Leaving the European Union Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Leaving the European Union

Geraint Davies Excerpts
Wednesday 22nd May 2019

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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We have had discussions with both the Scottish and Welsh Governments about their concerns, particularly around trade across the EU, and our proposals reflect those concerns, together with our discussions with business across the whole UK. As I understand it, the position of the Scottish nationalists now is that they want to revoke article 50. That is not a compromise. It is a position that goes back on the result of the referendum.

Geraint Davies Portrait Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)
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MPs from around the House have suggested that the Prime Minister’s deal is not sustainable because she has announced her resignation and that it is not future-proofed. Does she agree that neither her deal nor any other deal can be future-proofed or sustainable unless entrenched by a public confirmatory vote? On that basis, if she wants to heal the wounds and make it sustainable, she should put that public confirmatory vote in the Bill itself.