The hon. Lady is right, although she is playing with words, on the Treasury analysis. It is not that the economy would shrink 10% from the point where it is now; it would shrink 10% from the point where the Treasury projects it would otherwise be. The net effect is that we would be 10% worse off through a no-deal Brexit.
Leaving the European Union
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Blomfield
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 4 February 2019.
It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the European Union.
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