European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Jim McMahon Excerpts

Tuesday 29th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Angela Smith]

rose—

[Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton) (Lab/Co-op)]

rose—

[Jeremy Corbyn]

I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon).

[Jim McMahon]

I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. [Interruption.] I am not sure how people in this House believe this will be received by the public watching on TV, but I have to say that the public are sick of the childish antics of people in this House and they want us to come together to find a way through this mess. There are thousands of different views on, and variations of, what people felt and thought they voted for in that referendum, but the one thing we can be certain of is that the referendum leaflet that went to every household in this country did not make any mention of leaving the customs union. Why can we not find agreement on that?

[Jeremy Corbyn]

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. The point he makes about the way in which this House debates these matters is important. He has led a local authority, Oldham, brought people together and brought communities together, and achieved things—that is something this Government have lamentably failed to do. If the—