Since the hon. Gentleman raises public trust and legitimacy, would he acknowledge that the extension of that argument is that, were we to say to the British people that their express will in a binary choice to leave the European Union were to be frustrated through obfuscation, prevarication, delay and confusion, the trust between this House and the people would be broken in a way that would be very hard to mend, to the cost of not only everyone here, but our whole system, for a very long time indeed?
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Hayes
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 17 January 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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