The right hon. Gentleman will remember the famous civil service memo when Britain was negotiating entry into the Common Market that said that in the light of Britain’s wider European interests, “they”—the Scottish fishermen—were “expendable”. If that was the attitude on the way in, why will it not be the attitude of the British Government on the way out?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Alex Salmond
(Scottish National Party)
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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