As my hon. Friend rightly recollects, the Prime Minister herself made this very point. Would it not be a catastrophic failure of our politics if, three years after the vote to leave, we held elections to the very institution we voted to leave? Is that not why this amendment must be pressed and made?
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Michael Tomlinson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 3 April 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill.
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