The Economy

Jonathan Edwards Excerpts
Thursday 24th October 2019

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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I will come on to just that, and I thank my hon. Friend for reminding us; we know the impact of that would be again to crash our economy.

Jonathan Edwards Portrait Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) (PC)
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The Chancellor knows that under the British Government’s Brexit plans, the no-deal cliff-edge would only move to the end of phase 2. So if we do get to his Budget statement on 6 November, can we ask the Office for Budget Responsibility to give us some analysis of what that would mean for the British economy?

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First, there is no no-deal cliff-edge. If the hon. Gentleman wants to have a smooth exit from the EU, he knows what to do—vote for the deal and support the Government’s programme motion.