Businesses in the north of England—in places such as Scarborough and, indeed, Middlesbrough—are keen to play their part in delivering a

Businesses in the north of England—in places such as Scarborough and, indeed, Middlesbrough—are keen to play their part in delivering a

Businesses in the north of England—in places such as Scarborough and, indeed, Middlesbrough—are keen to play their part in delivering a

I am conscious that I have broken my golden rule of not intruding on my successor’s policy areas for at least 12 months after leaving a D

The hon. Lady refers to the EU budget. May I ask her how many times in the past 20 years it has actually been signed off?

I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 8, page 8, line 5, afte r “extending” insert “or pausing the transition process and”.

I will take the other intervention, which I suspect may be on the same subject, before I reply to them both, if I may.

Cats are exempt from the Bill, so that would still be allowed.

My hon. Friend makes a good point, which answers the shadow Minister’s point very well.

Again, I worry about the unintended consequences of the amendments that have been put forward for understandable and, for a large section