European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Lord Clarke of Nottingham and Baroness Hoey

Tuesday 31st January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Kate Hoey]

The right hon. Gentleman is quite right. At the many meetings I spoke at all over the country, there was a fervent interest in the issue. People wanted to know more. I remember hearing the former Prime Minister and the former Chancellor of the Exchequer very clearly warning—not just warning, but threatening—people that if they dared to vote to leave, the consequences would be our leaving the single market. Let us not call it the single market; it is an internal market. If we are leaving the EU, of course we have to leave the internal market. I am sure that, like any other country outside the EU, we will be able to get a deal that allows us to have access to that market.

[Mr Kenneth Clarke]

Will the hon. Lady give way?

[Kate Hoey]

No, I will not. The right hon. and learned Gentleman had 22 minutes in which to speak.