Missing at least the end of englands world cup quarterfinal. And i apologize to the house for that and i wish i could watch it myself. I know the honorable member for cardiff west has postponed his 60th birthday party, if not his 60th birthday, to be here. So mr. Speaker, the house has gone to a great deal of trouble to assemble here on a saturday for the first time in a generation and i do hope it is assembling for the purposes of a meaningful vote, that we will be allowed to have a meaningful vote. With permission, mr. Speaker, i shall make a statement on the new agreement with our european friends. The house needs no reminding that this is the second deal and the fourth vote three and a half years after the nation voted for brexit, and during those years , friendships have been strained, families divided and the attention of this house con consumed by a single issue that has at times felt incapable of resolution. But i hope, mr. Speaker, that this is the moment where we can finally achieve the resolution and reconcile the instincts that compete with ns. Within us. Many times in the last 30 years, i have heard our european friends remark that this country is halfhearted in its eu membership. And it is true that we in the u. K. Have often been a back marker, opting out of the single currency, very often trying to block some collective ambition. And in the last three and a half years, it has been striking that members on all sides of this house have debated brexit in almost entirely practical terms in an argument that is focused on the balance of economic risk and advantage. And i dont think i can recall a time where i have heard a Single Member call for britain to play her full part in the political construction of a federal europe. And i dont think ive heard a Single Member call for deeper integration or a federal destiny. Perhaps ive missed it but i dont think ive heard much of it, mr. Speaker. And theres a whole side of that debate that you hear regularly in other european capitals that is simply absent from our national conversation, and i dont think that has changed much in the last 30 years. But if we have been skeptical, and if we have been anxious about the remoteness of the bureaucracy, if we have been dubious about the rhetoric of union, and integration, if we have been halfhearted europeans, then it follows logically that with part of our hearts, with half of our hearts, we feel something else. A sense of love and respect for european culture and civilization, of which we are a part. A desire to corporate with our to cooperate with our friends and partners in everything, creatively, artistically, in a sense our shared destiny, and a deep understanding of the eternal need, especially after the horrors of the last century, for britain to stand as a democracyof peace and on our continent. And it is our continent. It is because we are capable of once we canhings at , be skeptical about the modes of eu integration, as we are, but passionate and enthusiastic about europe. That the whole experience of the last three and a half years has been so difficult for this country and so divisive. And that is why it is now so urgent for us to move on and to build a new relationship with our friends in the eu, on the basis of a new deal, a deal that can heal the rift in british politics, unite the warring instincts in us all. And now is the time for this great house of commons to come together and bring the country together today. As i believe people at home are hoping and expecting. With a new way forward, and a new and better deal both for britain and for our friends in the eu. And that is the advantage of the agreement that weve struck with our friends in the last two days. Because this deal allows the u. K. Whole and entire to leave the eu on october 31 in accordance with the referendum, while simultaneously looking forward to a new partnership. Based on the closest ties of friendship and cooperation. And i pay tribute to our european friends for escaping the prison of existing positions, and showing the vision to be flexible by reopening the Withdrawal Agreement. And thereby addressing the deeply felt concerns of many in this house. One of my most important jobs is to express those concerns to our friends, and i will continue to listen to all honorable members throughout the debate today, to meet with anyone on any side, and to welcome the scrutiny the house will bring to bear if, as i hope, we proceed to consider the withdrawal bill next week. Today, this house has an historic opportunity to show the dth of vision as our european neighbors, the same resolve to reach past disagreements to get brexit done and moving this country forwards as we all urine to do. Yearn to do. This agreement provides for a real brexit, taking back control of our borders, laws, money, farming, fisheries, and trade. Amounting to the greatest single restoration of National Sovereignty in parliamentary history. It removes the backstop which which which would have held us against our will in the Customs Union and much of the Single Markets. For the first time in almost five decades, the u. K. Will be able to strike freetrade deals with our friends across the world to benefit the whole country, including Northern Ireland. Article 4 of the protocol states that Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom. It adds, nothing in this protocol shall prevent Northern Ireland from realizing the preferential Market Access in any freetrade deals, on the same terms as goods produced in other parts of the United Kingdom. Our negotiations are focused on the uniquely sensitive nature of the border between Northern Ireland and the republic, and we have respected those sensitivities. Above all, we and our european friends have preserved the letter and the spirit of the belfast good friday agreement and upheld the longstanding areas of cooperation between the u. K. And ireland, including the common travel area. And as i told the house on the third of october, in order to prevent a regulatory border on the island of ireland, we propose a regulatory zone covering all goods, eliminating any need for associated checks at the border. Mr. Speaker, we have gone further by finding a solution to the vexed question of customs which many in this house have raised. Our agreement ensures, and i quote unfettered Market Access for goods moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the United Kingdoms internal market. It ensures that there should be no tariff on goods circulating within the u. K. Customs territory, that is between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, unless they are at risk of entering the eu. It ensures an open border on the island of ireland, a Common Objective of everyone in this house. And it ensures for those living and working alongside the border that there will be no visible or practical changes to their lives and they can carry on as before. I believe that this is a good arrangement, reconciling the special circumstances in Northern Ireland with the minimum possible bureaucratic consequences as a few points of arrival in Northern Ireland. And it is precisely to ensure that those arrangements are acceptable to the people of Northern Ireland that we have made consent a fundamental element of this new deal. So no arrangements can be imposed on Northern Ireland if they do not work for Northern Ireland. The people of Northern Ireland will have the right under this agreement to express or withhold their consent to these provisions, by means of a majority vote of their Assembly Four years after the end of the transition. And if the assembly chooses to withhold consent, these provisions shall cease to apply after two years, during which the joint committee of the u. K. And eu would propose a new way forward in concert with Northern Irelands institutions. And as soon as this house allows the process of extracting ourselves from the eu to be completed, the exciting enterprise of building a new relationship with our friends can begin, which has been too long delayed. Mr. Speaker, i do not wish this project to be the project of any one government or any one party but rather the endeavor of the United Kingdom as a whole. Only this parliament can make in can make this new relationship the work of the nation, and so parliament should be at the heart of decisionmaking as we develop our approach, and i acknowledge that in the past, we have not always acted in that spirit. So as we take forward our friendship with our closest neighbors and construct that new relationship, i will ensure that a broad and open process draws upon the wealth of expertise in every part of this house, including select committees and their chairs, and every party and member who wishes to contribute will be invited to do so, and we shall start by debating the mandate for our negotiators in the next phase. Mr. Speaker, the ambition for our future friendship is contained in the revised political declaration, which also provides for this house to be free to decide our own laws and regulations. I have complete faith in this house to choose regulations that are in our best tradition of the , our bestandard tradition, and the highest standards of Environmental Protections and workers rights. No one anywhere in this chamber believes in lowering standards. The statement by the Prime Minister must be heard, and it will be. Prime minister . Mr. Speaker, im grateful. No one believes in lowering standards and we believe in improving them, as indeed we will be able to do. And seizing the opportunities of our new freedoms, for example, free from the Common Agricultural policy we will have a simpler system where we will reward farmers for improving our environment and animal welfare, many of whose provisions are impossible under the current arrangements, instead of just paying them for their acreage. And free from the common fisheries policy we can ensure sustainable yield based on science, not outdated methods of setting quotas. And these restored powers will be available not simply to this government, but to every future British Government and any party to use as they see fit. Sovereignty means, that is what meant in practice taking back control of our destiny. And, our first decision, for which i will believe there will be unanimity is that in any future trade negotiations, with any country, our National Health service will not be on the table. Mr. Speaker, mr. Speaker i am convinced that an overwhelming majority in this house regardless of our personal views wishes to see brexit delivered in accordance with the referendum. A majority. And in this crucial mission, there can no longer be any argument for further delay. This is someone who passionately believe that we had to go back to our european friends to seek a better agreement. I must tell the house that with this new deal, the scope for future negotiation and fruitful negotiation has run its course. They said we could not reopen the Withdrawal Agreement. They said we could not change the agreement. They said we could not abolish the backstop, mr. Speaker. We have done both. It is now my judgment we have reached the best possible solution, so those who agree, like me, that brexit must be delivered, and who like me prefer to avoid a no deal outcome must abandon the delusions that this house can delay again. There is very little appetite among our friends in the eu for this brexit to be extended by one extra day. They have had 3. 5 years of this debate that has distracted them from their own projects and ambitions. And if there is one feeling, if there is one feeling that unites the British Public with a growing number of officials in the eu, it is a burning desire to get brexit done. And i must tell the house, again, in all candor that whatever letters they seek the government to write, it cannot change my government that further delays are pointless, expensive and deeply corrosive of public trust. And people simply will not understand how politicians can say with one breath that they want delay to avoid no deal, and then with an express that they still the next breath that they still want delay when a great deal is left to be done. Now is the time to get this thing done. And i say to all members, let us come together to end, let us come together as democrats to end this to debilitating this debilitating feud. Let us get behind this deal, the one proposition that fulfills the verdict of the majority, for which also allows us to bring together the two halves of our nation. Lets speak now, both for the 52 and 48. Lets heal this country. Lets vote for a deal that will heal us and allow us to express our desires with our deepest friendship with our neighbors. A deal that allows us to create a shared destiny with them. And a deal that also that also allows us to express our confidence in our own democratic institutions, to make her own laws, to determine our own future, to believe in ourselves once again as an open, generous, global, free trading United Kingdom. That is the prospect. That is the prospect of this deal. It is a great prospect and a great deal. And i commend it to the highest. Speaker bercow jeremy corbyn, the leader of the opposition. Mr. Corbyn thank you, i join you in thanking all the stuff that has come into help us. They have given up a weekend in order to help our deliberations. I also want to thank the Prime Minister for an advance copy of a statement. He has renegotiated the Withdrawal Agreement and made it even worse. He has renegotiated the political declaration and made that even worse. We are having a debate today on a text of which there is no Economic Impact assessment and no accompanying legal advice. This government has sought to avoid scrutiny throughout the process, and made empty promises on workers rights and the environment. The same government that spent the last few weeks negotiating in secret to remove from the Withdrawal Agreement legally binding commitments on workers rights and the environment. This government cannot be trusted and of these ventures will not be duped. Neither will the government neither will the governments on workers, the head of the Civil ServiceUnion Yesterday met the right honorable member and at the conclusion of that meeting he said, i asked for reassurances that the government would not diverge on workers rights after brexit. He could not give me those assurances. And as for the muchhyped, world leading environment bill, the legally binding targets will not be enforceable until 2037. For this government, the Climate Emergency can always wait. Mr. Speaker, the steel risks peoples jobs, rights at work, the environment and our National Health service. We must be honest about what this deal means for our Manufacturing Industry and peoples jobs. Not only does it reduce access to the market of our biggest trading partner, it leaves us without a Customs Union, which will Damage Industries all across this country in every one of our constituencies. From sunderland, to airbus, and . Where land rover in burlington and for thousands of jobs depend on a Strong Manufacturing sector. And that sector needs markets with fluid supply chains all across the European Union. A vote for this deal would be a vote to cut manufacturing jobs all across this country. This deal, mr. Speaker, would inevitably and absolutely inevitably lead to a trump trade deal. Forcing the u. K. Forcing the u. K. To diverge from the highest standards and expose our families, once again, to chlorine washed chicken and hormone laden beef. This deal the responsible leader of the opposition in the traditions of our democracy must also be heard. And it will. Jeremy corbyn. Mr. Corbyn this deal enshrines the principle we keep pace with the European Union on Environmental Standards and protections, putting at risk our current rules from air pollution standards to chemical safety. We all know the public concern about these issues. All at the same time that we are facing a Climate Emergency. And as for workers rights, we simply cannot give the government a blank check. Mr. Speaker, you do not need to take my word for all of this. Listen, for example, do the tuc general secretary who says this she does represent an organization that has 6 million members affiliated to it. This deal, mr. Speaker, would be a disaster for working people. It would hammer the economy, cost of jobs and sell workers rights down the river. Listen to the representative of the british manufacturers. This is the members might care to listen to these comments. The commitments to trading relationships have gone. Under this deal, differences in regulation between the u. K. And the eu, without cost and bureaucracy. Our companies will face a lack of clarity, inhibiting investment and planning. Listen to the green alliance, who said the deal amounted to a very sad brexit read from a climate perspective. The message is clear, the steel is deal is not good for jobs, damaging for our industry, and a threat to our environment and our natural world. It is not a good deal for our country and future generations will feel the impact. It should be voted down today by this house. I totally understand the frustration and fatigue across the country and in this house, but we simply cannot vote for a deal that is even worse than the one that was rejected three times. The governments own Economic Analysis shows of this deal would make the poorest regions even poorer. And cost each person in this country over 2000 pounds a year. If we vote for a deal that makes our constituents poorer, we are not likely to be forgiven for doing that. Mr. Speaker, the government is claiming that if we support their deal, it will get brexit done. And that backing them today is the only way to stop a no deal. I simply say, nonsense. Supporting the government this afternoon would merely fire the starting pistol in a race to the bottom in regulation and standards. And if anyone had any doubts about this, we only have to listen to what their own honorable members have been saying, like the one yesterday who let the cat out of the bag, saying that members should back this deal as it means we could leave with no deal by 2020. The cat has truly gotten out of the bag. So, can the Prime Minister confirm whether this is the case, and that if a freetrade agreement has not been done, it would mean britain falling onto world tried wto terms by december of next year, with only Northern Ireland having preferential access to the eu market . No wonder the foreign secretary said that this represents, a cracking deal for Northern Ireland. They would retain frictionless access to the Single Market. It does beg the question, why cant the rest of the u. K. Get a cracking deal by maintaining access to the Single Market . He said, it allows the economy to develop and protect the Single Market. Some members of the house welcome that economy, but i did not think that included the conservative and unionist party. The premised are declared in the summer, under no circumstances will i allow the eu or anyone else to create any kind of division down the irish sea. You cannot trust a word that he is saying. Mr. Speaker, voting for a deal today wont end brexit, it will not deliver certainty. And the people should have the and the people should have the final say. Labour is not prepared to sell out the communities and that we represent. We are not prepared we are not prepared to sell out their future, and we will not back this sellout deal. This is about our communities now, and about our future generations. The Prime Minister p. M. Johnson i must confess i am disappointed in his words today, because i thought he would arise to the occasion and see that the electorate i believe his own electorate would want to do would want to get brexit done. I must say that i thought he would wish to reflect the will of the people who voted for brexit in such numbers and have waited for a long time. He is wrong about environmental and social protections. This government this country will maintain high standards and we will lead in Environmental Protection and social protection across europe and the world. We lead in our commitment to become Carbon Neutral by 2050. And as i told him before, this freedom brexit gives us the opportunity to do things that are deeply desired by the british people, such as banding in live export of animals. Banning the live export of animals. And there are many things we can do differently and better. He is wrong, mr. Speaker, about business. The overwhelming view of business is at that there are great opportunities through brexit, but also as was said by the former chairman of the remain campaign, and the governor of the bank of england, this is a good deal for the british economy. And indeed, as i look ahead, the only risk i see to the british economy are that catastrophic plans of the right honorable gentlemen and his party. What British Business wants is certainty and stability of getting brexit done on october 31. And then the opportunity to build a new feature with our European Partners and to do freetrade deals around the world. He is wrong about Northern Ireland, which will exit the eu Customs Union, along with the rest of the u. K. And i may say in defiance of what the commission and the Irish Government has intended. He talks about trust. This is a right honorable gentlemen. I do not wish to be adversarial today. This is a right honorable gentlemen. He does not trust his own party. He does not trust the shadow chancellor. And above all, he has not been willing to trust the people of this country by granting them the right to adjudicate on him and his policies in the general election. He will not trust the people. And he doesnt trust the people by delivering on the results of their referendum in 2016. Mr. Speaker, i suggest in all humility to the house, that they should ignore the pleadings of the honorable gentlemen and vote for an excellent deal that will take this country, and take the whole of europe forward. British lawmakers decided to withhold support from Prime MinisterJohnsons Brexit deal. Here is the announcement of the vote in reaction from the premised of. Order. Order. 322. To the left 306. The