Article 50

Callum McCaig Excerpts
Wednesday 29th March 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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The hon. Gentleman talks about representation from Scotland. Of course, he and his colleagues represent Scottish constituencies in the United Kingdom Parliament; he is a constituent part of that Parliament and will be part of the discussions as we go forward.

Callum McCaig Portrait Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South) (SNP)
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In an act of self-determination, the Scottish Parliament voted yesterday to hold an independence referendum. The Prime Minister has repeatedly said that now is not the time, which is interesting as nobody is planning to hold a referendum now, only at the conclusion of the negotiations that commence today. To paraphrase Ruth Davidson, what part of “now” does the Prime Minister not understand?