International Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

International Update

Graham Stuart Excerpts
Monday 12th October 2026

(1 day, 18 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Graham Stuart Portrait Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con)
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I thank the Prime Minister for his statement and his commitment to being more straightforward with the House than perhaps has always been the case over the last couple of years. In the light of that, will he give the House an unequivocal assurance that he believes that the Brexit referendum was legitimate? Will he say so on the record?

Andy Burnham Portrait The Prime Minister
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I will very much say so on the record: it was legitimate. I have always respected the result, and I have never questioned its legitimacy, but I am within my rights to point out where foreign actors are looking to interfere in British democracy.