The reason is that the European Parliament is one of the counterparties to the negotiation. The counterparty in our case is the Government of the United Kingdom. We have had a referendum. The Government have to be able to carry through the effect of that referendum, and the plain choice we face is whether or not to constrain the Government. My argument is that, if we constrain the Government, we will end up with a worse result from the point of view of people such as me who were part of the 48%.
The Government's Plan for Brexit
Proceeding contribution from
Oliver Letwin
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 7 December 2016.
It occurred during Opposition day on The Government's Plan for Brexit.
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