Article 50 Debate

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Lord McCabe

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Article 50

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Point of Order
Tuesday 24th January 2017

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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As I have said to several of the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues, we work in the Joint Ministerial Committee, we work bilaterally, and we seek to protect the interests of the whole United Kingdom, not least Scotland.

Lord McCabe Portrait Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)
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I do not want to frustrate the process, but is the Secretary of State saying that the referendum result is the only factor that should govern the article 50 vote? Is that not tantamount to signing a blank cheque and setting aside the views of our constituents?

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