The very fact that this was a split judgment shows that our right hon. Friend the Prime Minister was absolutely right to take the case all the way to get a full decision. I ask the Secretary of State to resist our right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke) and not to overcomplicate this matter. After all, the question is: should the Government trigger article 50? I urge the Secretary of State, when he brings the Bill to Parliament, to keep it short, to keep it simple and, most of all, to keep it swift?
Article 50
Proceeding contribution from
Iain Duncan Smith
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 January 2017.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Article 50.
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