Terminated. Well, just very gently so to the honourable gentleman who has had an opportunity, if it is a point of order rather than a point of frustration . A point of order, mr sammy wilson. The Prime Minister has claimed to the house today that the agreement. Youre watching bbc news from westminster where Boris Johnson is urging mps to back it spreads a deal in a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu in nine days. Mps will vote on the Withdrawal Agreement bill later tonight. At 7pm. And in the last half an hour Laura Kuenssberg tweeting that if mps dont agree to the government a timetable for brexit legislation, they will pull the bill. The stakes could not be higher. We return to the red. The honourable gentleman as a cheeky chappie. He has made his own point in his own way with considerable alacrity to which the Prime Minister can respond if he wishes. Thank you, i will give way in just a moment. Can respond if he wishes. Thank you, i will give way injust a moment. I will respond
Enough times. Weve heard them enough times, they werent true then and they arent true now. The majority of economists have always agreed that there was another approach the government could have taken, rather than austerity, and we always argued, and we were right, that austerity was a political choice, not an economic necessity. As recently as march, the Party Opposite ploughed on, saying there was no alternative. To look at them how was no alternative. To look at them now suddenly proclaiming an end to austerity after 125,000 excess deaths as a result, after 100 billion taken out of the economy, after the worst decade for wage growth since the 19th century, just because there may be what . An election round the corner. And after all that, after all that, to deliver what is a pathetic sum to spending departments who are on their knees at the moment. Itsjust adding insult to injury. A government not just callous and uncaring, but hypocritical as well. This isnt a government, its a rack
Study the view about whether they wish to table amendments to a bill whose basic subject matter was wellknown to them, they would be able to do that probably at least closely to his own level of acceptability. His own standard. The second point is it is is here that the bill today and there are several precedents. Those bills are ordinarily been government bills and very often concerning Northern Ireland. It is unusual, except, what is isnt is disorderly. The honorable gentleman raised important questions about money resolution and the queens consent. Yes, this bill is different but i have of course consulted the clerk of legislation and other senior clerks on whose procedural expertise we regularly call. My ruling on wednesday the third of april, 2019 in respect to the earlier bill which the honorable atleman referenced was column131 that the European Union does not require a ways and means motion or a money resolution. Extending the theory under article 50 would continue the uks righ
Start thattay at the every Single Member of this house whatever view they hold on the fundamental physical question before us, is trying as they see best, to act in the National Interest and the interest of their constituents. The problem, the reason we are here today, is of course that each of us has a slightly different view of what those best interests are. So i hope that we can debate this bill in what is a, i recognize, a very short amount of time. If im a response to the point i can do no better than to quote the right honorable member for west dorsett who on the third of april in the house said, it could only be done at high speed. Because there is no time left. I think wherever we stand on this issue, we know there is very little time left. Following the decision on promulgation, there is even less time that would have been available previously. Therefore i hope that we will stronglyh other with held views with respect and consideration during this debate. The focus of the bill
No time left. Stand onherever we this issue, we know there is little time left and following the us the decision, there is even less time that would have been available previously. Therefore, i hope we will treat each other, recognizing we have strongly held views with respect and consideration during this debate. The purpose of the bill is very simple. It is to ensure that the United Kingdom does not leave the European Union on the 31st of october without an agreement. The bill has wide cross party support. Integrate pleasure to be involved with the honorable member and its backed by members who have very different views on how the matter of brexit should finally a result including, members who, until very recently, were senior members of the cabinet. You could describe it as a somewhat Unlikely Alliance but what unites us is a conviction that there is no mandate for no deal, and the consequences for the economy and for our country would be highly damaging. Those supporting the bill b