Business of the House

Gavin Newlands Excerpts

Monday 28th October 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Rees-Mogg]

First of all, more time was offered—24 hours a day. We would have gone through the night. That was offered to the Leader of the Opposition, and it was not accepted. It has to be said that if anybody is scared, it is those on the Opposition Benches. They are terrified of meeting their own voters, terrified the electorate will not thank them for their obstruction of Brexit and terrified that the stalemate that this House of Commons—this addled Parliament—has got into is created by their refusal to deliver on their manifesto promise to deliver on the result of the referendum. We on the Government side want to deliver on the referendum result, and we need another election so that the British people, whom we trust—unlike the socialists—can have their say.

[Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)]

The Leader of the House dodged this question earlier, so I will ask it again: is the Bill amendable? Yes or no?

[Mr Rees-Mogg]

All Bills are amendable.