Article 50

Chris Leslie Excerpts

Monday 7th November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Davis]

My right hon. Friend makes a point that I may agree with but dare not make myself.

[Chris Leslie (Nottingham East) (Lab/Co-op)]

Of course we should all accept the outcome of the referendum, but that does not necessarily mean that we all have to agree on the detail or that we should rush ahead with triggering article 50—particularly in March, ahead of the German and French elections, and before the Government have even developed a plan. As we now know that if the Secretary of State loses the Supreme Court judgment we are likely to have a Bill—primary legislation—he should entertain the idea of an amendment that considers triggering article 50 after the summer, not before September, so that we have the time to get this right.

[Mr Davis]

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the leader of his party, who recommended that we trigger article 50 on 24 June.