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Hello and welcome to Wednesday in Parliament, | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The United Kingdom has triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
starting the process for leaving the European Union. | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
The Prime Minister issues a call for unity. | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
We can together make a success of this moment and we can | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
together build a stronger, fairer, better Britain. | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
A Britain our children and grandchildren are | :00:24. | :00:25. | |
I commend this statement to the House. | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
there were warnings from the Opposition parties. | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
Labour will not give this government a free hand to use | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
Brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services! | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
If she denies Scotland a choice in our future, she will make | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
Also on the programme, the Government's told there | :00:46. | :00:58. | |
should be no more cuts in support for disabled people. | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
And it's one week since the terror attack in Westminster, | :01:01. | :01:02. | |
Our thoughts will be, in particular, with the Metropolitan Police | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
as they mourn their colleague PC Keith Palmer. | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
Nine months ago, in last June's referendum, 52% of voters | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
ticked the box marked "Leave the European Union". | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
It set in train an enormous political upheaval. | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
A Prime Minister resigned and a new one was installed. | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
The Government fought and lost two court battles | :01:31. | :01:31. | |
Legislation authorising the Prime Minister to trigger | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
Article 50 had a rough ride, but made it on to the Statute Book. | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
Dozens of parliamentary inquiries have been launched. | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
And there have been hours of debate, inside and outside Parliament. | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
And now, a milestone has been reached. | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
At around 12.30pm, the UK's ambassador to the EU, | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
Sir Tim Barrow, delivered a six-page letter to Donald Tusk, | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
the President of the European Council. | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
Shortly after the letter was handed over, Theresa May | :02:04. | :02:05. | |
A few minutes ago in Brussels, the United Kingdom's permanent | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
representative to the EU handed a letter to the President | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
of the European Council on my behalf confirming the Government's decision | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
to invoke Article 50 of the treaty on European Union. | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
The Article 50 process is now underway and, | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
in accordance with the wishes of the British people, | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
from which there can be no turning back. | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
Britain is leaving the European Union. | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
We are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
We are going to take control of the things | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
And we are going to take the opportunity to build | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
a stronger, fairer Britain - a country that our children | :02:54. | :02:55. | |
and grandchildren are proud to call home. | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
Loud cheers in the Commons, largely on the Conservative benches. | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
But outside, there was a protest against Brexit. | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
Pro-EU demonstrators waved placards saying, | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
Meanwhile, in the Commons, Theresa May said she wanted a deep | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
and special partnership between Britain and the EU. | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
And, unwittingly, she cheered the Liberal Democrats up. | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
the world needs the liberal, democratic values of Europe. | :03:21. | :03:30. | |
Values... CHATTER AND LAUGHTER | :03:31. | :03:40. | |
Perhaps... LAUGHTER CONTINUES | :03:41. | :03:51. | |
Perhaps, now more than ever, the world needs the Liberal | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
Perhaps, now more than ever, the world needs the liberal | :03:57. | :03:58. | |
values that the United Kingdom shares. | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
Mr Speaker, we understand that there will be consequences | :04:04. | :04:05. | |
We know that we will lose influence... | :04:06. | :04:14. | |
We know that we will lose influence over the rules that affect | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
We know that UK companies that trade with the EU will have to align | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
with rules agreed by institutions of which we are now longer a part, | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
with rules agreed by institutions of which we are no longer a part, | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
just as we do in other overseas markets, and we accept that. | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
However, we approach these talks constructively, | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
respectfully and in a spirit of sincere cooperation. | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
For it is in the interests of both the United Kingdom | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
and the European Union that we should use this process | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
to deliver our objectives in a fair and orderly manner. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
And she promised to unite the country and act | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
I know that this is a day of celebration for some | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
The referendum last June was divisive at times. | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
Not everyone shared the same point of view or voted the same way. | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
The arguments on both sides were passionate. | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
Let us come together and work together. | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
Let us together choose to believe in Britain with optimism and hope. | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
For if we do, we can make the most of the opportunities ahead. | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
We can together make a success of this moment and we can | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
together build a stronger, fairer, better Britain. | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
A Britain our children and grandchildren are | :05:28. | :05:28. | |
I commend this statement to the House. | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
Mr Speaker, the direction the Prime Minister is threatening | :05:35. | :05:44. | |
to take this country in is both reckless and damaging. | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
And Labour will not give this government a free hand to use | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
Brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services! | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
So let me be clear, Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister says... | :05:58. | :06:07. | |
The Prime Minister says that no deal is better than a bad deal. | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
But the reality is no deal IS a bad deal! | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
We all have an interest in ensuring the Prime Minister gets the best | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
we do need full access to the single market. | :06:23. | :06:30. | |
The Secretary of State for Exiting the EU seems to agree on this. | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
He stated, in this House on the 24th of January, | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
the government plan is, and I quote, "a comprehensive free | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
trade agreement and a comprehensive customs agreement that will deliver | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
So will the Prime Minister confirm today that she intends to deliver | :06:46. | :06:58. | |
a trade and customs agreement with the exact same benefits? | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
The SNP leader said the Prime Minister had promised not | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
to trigger Article 50 until she had reached an agreement with Scotland. | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
We on these benches have become accustomed to the views of members | :07:11. | :07:18. | |
on the other side of the House OF being incapable of understanding | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
that the people of Scotland voted to remain in the European Union. | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
The Prime Minister promised...promised... | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
Do honourable gentlemen and ladies opposite understand that | :07:32. | :07:32. | |
That viewers in Scotland can see the discourtesy | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
They don't like to hear it, but listen they must! | :07:38. | :07:45. | |
The Prime Minister promised an agreement. | :07:46. | :07:47. | |
Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister says that she thinks that | :07:48. | :08:01. | |
Brexit will bring unity to the United Kingdom. | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
On this issue, it is not a United Kingdom and the | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
Prime Minister needs to respect, respect the differences across | :08:08. | :08:09. | |
If she does not, if she remains intransigent, and if she denies | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
she will make Scottish independence inevitable. | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
The Commons Speaker allowed the question and answer session | :08:21. | :08:29. | |
It was a momentous day for Sir Bill Cash, who has been | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
campaigning for the UK to withdraw from the European Union | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
Today, Mr Speaker, is a historic day indeed. | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
Can my right honourable friend reaffirm that, | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
at the very heart of this letter, lies the democratic decision | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
in the referendum of UK voters, given to them by a sovereign act | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
of Parliament, by 6-1 in this House, enabling the British people | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
to regain their birthright to govern themselves, for which people fought | :09:02. | :09:03. | |
The Liberal Democrat leader was not in a celebratory mood. | :09:04. | :09:11. | |
Today, the Prime Minister is not enacting the will of the people. | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
She is at best interpreting that will, choosing a hard Brexit outside | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
the single market that was never on the ballot paper, | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
so this day, of all days, the Liberal Democrats will not | :09:25. | :09:26. | |
roll over, as the official opposition has done! | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
Our children and our grandchildren will judge all of us | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
I am determined that I will look my children in the eye | :09:36. | :09:50. | |
and be able to say that I did everything to prevent this | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
calamity that the Prime Minister has today chosen. | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
The Prime Minister is right that this should be for all the people, | :10:02. | :10:09. | |
the unity should be earned and not just asserted. We are a long way | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
away from it. I hope she will agree with that. | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
Could the Prime Minister give an assurance that she has not | :10:17. | :10:19. | |
turned her back on membership of the single market? | :10:20. | :10:21. | |
It would see off Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP's I'll register months | :10:22. | :10:31. | |
And... SHOUTING | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
And these are serious matters that this United Kingdom faces. | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
And we'll be hearing what the House of Lords had to say about triggering | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
You're watching Wednesday in Parliament, | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
It's been one week since the terror attack in Westminster. | :10:48. | :10:57. | |
Khalid Masood drove at pedestrians on Westminster Bridge last | :10:58. | :10:59. | |
Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens. | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
He went on to kill PC Keith Palmer in a knife attack | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
The Palace of Westminster and the surrounding area went | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
A commemoration has been held on Westminster Bridge. | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
Hundreds of people gathered on the bridge, | :11:18. | :11:19. | |
At the start of the day in the Commons, the Speaker John Bercow | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
harked back to the events of last week. | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
2.40pm today marks a week on from the shocking | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
events of last week, and our thoughts will be, | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
in particular, with the Metropolitan Police as they mourn | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
The attack raised questions about security around Westminster. | :11:41. | :11:50. | |
As would be normal after such events, we are seeking to make sure | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
that any lessons are learned through two reviews. | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
The Lord Speaker and I are commissioning an external | :12:00. | :12:01. | |
independent review of how the perimeter of the parliamentary | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
estate, including outbuildings, is secured and protected to produce | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
a preliminary report by the end of April. | :12:10. | :12:16. | |
The two clerks are commissioning an externally-led Lessons Learned | :12:17. | :12:18. | |
review of the operation last week of Parliament s incident | :12:19. | :12:20. | |
management framework to report by the end of June. | :12:21. | :12:30. | |
At the start of Prime Minister's Questions, | :12:31. | :12:31. | |
Theresa May also recalled the terror attack. | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
Since my statement on Thursday, the names of those who have | :12:36. | :12:37. | |
They were Aysha Frade, Kurt Cochran, Leslie Rhodes and, | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
I am sure members across the House will join me in offering | :12:42. | :12:50. | |
our deepest condolences to their friends and families. | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
The police and security services' investigation continues and two | :12:55. | :12:56. | |
people have now been arrested and remain in custody. | :12:57. | :13:02. | |
I want to begin by paying tribute to the emergency services, | :13:03. | :13:05. | |
as the Prime Minister did, across the country, especially | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
all those that responded to the Westminster attack last | :13:09. | :13:10. | |
Wednesday and to those tha turned out to help the victims | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
of the New Ferry explosion last Saturday. | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
Our thoughts remain with the injured and those who have lost loved ones, | :13:18. | :13:21. | |
and we especially thank the police for their ongoing investigations. | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
Jeremy Corbyn challenged Theresa May over funding | :13:28. | :13:29. | |
A cross-party group of MPs has accused the Government of overseeing | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
the biggest funding shortage for schools in England | :13:34. | :13:35. | |
The Public Accounts Committee criticised Government "delusions" | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
over the situation which it said threatened to damage standards. | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
Between 2015 and 2018 there will be a real-terms cut of ?330 million | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
in central Government funding for police forces. | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
Can the Prime Minister assure the House that police forces | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
all over the country have the necessary resources | :13:59. | :14:00. | |
The former shadow Home Secretary, his colleague the right hon. | :14:01. | :14:08. | |
Member for Leigh, said during the 2015 | :14:09. | :14:09. | |
Labour party conference that | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
The Police say 5 per cent to 10 per cent over the Parliament | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
is just about do-able. We did not accept that. | :14:17. | :14:19. | |
We have actually protected the police budget. | :14:20. | :14:21. | |
I have been speaking to police forces, as has my right hon. | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
Friend the Home Secretary, and they are very clear | :14:25. | :14:26. | |
about the fact that they have the resources that they need. | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
The Police Federation survey recently undertaken reveals that 55% | :14:34. | :14:41. | |
of serving police officers say they are morale is low due to the way in | :14:42. | :14:46. | |
which the funding has been treated. Front line policing is vital in | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
tackling crime and terrorism. Since 2010 however there are 20,000 fewer | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
police officers, 12,000 less on the front line so I have the Prime | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
Minister again will she think again about the cuts to policing and | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
guarantee policing on the front line will be protected so every community | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
can be assured it has the police officers in the community? Let's | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
think about what has happened since 2010. Since 2010 we have seen crimes | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
that are traditionally measured by the independent crime survey falling | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
by one third to a record low. That is the work of hard-working police | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
officers up and down the country. They have been backed by this | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
government. We have made them more accountable through the Police and | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
Crime Commissioners, there has been reform of policing including a | :15:43. | :15:44. | |
reform of the Police Federation which was very necessary, but we | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
have ensured the police have TV sources to do the job and we see | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
crime at a record low. Last week she told me four times we have protected | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
the schools budget. Though she still stand by that statement? We have | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
protected schools budgets and we are putting record funding into schools. | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
Today Mr Speaker the Public Accounts Committee says of the Department for | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
Education that it does not seem to understand the pressures that | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
schools are already under and they went on to say that funding per | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
pupil is reducing in real terms and goes on to say schools budgets will | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
be cut by 3 billion, the equivalent of 8%, by 2020. Is the Public | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
Accounts Committee wrong on this? What we see over the course of this | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
parliament is ?230 billion going into our schools. But what matters | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
is the quality of education we see. 1.8 million more children in good or | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
outstanding schools and a policy from this government to ensure that | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
every child gets a good school place. If the Prime Minister is | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
right then the parents and teachers are wrong, the ISS is wrong, the | :17:08. | :17:14. | |
National Audit Office is wrong, the educational policy Institute is | :17:15. | :17:17. | |
wrong and now the Public Accounts Committee which includes eight | :17:18. | :17:22. | |
Conservative members is also wrong. So which organisation does back the | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
Prime Minister's few on education spending in our schools? We said we | :17:27. | :17:32. | |
would protect school funding and we have, real terms protection for the | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
budget and we have sent money to schools. Wait like she accused | :17:38. | :17:45. | |
Jeremy Corbyn of demanding more spending. Earlier PMQ 's goes by | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
when he does not call for more public spending. When it comes to | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
spending money they haven't got the labour simply can't help themselves. | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
Same old Labour, spent today and give someone else the bill tomorrow. | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
We would do that to the next generation. | :18:07. | :18:07. | |
The government's been told there should be no more cuts | :18:08. | :18:10. | |
The call came as MPs held an emergency debate on changes | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
to a disability benefit - the Personal Independence Payment. | :18:15. | :18:22. | |
Ministers are seeking to overturn two tribunal rulings | :18:23. | :18:24. | |
which would increase the number of people entitled to higher | :18:25. | :18:27. | |
The Government insists the change is not a cut BUT restores | :18:28. | :18:30. | |
the original intention of the policy. | :18:31. | :18:32. | |
The shadow work and pensions secretary disagreed. | :18:33. | :18:34. | |
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work claims | :18:35. | :18:36. | |
that the changes restore PIP to its original policy intentions, | :18:37. | :18:38. | |
The fact is that over a quarter of those on PIP receive | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
the highest level of support, which is much more than | :18:43. | :18:46. | |
the 15% of DLA working-age claimants who did so. | :18:47. | :18:49. | |
Are the regulations not doing exactly what was originally | :18:50. | :18:51. | |
intended: targeting resources at those who need them most? | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
I am sorry, but I do not see the honourable Gentleman s logic. | :18:58. | :19:00. | |
These new regulations are nothing more than a shameful cut. | :19:01. | :19:07. | |
Once again, this Government are trying to balance | :19:08. | :19:09. | |
the books on the backs of the sick and disabled. | :19:10. | :19:11. | |
The Government s own analysis estimates that the new regulations | :19:12. | :19:13. | |
will affect more than 160,000 people by 2023, the majority of whom will | :19:14. | :19:16. | |
Many of these will be newer applicants, but the regulations | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
will also affect those who are being reassessed, | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
who will not be eligible for the full support | :19:28. | :19:30. | |
to which they would have been entitled under the rulings | :19:31. | :19:32. | |
of tribunals, an effective cut of ?3.7 billion. | :19:33. | :19:35. | |
Having spent 14 very happy months as the Minister | :19:36. | :19:37. | |
responsible for these matters, I want to pass on some | :19:38. | :19:42. | |
of the observations that I made during that time. | :19:43. | :19:44. | |
Let me make it absolutely clear that stakeholders and charities recognise | :19:45. | :19:46. | |
that PIP is a better benefit than DLA. | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
It is not perfect`much more work is still to be done to deliver | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
further improvements`but the statistics show | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
Under DLA, only 16.5% of all claimants access the highest | :20:02. | :20:04. | |
rate of benefit, under PIP, the figure is over 25%. | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
The courts have given us a loud and clear message that we have got | :20:11. | :20:13. | |
In this age where we are desperately trying to change society s views | :20:14. | :20:17. | |
of mental health and parity of esteem, we have to listen | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
to the courts`they have given us a judgment for a reason. | :20:21. | :20:29. | |
Personal and and payments are supposed to support people with | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
additional costs for the disability, we have heard that the court ruling | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
these changes seem to undermine. If ruled that people live in the the | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
house because of anxiety panic attacks or other mental health | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
problems should be able to receive a higher rate of Pip. This bears | :20:46. | :20:53. | |
repeating. I thank you. Does this not run the risk of actually | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
increasing stigma again on mental health visitor to people clearly | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
that anxiety causes you to stay inside and is not something that a | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
serious and doesn't it conflict with the principle of equal treatment | :21:08. | :21:14. | |
between mental and physical health? I thank the honourable gentleman for | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
his intervention and completely agree. As I said and have said | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
before, this government cannot simply change the goalposts of | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
retirement was a battle. These regulations do nothing more than | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
pander to old attitudes and stigmas towards mental illness. As a person | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
needs help finding need help regardless of their age or | :21:39. | :21:41. | |
disability or health condition. It is important to be clear what these | :21:42. | :21:47. | |
regulations are not, they are not a policy change are intended to make | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
new savings. And they will not result in any claimant saying a | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
reduction in the amount of Pip previously awarded by DWP. There is | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
no change to the budget and no change to guidance. | :22:02. | :22:03. | |
We finish where we started - with the news that the UK Government | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
has triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. | :22:07. | :22:08. | |
Theresa May's statement was repeated in the House of Lords. | :22:09. | :22:10. | |
First to respond was the Labour leader in the Lords, Lady Smith. | :22:11. | :22:13. | |
Labour has set the Government six tests for the Brexit deal. | :22:14. | :22:20. | |
Just like any other divorce there will be some who rejoice in new | :22:21. | :22:27. | |
opportunities and those will despair of our shared past and was love. If | :22:28. | :22:30. | |
you find the look of the marriage divorces and remarriage of the -- of | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
Richard Burton and ultimately with Taylor is hope but through it all my | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
Lords the only people to get rich where those trying to unravel those | :22:40. | :22:42. | |
40 plus years of relative harmony. Lawyers. | :22:43. | :22:44. | |
Labour has set the Government six tests for the Brexit deal. | :22:45. | :22:46. | |
Lady Smith added a seventh - honesty. | :22:47. | :22:48. | |
This process must not be so ideologically driven | :22:49. | :22:50. | |
that the Government accept anything and claim it is a good deal. | :22:51. | :22:53. | |
If the Prime Minister is disappointed or dissatisfied | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
with the negotiations or the outcome of agreements, she must | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
in the national interest be prepared to say so. | :23:03. | :23:11. | |
But sadness is a passive emotion, and it is not the only | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
We feel a sense of anger that the Government are pursuing | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
a brutal Brexit, which will rip us out of the single market and many | :23:22. | :23:24. | |
other European networks from which we benefit so much. | :23:25. | :23:27. | |
The Minister reassured peers that Parliament would be fully invovled. | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
We have said there will be a Motion on the final agreement to be | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
approved by both Houses of Parliament before | :23:37. | :23:38. | |
We expect and intend that this will happen before | :23:39. | :23:51. | |
the European Parliament debates and votes on the final agreement. | :23:52. | :23:53. | |
We intend that Parliament s vote will cover not only the withdrawal | :23:54. | :23:56. | |
arrangements but the future relationship with the EU. | :23:57. | :23:58. | |
And we will give the last word to Lord Kerr, a former diplomat | :23:59. | :24:01. | |
The country will judge the outcome of the negotiations by the words | :24:02. | :24:05. | |
of those on the Government Front Bench. | :24:06. | :24:08. | |
Before the referendum, Mr Davis told us that there would be | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
no diminution of trade with the EU if we left the European Union. | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
This year, he has told us that the exact same benefits will be | :24:19. | :24:21. | |
secured as if we had remained in the single market | :24:22. | :24:23. | |
Before the referendum, Mr Johnson told us that there would be no | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
This year, Mr Brokenshire has told us that there will be | :24:31. | :24:39. | |
a frictionless border, even though that will be the border | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
of the EU s customs union and it will be for the EU to decide | :24:44. | :24:46. | |
Does the noble Baroness understand that, as this negotiation proceeds, | :24:47. | :24:59. | |
the country will not forget what it was told, and Ministers | :25:00. | :25:01. | |
The author of Article 50 - Lord Kerr - speaking on the day | :25:02. | :25:11. | |
Well that's it from Wednesday in Parliament. | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
I'll be back at the same time tomorrow but for now, from me - | :25:15. | :25:19. |