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”.

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

My first point is that if the hon.

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.

Is the hon. Member talking about the most recent Labour Government or the actual last Labour Government?

It was our favourite.

I will be brief.