Perhaps the Secretary of State could accept the constructive offer made by many hon. Members on both sides of the House. The right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) and the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Antoinette Sandbach), as well as Opposition Members, have said that there is a majority in favour of the regulatory alignment that the Prime Minister proposed for Northern Ireland, the Republic and the rest of the United Kingdom. With a few exceptions, the Secretary of State would get a lot of votes from Opposition Members if he put that question. Why does he not just do so?
EU Exit Negotiations
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Leslie
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 December 2017.
It occurred during Urgent question on EU Exit Negotiations.
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2017-19
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