European Union (Withdrawal) Act

Henry Smith Excerpts

Monday 14th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab)]

Will the Secretary of State give way?

[Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)]

rose—

[Dr Fox]

I will give way to my hon. Friend, and then I will give way on a number of occasions later on.

[Henry Smith]

Is it not also the case that the Government spent more than £9 million of taxpayers’ money on a leaflet to every UK household saying that the decision of the British people would be respected, so the claim that people did not know what they were voting for or what the outcome would be is nonsense?

[Dr Fox]

The very act of spending that £9 million, given the outcome of the referendum, shows quite how easy it is to waste Government money.

It is clear that there are three possible outcomes to our deliberations.