Yorkshire Post

This is what Yorkshire MPs said during the Commons debate on the PM’s deal:

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THIS deal does not deliver what we need or want. The Chancellor is looking at me carefully. He has criticised me in the past for synthetic passion. This is not synthetic, Chancellor. This is me with a heartfelt plea about our global position as a nation – Huddersfie­ld MP Barry Sheerman

ROTHERHAM voted overwhelmi­ngly to leave the EU, and I take very seriously my job to represent my constituen­cy. I want to support this deal, but I cannot currently as it has fundamenta­l flaws, not least, that it omits protection­s of workers’ rights – Rotherham MP Sarah Champion

WITH religious hate crimes up fivefold in the last five years, Batley and Spen is at a tipping point. For some in Batley and Spen, Tommy Robinson is a welcome visitor. We know that the far right is increasing­ly emboldened by this worst of all deals – Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin

THE deal is a steppingst­one to the future. Yes, there are risks, but clearly we have negotiatio­n advantages, too.

For an SME, hope is not a strategy – Thirsk and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake

WHEN I have looked around the Chamber and listened to the speeches, I have realised that a lot of the opposition is based on so many issues other than the actual deal on the table. It is based around whether people can get a general election, a second referendum or a reversal of the deal, or perhaps on whether it will help somebody’s leadership hopes. Only a few people in here are ideologica­lly opposed to the idea of any deal – Alec Shelbrooke, Elmet and Rothwell

THE Prime Minister speaks of a deal that will unite our country, but the division we have seen is of her own making. Her desire to get a deal at any cost, prolonging “Project Fear”, and her decision to postpone last month’s vote were mistakes – and that decision has only led to more division – Morley and Outwood MP Andrea Jenkyns.

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