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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill (Business of the House)

"Does the hon. Gentleman know where his partner, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson), is, because she has not bothered to turn up for the debate? I thought this was something they had agreed together...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"The hon. Lady says that there was not a referendum under the coalition as a result of the Liberal Democrats. I was here in 2008, and she said in this Chamber, “We are being gagged. Only the Liberal Democrats will offer an in/out referendum.” The Liberal Democrats were actively campaigning …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"I want to give my hon. Friend a bit of a breather. I understand his frustration. Until the last incarnation of the withdrawal agreement, the Labour party—Her Majesty’s official Opposition—had set their face against a withdrawal Bill. Only five Members of Parliament—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"No. I am making an intervention on my hon. Friend. Eventually there was a consensus on the withdrawal agreement, so the next point of attack became how long we could discuss it. It is obvious to the country that there is a process that is coming to a conclusion. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"It is important that we have a general election. When the question about Brexit was asked in 2016, it was a matter of which side of the argument people supported. The hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson), the leader of the Liberal Democrats, who looks as if she is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is important that we go back and look at how we got to where we are in order to understand where we are going next. I am sorry about the history lesson, but it was in 2008 that the campaign started gathering momentum, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"I assume that the word “you” was directed not at you, Mr Speaker, but at me, so I do not expect you to answer the hon. Gentleman’s question and tell us why you are not changing the date to the 9th, but I will answer it and say that I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"My right hon. Friend tempts me, and since there are no time limits, I may well wax lyrical on that point. However, it is important for us to get to the nub of the matter, which is that we have moved this away from being a choice for the people. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"May I finish this point first? Otherwise I could be speaking for hours, and I am sure the House would rather I did not detain it for that long.

People came up to that market stall and said that they were for leave or for remain. I did not ask …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

"On political tribes, I shall give way...."
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