division_name: European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
motion: <p class="indent" pid="b668.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House, in accordance with the provisions of section 13(6)(a) and 13(11)(b)(i) and 13(13)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, has considered the Written Statement titled &#8220;Statement under Section 13(4) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018&#8221; and made on <phrase class="date" code="2019-01-21">21 January</phrase> 2019, and the Written Statement titled &#8220;Statement under Section 13(11)(a) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018&#8221;and made on  <phrase class="date" code="2019-01-24">24 January</phrase> 2019.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b672.6/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;some&#8230;wanted to see changes to the withdrawal agreement, a unilateral exit mechanism from the backstop, an end date or rejecting the backstop&#8230;The simple truth is that the EU was not prepared to agree to this and rejecting the backstop&#8230;means no deal.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2019-01-14">14 January</phrase> 2019; Vol. 652, c. 826.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b674.5/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;alternative arrangements to avoid a hard border&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b688.4/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The projected impact&#8221;&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b688.4/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;on the UK economy would be devastating&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b688.4/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I clearly do not believe that making a choice to leave without a deal would be a responsible thing to do&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b689.8/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;unanimously the European Council&#8230;have always said that if the UK chooses to shift its red lines in future&#8230;and go beyond a simple free trade agreement&#8230;then the European Union will be immediately ready to&#8230;give a favourable response.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b689.8/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The backstop is there because of the red lines that the UK put down&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b691.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the benefits of a customs union and the benefits of our own trade policy.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2019-01-23">23 January</phrase> 2019; Vol. 653, c. 237.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b699.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Let me be clear: nobody, not me, not anyone, is expecting the SNP to give up on independence. That&#8217;s what it believes in &amp; it&#8217;s a perfectly honourable position to take.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b701.2/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;could be forced to redirect future investments&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b701.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The thing all of us won&#8217;t be able to manage is a no-deal&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b716.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The deal we have is fair and cannot be re-negotiated. The backstop is needed because of UK red lines and was crafted by the UK and the EU to secure the Good Friday Agreement&#8230;We remain open to positive changes regarding the future relationship and it is time for a more consensual cross-party approach to deliver this&#8221;?</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b717.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;A &#8216;managed no deal&#8217; cannot constitute the policy of any responsible Government.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b718.5/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;no tariffs, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b718.5/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the single customs territory&#8230;which obviates the need for checks on rules of origin.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b724.2/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;hoover up the markets that have previously been well served by UK companies&#8221;;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b727.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;would be obliged to carry out controls on goods arriving in the Republic of Ireland. My team have worked hard to study how controls can be made paperless or decentralised, which will be useful in all circumstances.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b727.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We will have to find an operational way of carrying out checks and controls without putting back in place a border&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b728.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The Government have said they do not want to be in the single market, but they have not told us what they want instead&#8230; the clock is ticking and when you are running out of time, you cannot keep kicking the can down the road&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2019-02-05">5 February</phrase> 2018; Vol. 635, c. 1212-13.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b728.3/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;This is not a deal for the future; it is just a stopgap&#8230; We have no idea where this is heading&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2019-11-26">26 November</phrase> 2018; Vol. 650, c. 33.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b730.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;there is one great problem with the backstop: it does not protect the Good Friday agreement.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, House of Lords, <phrase class="date" code="2019-12-05">5 December</phrase> 2018; Vol. 794, c. 1012.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b741.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b741.3/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It will triumph by teaching the English to take trivial things&#8212;the petty annoyances of regulation&#8212;very seriously indeed, and to regard the serious things&#8212;jobs, communities, lives&#8212;with sincere and studied triviality.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b745.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;There&#8217;s no negotiation between the UK and EU&#8212;that&#8217;s finished.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b749.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Oh wad some power the giftie gie us</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b749.2/4" pwmotiontext="yes">To see ourselves as ithers see us!&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b750.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Oh, what a tangled web we weave</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b750.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">When first we practise to deceive!&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b750.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I recognise that some Members wanted to see changes to the withdrawal agreement, a unilateral exit mechanism from the backstop, an end date or rejecting the backstop altogether... The simple truth is that the EU was not prepared to agree to this and rejecting the backstop altogether means no deal.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2019-01-14">14 January</phrase> 2019; Vol. 652, c. 826.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b754.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;power to decide our tariffs &amp; quotas with 3rd countries. We&#8217;d be forced to liberalise our market but have no reciprocal access to theirs&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b755.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the proposals&#8230;have international as well as domestic implications.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b755.2/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;it is not enough to vote against the No Deal&#8230;if no positive suggestions are put on the table, then we will be more or less bumpy or heading for the No Deal on March 30, as in an accident.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b756.3/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;requires ministers to secure sufficient time for the UK Parliament to consider and vote on options to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a ratified Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, and that those options should include:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b756.3/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(i) Negotiating changes to the draft Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration so as to secure a permanent customs union with the EU, a strong relationship with the single market underpinned by shared institutions and obligations, and dynamic alignment on rights and standards, in order to command a majority in the House of Commons;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b756.3/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(ii) Legislating to hold a public vote on a deal or a proposition that has commanded the support of the majority of the House of Commons.&#8221;.&#8212;(Jeremy Corbyn.)</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b756.3/9" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b756.3/10" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 296, Noes 327.</p>