Up to London after half term, with plenty to think about as the EU debate rages on. As I have said and written on frequent occasions, lack of leadership, clarity and capitulation are undermining the 2016 referendum. What part of 'leaving the EU' some seem not to understand, or want to, is beyond me. You'd think listening to the siren voices that the UK will be plunged back into the Stone Age if we leave without a deal. There is nothing to fear from no deal. Let me quote from a letter to Mrs May written by the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis; "JFK once said:"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." In a Europe indisposed to genuine negotiations, never fear to walk away from their phoney negotiations." In my view, we should leave now and negotiate a deal from outside the EU. I am confident that, free from these bullying bureaucrats, and in the cold light of dawn, a deal would be struck in time. We are too valuable to the EU for one not to be agreed. But continuing to struggle for one within the constraints of a system that is vehemently opposed to our departure is never going to work, at least to our satisfaction. After catching up in the office, I dropped down to the Chamber to attend the first Urgent Question on police stop and search. This power has always attracted criticism, mainly from the Left, with claims that police are abusing people's human rights and of course racism is thrown in there too. While I have no doubt that the occasional stop and search might be prompted by racial stereotyping, the power does give the police the ability to at least prevent people from carrying knives. I have seen it work on patrol in N Ireland and said so in the Chamber. However, its success depends on having the soldiers, in my case, or sufficient police on the streets to work properly. On patrol you soon get to know who the bad fellas and their associates are and stop and search can then be better targeted. The colour of skin, religion or appearance should not deter the police from doing their duty. At 1630 I attended an SI in CR 12 which looked at the EU's attempt to stop us changing the clocks. They want one time for all. Well I'm afraid it's none of their business what we do with our time and I'm glad to say the Government, for once, is resisting EU plans. Hurrah! With the Second Reading of the Finance Bill under way in the Chamber, I worked in my office until we voted at about 2230. A pile of correspondence was dealt with.