withdrawal agreement Bill will come before the house. That will
0:28:47 > 0:28:51leave plenty of time and may be amended at the time.Sir Edward
0:28:51 > 0:28:57Lidl. Liverpool imagine the outrage in Europe if the European Union
0:28:57 > 0:29:02decided to try to detach Catalonia from Spain. But what is the European
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Union today, they are saying they were detach Northern Ireland from
0:29:05 > 0:29:11the single market and customs union of the United Kingdom. The
0:29:11 > 0:29:18Conservative Party is nothing if not the Unionist party. There will be no
0:29:18 > 0:29:22amendment, no appeasement on keeping Northern Ireland in the single
0:29:22 > 0:29:26market and of the United Kingdom.I say to my honourable friend and
0:29:26 > 0:29:31neighbour, I think I made that plane. We won't have any borders,
0:29:31 > 0:29:40any new borders within the United Kingdom.Ben Bradshaw.Is he
0:29:40 > 0:29:44accepting the amendment in the name of the Member for Beaconsfield or
0:29:44 > 0:29:50asking the House to take it on assurance from the dispatch box?I'm
0:29:50 > 0:29:54stating what is government policy from the dispatch box.Mr Dominic
0:29:54 > 0:30:00Greene.Thank you Mr Speaker. I greatly welcome Mike right
0:30:00 > 0:30:07honourable friend in respect of there being a for us to implement
0:30:07 > 0:30:17the final deal. Unless my amendment was not be accepted, man becomes
0:30:17 > 0:30:28redundant. How can it be acceptable that we implement Brexit by means of
0:30:28 > 0:30:31clause nine after the date of our departure? My anxieties are
0:30:31 > 0:30:35heightened on this by the amendment tabled by the government on Friday.
0:30:35 > 0:30:42Surely the answer is, if we run out of time none of these suggestions
0:30:42 > 0:30:48put forward state that the time should be extended after Article 50
0:30:48 > 0:30:52so that all parties are able to deal with that. That is the mechanism
0:30:52 > 0:30:56that is provided and surely that is the mechanism that the House and the
0:30:56 > 0:31:00government should be following.I thank my right honourable friend for
0:31:00 > 0:31:06his welcome of the bill. But I say to him that Article 50, the
0:31:06 > 0:31:15extension of Article 50 can only be done by unanimity.Alison McGovern.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19Thank you, Mr Speaker. But this doesn't make any sense. The
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Secretary of State has said on any number of occasions that a deal
0:31:22 > 0:31:27could be done at the last moment. So for the reasons explained can he be
0:31:27 > 0:31:31clear that he can't have that position, a deal done that at the
0:31:31 > 0:31:34last moment, and support this new clause from the government, nailing
0:31:34 > 0:31:44down the specific date?If I may say so, any number of occasions, there
0:31:44 > 0:31:47was one occasion in front of the committee when I was asked that very
0:31:47 > 0:31:52question, what could happen to the negotiation in extremis. Since I was
0:31:52 > 0:31:55pointing to previous examples, it's hardly a statement of either intent
0:31:55 > 0:32:11or expectation. As for the other question, Michel Barnier hopes to
0:32:11 > 0:32:23had October, I hope that amendment for the bill, is that reflects and
0:32:23 > 0:32:34European law tells you.Is there any prospect of Sir James Dyson being
0:32:34 > 0:32:45invited to join our team of negotiators?
0:32:47 > 0:32:55Well, I have spoken to Sir James Dyson. I don't necessarily agree
0:32:55 > 0:33:00with his tactical advice but he is a brilliant exponent of what a great
0:33:00 > 0:33:12success this country can be when its engineers get stuck into the job.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Thank you Mr Speaker., Secretary of State clarify what government
0:33:16 > 0:33:19thinking is around an adjudication court as mentioned this morning on
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Radio 4 by the Honourable member of the Chingford and Woodford Green.
0:33:24 > 0:33:34Adjudication. I am afraid...I'm sure it was a brilliant exposition
0:33:34 > 0:33:44of did not hear it. He's got the confirmation from the Right
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Honourable gentleman that it was very good. I'm sure that should
0:33:48 > 0:33:53satisfy the Secretary of State. Mr Bernard Jenkin.Could invite my
0:33:53 > 0:33:58right honourable friend to remind this House that 498 members voted
0:33:58 > 0:34:04for the withdrawal bill. In the full knowledge that two years after
0:34:04 > 0:34:10notification had been served we would leave the European Union. They
0:34:10 > 0:34:21seemed to be backtracking on their promises to the British people.My
0:34:21 > 0:34:28honourable friend mixes point clearly. March 29 is the departure
0:34:28 > 0:34:33date and this has been known ever since the data is passed.Mr Speaker
0:34:33 > 0:34:36I welcome the wretched of the Secretary of State today in the face
0:34:36 > 0:34:39of the impending votes on the withdrawal bill. But why is he
0:34:39 > 0:34:45intent on holding a gun to the head of this House by presenting us with
0:34:45 > 0:34:50a choice only between the deal he negotiates and no deal at all?
0:34:50 > 0:35:00Surely a meaningful vote and meaningful legislation of asking the
0:35:00 > 0:35:06government to go back and amend the deal, including if necessary, as the
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Honourable member for Beaconsfield has said, extending the timetable if
0:35:09 > 0:35:20that is required.What I will say is that the decision put before the
0:35:20 > 0:35:26house was put there by 17.5 million voters.Sir Oliver Letwin.Come my
0:35:26 > 0:35:31right honourable friend assure those of us who increasingly believe that
0:35:31 > 0:35:36the strongest chance of ever achieving a deal is being able to
0:35:36 > 0:35:40demonstrate our EU counterparts that we can manage exit without a deal
0:35:40 > 0:35:43that he will shortly publish a comprehensive and convincing account
0:35:43 > 0:35:48of how this country will manage affairs in the absence of any deal
0:35:48 > 0:35:55whatsoever.What I have said to the House many times is that what my
0:35:55 > 0:36:04right honourable friend alludes to is not the primary policy of this
0:36:04 > 0:36:08government, the primary policy is to achieve a free-trade deal. But he is
0:36:08 > 0:36:13right, if this did not happen we would be able to make a good future
0:36:13 > 0:36:18for Britain without that. It is not the best feature, though, not the
0:36:18 > 0:36:25best choice in front of us. Joanna Cherry.Thank you Mr Speaker. In
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Brussels last week see the EU officials were clear with members of
0:36:29 > 0:36:32the select committee that transitional deal under Article 50
0:36:32 > 0:36:36means remaining in the singles market, in the customs union and
0:36:36 > 0:36:38remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Justice. Is it not time that the Secretary of State explained that to
0:36:43 > 0:36:48his backbenchers so that members such as the Right Honourable member
0:36:48 > 0:36:51for Chingford and weird group can avoid embarrassing themselves in
0:36:51 > 0:36:57legal matters on the radio, and will he also clarify that parts of the
0:36:57 > 0:37:01bill such as clause six will have to go if there is to be a transitional
0:37:01 > 0:37:11deal.Whatever else the honourable lady is she makes the mistake that
0:37:11 > 0:37:13many, I'm afraid, Metropolitan and media commentators make which is to
0:37:13 > 0:37:17assume that everything they told in Brussels is the whole truth and
0:37:17 > 0:37:23nothing but the truth! Kroos citizens wait.If you are trying to
0:37:23 > 0:37:27sell me a card are assured you that I was determined not to leave the
0:37:27 > 0:37:30showroom without buying one, does he imagine that that would strengthen
0:37:30 > 0:37:39my negotiating hand?He is right, it is foolish proposition only enjoyed
0:37:39 > 0:37:46the other side the House.Mr Stephen Kinnock.Thank you Mr Speaker, I'm
0:37:46 > 0:37:51sure the Secretary of State will join me in congratulating his friend
0:37:51 > 0:37:54the Foreign Secretary and the secretary of state for Defra for the
0:37:54 > 0:38:02rekindling of their bromance. Do they understand that the EU has
0:38:02 > 0:38:08stated clearly that a transitional deal can happen only on the basis of
0:38:08 > 0:38:13an existing regulatory budgetary supervisory judiciary enforcement of
0:38:13 > 0:38:17structures. Does he believe that there on his benches understand that
0:38:17 > 0:38:23this will be the basis of the transitional arrangement?Firstly
0:38:23 > 0:38:28let me say to him a milder version of what I said to us, Scottish
0:38:28 > 0:38:31nationalist colleague, it should not take just what the European
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Parliament says is the end of the exercise but he is right in one
0:38:34 > 0:38:38respect, and that is that the transitional arrangement will look
0:38:38 > 0:38:42like what we have now but it will not be membership and it will allow
0:38:42 > 0:38:47us freedoms that we don't have now and that is critical to remember.Mr
0:38:47 > 0:38:52Philip Davies.We've always known that the EU is desperate to UK money
0:38:52 > 0:38:56but it seems it is now so strapped for cash it has resorted to bid
0:38:56 > 0:39:00diplomacy vision of aggressive begging of the last few days. Will
0:39:00 > 0:39:04my right honourable friend assure the House that the government will
0:39:04 > 0:39:08not be intimidated by the threats and blackmail of the European
0:39:08 > 0:39:10negotiating team because the government will not be forgiven in a
0:39:10 > 0:39:16time of austerity if more is paid then is legally due from leaving the
0:39:16 > 0:39:21EU, would he agree with me on that basis that you don't need to pay £10
0:39:21 > 0:39:24billion a year net for a £90 billion trade deficit, you can have one of
0:39:24 > 0:39:33those nothing. On his last point, it is a point I made to one member
0:39:33 > 0:39:44state only last week!Tom brake.Mr Speaker, when I met residents in
0:39:44 > 0:39:51South Armagh recently who are badly affected during the troubles, they
0:39:51 > 0:39:54had no solution to the question of the Northern Ireland border and nor
0:39:54 > 0:40:01has anyone else I've met since. Secretary of State set out how we
0:40:01 > 0:40:08can leave the customs union and for there to be a no control border
0:40:08 > 0:40:17between Northern Ireland.There's a whole range of options to him
0:40:17 > 0:40:24including listed trusted schemes, exemptions for small businesses,
0:40:24 > 0:40:31which we talked about at length. He just had to read them.Mr Speaker
0:40:31 > 0:40:35May I congratulate the Secretary of State on the progress made in the
0:40:35 > 0:40:39last couple of weeks, can I emphasise how important it is that
0:40:39 > 0:40:44we move onto the next stage in December. Businesses are concerned
0:40:44 > 0:40:51that we have that, moving on within the next two or three weeks. Could
0:40:51 > 0:40:56he reassure us on that?Of course, that is what we are aiming to do.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01One point has become very clear in the negotiation, some of the matters
0:41:01 > 0:41:05like the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland or soluble once we
0:41:05 > 0:41:10get onto the next stage but cannot be advanced as we stand now. So for
0:41:10 > 0:41:14many reasons both economic and political we want to make that
0:41:14 > 0:41:20advance as soon as possible.Stephen Timms.Mr Speaker May I ask about
0:41:20 > 0:41:25arrangements during the two you're also implementation period after
0:41:25 > 0:41:29March 2019, when the Prime Minister has already told us that the writ of
0:41:29 > 0:41:33the European Court of Justice will still run. He told the select
0:41:33 > 0:41:39committee he helped from a positive Council conclusion in December,
0:41:39 > 0:41:44hopefully this will agree that 2018, Michel Barnier said the same to the
0:41:44 > 0:41:49select committee last week. Does that not put huge pressure on
0:41:49 > 0:41:54everyone involved to achieve a successful outcome to the December
0:41:54 > 0:41:59council?I hope so, when he says everybody involved and indeed one of
0:41:59 > 0:42:04the major successes of the October counsel was that they told the
0:42:04 > 0:42:08commission team, so called task force 50, to prepare for that,
0:42:08 > 0:42:12because it is moderately complex, a policy that has to be put in place,
0:42:12 > 0:42:17there are a number of mildly contentious areas of it, and
0:42:17 > 0:42:21therefore, we need to be ready for it. They are under way on that and
0:42:21 > 0:42:26if we get the decision in December we will deliver, I hope, on the
0:42:26 > 0:42:29select committee. Subtitles will resume at 11pm with Monday in
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Parliament.