If national members of parliament are to hold ministers to account they need to know what those ministers decide in Brussels in the name of their country.

If this affair puts an end to the nonsense of the parliament meeting, at great expense, in two different countries, then so much the better.

In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.