Leaving the EU: Business of the House Debate

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Leaving the EU: Business of the House

Alex Sobel Excerpts
Wednesday 12th June 2019

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait Keir Starmer
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I hope it is not the only time that the CBI and the TUC say the same, but they obviously do on this issue.

Alex Sobel Portrait Alex Sobel (Leeds North West) (Lab/Co-op)
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We have spent many hours in this Chamber debating the Government taking Henry VIII powers; now Conservative leadership candidates are trying to take Charles I action. Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that an internal conflict in the Conservative party is creating a constitutional crisis in this country?

Keir Starmer Portrait Keir Starmer
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It did not end well for Charles I. We find ourselves in a very serious position. Having been through the best part of three years of debate and argument about Brexit, there is a suggestion that Parliament should be shut out of the process, with no further business until November. That is completely unacceptable.