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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Angela Eagle Excerpts
Tuesday 14th March 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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My right hon. Friend rightly points out that we have a timetable of up to two years for the negotiations, and it is possible that the details will not be finalised until close to the end of that period. He is also entirely right to suggest that those in Scotland who talk about having a second referendum should remember what the right hon. Member for Gordon said: it was a once in a generation vote that took place in September 2014. It seems that a generation is now less than three years.

Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab)
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The Prime Minister has said that no deal is better than a bad deal. We all wish her well in getting the best possible deal for the UK, but will she now publish what the effects would be of crashing out of the European Union on World Trade Organisation rules, so that we can have a debate in this country about her assertion that no deal is better than a bad deal?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her support for the Government as we look ahead and try to negotiate the best possible deal for the United Kingdom. That is precisely what we will be doing.