EU Exit Negotiations

Desmond Swayne Excerpts
Tuesday 5th September 2017

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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Every time this hoary old argument is brought up by Opposition Members I say the same thing to them: I make no apologies for being ambitious on behalf of our country.

Desmond Swayne Portrait Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
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Are the negotiations any more convivial than the press conferences that follow them, which serve only as a powerful corrective to any illusion that we ought possibly to have remained part of that institution?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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All my meetings with everybody are always convivial.