Leaving the EU: Implementation Debate
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Jonathan Edwards
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Leaving the EU: Implementation
Jonathan Edwards Excerpts(6 years, 9 months ago)
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Mr Walker
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, one that has been made by people on all sides of the referendum debate. We respect the decision made by the British people, including his constituents, and we want to make the greatest success of it. A smooth and orderly exit is the best way to achieve that.
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) (PC)
Earlier this month, the National Assembly for Wales unanimously—this included Tory and UK Independence party Assembly Members—supported a motion from my colleague, Steffan Lewis, calling for a continuity Bill to protect the Welsh constitution from the power grab inherent in the British Government’s legislative proposals for implementing the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. Now that Wales has spoken, will the British Government listen, or are they intent on forcing a constitutional crisis?