I agree with my hon. Friend. That is why we are here tonight, and it is what the vote will be about tomorrow. We are all going to vote to trigger article 50. We will then have at least two years of negotiations to find out exactly where we are going to be. Who knows, that might take even longer, but I have every confidence in our Government and in our Prime Minister, who could not have been clearer about the direction in which this country is going. She has said that no deal is better than a bad deal, and I entirely endorse that view. If we have to fall back on WTO rules, so be it, but I am convinced that common sense and pragmatism will ensure, over the next two years, that that will not happen.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Richard Drax
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 January 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
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