Article 50 Debate

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Department: Department for Exiting the European Union

Gerald Howarth

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Article 50

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Defence Estate
Monday 7th November 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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I think the hon. Lady has just given the game away.

Gerald Howarth Portrait Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con)
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Will my right hon. Friend confirm that invoking article 50 changes not one word of English law, but is simply the process of sending a letter formally notifying the EU of the people’s vote to leave, and that failure to do that would be a betrayal of the British people that they would not lightly forgive?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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I agree that of itself it does not change one word of English law. Some people see it as a point of no return; I see 23 June as the point of no return. We have to live by the instruction we were given on that day.

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