European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 Debate

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Department: Department for Exiting the European Union

European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019

Baroness Meacher Excerpts
Thursday 26th September 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Meacher Portrait Baroness Meacher (CB)
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My Lords, returning to the question that the Opposition Front Bench asked—which was not answered—in the interests of transparency, can the Minister simply confirm that any communication to the European Union that in any way contradicted a request for an extension would be contrary to the spirit of the law?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I thank the noble Baroness for her question. I am not going to get into speculating on hypotheticals or what might happen under various scenarios, but we will always comply with the rule of law.