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European Union (Withdrawal) Act

Proceeding contribution from Toby Perkins (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 January 2019. It occurred during Debates on treaty on European Union (Withdrawal) Act.

The right hon. Gentleman is raising an important point about the obligation of Members of Parliament as a result of the referendum, but we have also had a general election since that day. That general election could have given the Government an overwhelming majority, which would have seen Brexit move one way, but it did not; it ended up with a very tight House. As a result, we have a Prime Minister who could have sought to bring all of us along with her, but instead seems to have taken a very tribal view. What advice has the right hon. Gentleman given to the Prime Minister?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
652 c861 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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