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European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

In a moment.

We cannot do that. This constitutional structure has stood for hundreds of years and many thousands of treaties. As I said earlier, nobody suggested for a moment that the House of Commons should negotiate the Maastricht treaty, the Lisbon treaty, or one or two other controversial treaties that came before the House. We cannot change that structure now, on this basis.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
642 c741 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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