Leaving the EU: Economic Analysis

Julian Lewis Excerpts
Tuesday 30th January 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Steve Baker Portrait Mr Baker
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The hon. Lady is entirely wrong; the sensible and pragmatic way forward, which honours the result of the referendum and ensures that this is a democracy with an independent Parliament able to ensure that control is exercised over the laws of this country, is to carry forward my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s policy, as she has set out in Florence and in the Lancaster House speech.

Julian Lewis Portrait Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)
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Is it not about time we set up a charity called “Soothsayers Anonymous” for people who simply cannot kick the habit of predicting when conflicts are going to break out, when we are going to have opinion polls that are going to be accurate and when we are going to have economic forecasts regarding the EU that are going to be accurate, even though history has shown time and again that they are not worth the paper they are written on?

Steve Baker Portrait Mr Baker
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That is a very good point, but I am not sure we will make it Government policy to do it.