The main thing is that on a number of occasions, the European Commission has been keen to press on with international trade deals but has been unable to because one member state or another has prevented it. Does that not destroy the argument that the European Commission has been imposing laws on the United Kingdom against the latter’s wishes? Is it not the case that in every major decision regarding approval of European Commission proposals, the United Kingdom has played an equal and often decisive part?
Leaving the European Union
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Grant
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 January 2018.
It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the European Union.
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2017-19
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