Joanna Cherry
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(5 years, 10 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I had positive discussions with trade union leaders and a positive discussion with the chairman of the CBI.
Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West) (SNP)
The Prime Minister has said that these written assurances have legal standing and legal force, and that they will be taken into account, but she has also acknowledged that paragraph 2 of the Attorney General’s letter of advice says that they do not “alter the fundamental meanings” of the provisions of the withdrawal agreement. Can she confirm that, ultimately, as a matter of law, in any conflict between the wording of these assurances and the wording of the withdrawal agreement, the withdrawal agreement would triumph, and that therefore, in the months since she pulled the meaningful vote, nothing has changed?