Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington opens the debate… . @DLidington "…seeking an extension to Article 50 is not something that the Government ever wanted to have to do… we negotiated a good deal for this country… that also respected the result of the referendum and would have allowed the UK to leave the EU on the 29th March" pic.twitter.com/3KS7mHWGK2 — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Mike Wood intervened… . @mikejwood "What message does my Rt. Hon. Friend think it would send to those we represent if nearly three years after voting to leave the European Union, we held elections to the European Parliament?" pic.twitter.com/mm7olO9xbA — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Sir John Hayes raised the importance of keeping the British public’s faith and trust… Sir John Hayes MP: "Our legitimacy is built on public faith and bolstered by public trust, and the Government choice to specify a date in this legislation and thereby created an expectation. Frustrating that expectation would be seen by the public as a breach of faith…" pic.twitter.com/pqDQnZhOUs — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 And Neil Parish followed… . @neil_parish "For now over two years… we've been absolutely incapable either as a party, or a govt, or a parliament to get a decision on a withdrawal agreement. Why would you ask me to vote for an extension of Article 50 so we could just argue for another couple of months?" pic.twitter.com/CPaiTDUcZS — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 The Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer then made his contribution… Shadow Brexit Secretary @Keir_Starmer "The idea of bringing back the deal for a third time, without even the pretence that anything has changed, other than of cause, using up more time, is an act of desperation." pic.twitter.com/KZ4KkV0tXn — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Mark Francois MP loses a bet with Sir Keir Starmer… Mark Francois MP loses a bet with Sir Keir Starmer "The Rt. Hon. Gentleman, I bet him fifty quid for Help for Heroes that Meaningful Vote 3 would be on the 26th… from the Government's motion it will be before the 20th… in which case, I will definitely give him fifty quid…" pic.twitter.com/yRTEp1NEi0 — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 And Sir Christopher Chope gave his speech… Sir Christopher Chope MP: "In June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom demonstrated our collective common sense and self confidence in voting to take back control over our national destiny and reassert our parliamentary sovereignty." pic.twitter.com/CvXN5jeJ1R — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Followed by David Jones MP… "It's the determined attempt by people inside and outside this House to halt Brexit and impose on the British people a second referendum in the hope that Brexit will be stopped." says @DavidJonesMP pic.twitter.com/7pjJb69u0U — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Then Charlie Elphicke… . @CharlieElphicke "I backed Remain in the referendum, but the tradition in our country of democracy, of respecting the public votes, of respecting the two thirds in my constituency who voted to leave the European Union means that I believe we should get on with it…" pic.twitter.com/ucIld1biiI — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Chris Green made his observations… . @CGreenUK "We need to get on with this, we need to leave decisively on the 29th March… It's not just good for democracy to deliver our promises, it's also good for business…" pic.twitter.com/DLHl7BOD9l — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Shadow Brexit Minister Paul Blomfield… Shadow Brexit Secretary @PaulBlomfieldMP "We are in a desperate position… How can Meaningful Vote 3 be meaningful in any sense of the word? pic.twitter.com/3IT5dMaCMi — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay responds and closes the debate… Brexit Secretary @SteveBarclay "The reality in his approach this week Mr Speaker, is he [Jeremy Corbyn] is shredding the votes of 17.4 million people in this country with his turning his back on the referendum…" pic.twitter.com/LVv7fgRIJn — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019 And finally, Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn responds to this evening’s votes, following the passing of the Government’s motion by 412 votes to 202… . @jeremycorbyn "After the last few days of Government chaos and some defeats, all of us now have the opportunity and the responsibility to work together to find a solution to the crisis facing this country, where the Government has so dramatically failed to do so." pic.twitter.com/LiovKhCQQb — BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) March 14, 2019