Debates between Bernard Jenkin and Anna Soubry during the 2015-2017 Parliament

Tue 24th Jan 2017

Article 50

Debate between Bernard Jenkin and Anna Soubry
Tuesday 24th January 2017

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con)
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There is a genuine desire, I believe, for people to come together, to support the Government, to build a consensus and to get the best deal possible. The reality is that we have abandoned the single market and the free movement of people without any debate in this place, never mind a vote.

Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry
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Well, there was one question on the paper: leave or remain. We are leaving the European Union—that is accepted.

I take my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State as a man of his word. When I voted for the two-part motion in December, I did not agree with triggering article 50 at the end of March, but I voted for the motion in the spirit that we would have a plan—I would like a White Paper—that we could debate. That would bring us together. What does my right hon. Friend have to lose by having a debate on a White Paper?