Henry Smith
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EU Referendum (Privy Council)
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Chris Grayling
Ministers on both sides of the argument are making their case clearly and will remain friends afterwards. I am pleased to have my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whose view is different from mine, sitting alongside me, demonstrating that we are a united team that is doing the right thing for this country.
Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
Without invoking the body of the sovereign, may I ask the Government when they plan to introduce a British sovereignty Bill?
Chris Grayling
We will soon be having a visitation from the Queen to this Palace for the Queen’s Speech, on 18 May, and I am sure that my hon. Friend will see on that occasion what our plans are for the legislative programme in the years ahead.