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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Alberto Costa Excerpts
Tuesday 14th March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alberto Costa Portrait Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire) (Con)
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I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement that politics is not a game, but those of us who have fought the SNP know that it is a game to them. Yesterday’s announcement by the First Minister is just the first of many that we will hear in the coming weeks and months. Does the Prime Minister agree that it is imperative that her Government and every Member of this House who believes in Great Britain and Northern Ireland reaffirm to our constituents outside of Scotland why it is that the United Kingdom is important to us all?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. It is vital for us to continue to confirm and reaffirm the importance of the United Kingdom. He says that we should reaffirm that importance to constituents outside Scotland, but we should also reaffirm the importance of the United Kingdom to Scotland and to Scotland’s economy, which I did recently when I was in Glasgow.