EU Withdrawal Joint Committee: Oversight

Desmond Swayne Excerpts
Wednesday 20th March 2019

(5 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng
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Once again I have to say that I think all my colleagues, all my right hon. and hon. Friends, have very full confidence in our civil service. With regard to my hon. Friend’s question, yes, the Joint Committee will decide, and will have a view on what circumstances are foreseen or unforeseen, but I have to address this point: the Joint Committee’s purpose is not to hoodwink or in any way subvert what we do as a democracy in this House. It is the Government’s full intention to engage extremely attentively to opinion in this House.

Desmond Swayne Portrait Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
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Can I be on it? For a fresh approach—and I won’t bang on.

Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng
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I admire my right hon. Friend’s brevity and succinctness.