The Government's Plan for Brexit

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Lilley

Wednesday 7th December 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lilley]

I am sorry, but I will not.

Our EU partners will choose. If their primary concern is the economic wellbeing of their people, they will choose to continue with free trade. If their overriding primary concern is political and if they want to punish us and be seen to punish us, they will go with WTO terms. In practice, they will punish themselves far more, and we should make that clear. We cannot negotiate our way into making them choose one option over the other. We can perhaps try to persuade them, their industries and their electorates that they will be much better off if they continue to trade with us on roughly the current basis than if they move to WTO terms, under which they will be the principal losers. We are their single biggest market. A fifth of all German cars come here, much French wine comes here, and so on. Let us go to them and say, “It is a simple choice, make that choice”—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order.

Housing Benefit

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Lilley

Wednesday 26th February 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lilley]

Will the hon. Lady clarify—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. I think the hon. Lady has finished her speech, which is helpful because I am sure Members would like to hear from the Minister as well.

Business of the House

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Lilley

Thursday 16th January 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. I think that the Leader of the House has got the gist of the right hon. Gentleman’s question.

[Mr Lilley]

rose—

[Mr Deputy Speaker]

Order. I am sorry, but I am sure that the Leader of the House will manage to construct an answer from what the right hon. Gentleman has said.

Energy Bill

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Lilley

Wednesday 19th December 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

Order. If the right hon. Gentleman wants to make a point, he must stand up and do so to the Chair, not from a sedentary position. He should know better after so long in the House.

[Mr Lilley]

Is it in order to refer to hon. Members who oppose the speaker as not honourable?

[Mr Deputy Speaker]

It was a general reference.

[Mr Lilley]

It was not.

[Mr Deputy Speaker]

I am telling the right hon. Gentleman. When he says “she”, that is not acceptable language either. It is Christmas; we ought to give a little more humble time to each other, and certainly we do not want the debate to deteriorate. I hope we will have no further interventions from either side in that manner.