Over the past few months, I have spoken to many fellow residents on doorsteps, via the phone and over social media. The strong and clear view is that whether we voted leave or remain, we need to get on with Brexit and end the uncertainty.

The Prime Minister has negotiated a new deal which ensures that we take back control of our laws, trade, borders and money without disruption, and provides the basis of a new relationship with the EU based on free trade and friendly cooperation.

When the Prime Minister took office 91 days ago, people were saying that he was not serious about getting a deal or that it was impossible to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement. With hard work and sheer persistence, he has proven the doubters wrong.

This a new deal with allows us to get Brexit done and leave the EU in two weeks’ time, so we can then focus on our other priorities like the cost of living, levelling up schools’ funding, hiring an additional 20,000 police officers, increasing funding for our NHS, tackling violent crime and protecting our environment.

The deal means that Britain is out of all EU laws. We will be able to change our laws in a large number of areas – from product standards to fishing rules to farming subsidies – where we are currently bound by EU rules.

We will be able to strike our own free trade deals. We will have an unqualified right to strike our own trade deals around the world, and the whole UK will participate in them.

European Court supremacy ends in Britain. It will be our courts, applying our laws, which will be the highest authority in the land.

We will be in control of our taxes. We will be able to change VAT rules and other tax laws that are currently determined by Brussels.

Northern Ireland will be in the UK customs territory forever. There is now no doubt that Northern Ireland remains part of the UK’s customs territory and will benefit from the free trade deals we strike.

There will be a special arrangement for Northern Ireland, reflecting the unique circumstances there. We will guarantee – and reinforce – the peace process and avoid any issues at the border. Northern Ireland will have no hard border with the Republic or Great Britain.

Crucially, this arrangement will be underpinned by the principle of democratic consent, through the ability to leave the special arrangement via a democratic vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

On Tuesday, in my role as Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, I was responsible for winding up the debate on the second reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill – the Bill which puts the Prime Minister’s new deal into UK law. I have had to submit this article before the result was known, but as I wrote it, I was preparing my remarks. In my strong view, this is the moment for Parliament to finally take the initiative, take positive action and help get Brexit done.