UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Debate between Chris Heaton-Harris and Neil Gray(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Chris Heaton-Harris
As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we have three options to deliver on the will of this House. Initial discussions with the European Union covered all these proposals. At this stage, there is not a specific legal text on the table. Notwithstanding that, we are firm that any change must be legally binding, but as has been said, it would not be prudent to start providing a running commentary on the detail. I hope that clarifies slightly for my hon. Friend where we are going.
On no deal, as the Minister with responsibility for co-ordinating our contingency planning, I see the day-to-day work that Whitehall is doing to prepare us for that scenario and I remain confident that we are en route to being ready for that eventuality.
Chris Heaton-Harris
Sorry, I am afraid I do not have time.
However, this Government do not want to have to utilise that work.