May I respectfully suggest to the right hon. Gentleman that that might be a good reason—if it were true, which it is not—for his party to support a deal. I must say that I find it most peculiar that the leader of the Liberal Democrats has been off to see Mr Barnier in Brussels to beg him not to give this country a deal. That is a really quite extraordinary state of affairs. We believe in boosting the productivity of every part of this country—
Debate on the Address
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Boris Johnson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 October 2019.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Debate on the Address.
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