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Leaving the European Union

Proceeding contribution from Andrew Bowie (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 January 2018. It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the European Union.

I will not, because I have given way many times. I apologise.

Of course, we must be prepared to walk away if it looks like the deal is bad—it would be a strange sort of negotiation if we were not—but I do not believe that will be the case. However, to walk away now as the petition suggests would clearly be folly. I say to the more than 100,000 people who signed the petition, including the 163 in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: please have patience. The Government are determined to strike a good deal. The EU is determined to strike a good deal. The nation states on the continent are lobbying for the best deal, which they know is in all our interests. I know that, when the negotiations with our friends in Europe are complete, we will have formed the basis of a new special relationship that complements the one we already have with the United States and the ones will have with our oldest allies in the Commonwealth, and that we will be able to move forward together as Europeans into a brighter, less rancorous future.

5.45 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
635 c21WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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