On a more positive note, in order to get the withdrawal agreement through, which we should all want, does my right hon. Friend agree that it is not necessary to unpick it? Under international law, we could have a conditional interpretative declaration stating that the backstop is not permanent. If we get that and if the Attorney General changes his mind, will my right hon. Friend join me in urging all my Brexiteer colleagues to vote for this agreement, because the choice is no longer perhaps between an imperfect deal and no deal, but between an imperfect deal and no Brexit?
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Proceeding contribution from
Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on UK’s Withdrawal from the EU.
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