EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Changes Debate

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Chris Bryant

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EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Changes

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Monday 11th March 2019

(5 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I note my hon. Friend’s representations, but the Government are clear that we will be having the meaningful vote tomorrow.

Chris Bryant Portrait Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)
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The thing is there is only one possible motion that can be considered tomorrow for it to be a meaningful vote under the Act. It is very straightforward and the Government themselves argued repeatedly to the Procedure Committee that if the motion had any other riders added to it, it would not be legally competent—it would not have any legal effect. So the Government could publish the motion now. I could publish the motion for them now—and, for that matter, the business motion which we will have to have tomorrow, because of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. They could also introduce that now. Then we would be able to have proper scrutiny. Isn’t it time we had some proper scrutiny and we stopped flying by the seat of our pants all the time?

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