Article 50

Charlie Elphicke Excerpts

Monday 7th November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Davis]

We have done none of those things. The simple truth is we are waiting on the judgment, and we will obey what the Court says.

[Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con)]

Does the Secretary of State agree that it is extraordinary to see Labour Members saying that Parliament should decide on article 50 and all matters Brexit when just a few short weeks ago they piled in to defeat a Bill that I brought to this House that would have provided for exactly that? Is that not double standards and doublespeak from Labour Members, including the shadow Secretary of State on this morning’s “Today” programme? Is it any wonder that the people of Britain think that Labour Members are seeking to subvert the will of the British people and to defeat the mandate of the masses, and that they have lost touch with the hard-working classes of modern Britain?

[Mr Davis]

I could not have put it better myself.