European Council

Helen Goodman Excerpts

Monday 17th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

My right hon. Friend makes an interesting point. I suspect that what he saw actually fed into the concerns that many of the 17.4 million people had when they voted to leave.

[Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)]

This afternoon, on a cross-party basis, 60 Members of Parliament wrote to the Prime Minister asking her to rule out no deal. She knows the costs. What possible reason can she have for not doing that now?

[The Prime Minister]

The only way to rule out no deal is to agree to a deal.