Is it not my hon. Friend’s point that we are now a service economy? The service sector accounts for 88% of London’s economy, and the service sector can move. Prior to our joining the EU, we had things in the ground, we were a great manufacturing nation, but that is not the case today.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Lammy
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 February 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
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