Leaving the EU: Business of the House

Debate between Keir Starmer and Alex Sobel

Wednesday 12th June 2019 Commons Chamber

[Keir Starmer]

I hope it is not the only time that the CBI and the TUC say the same, but they obviously do on this issue.

[Alex Sobel (Leeds North West) (Lab/Co-op)]

We have spent many hours in this Chamber debating the Government taking Henry VIII powers; now Conservative leadership candidates are trying to take Charles I action. Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that an internal conflict in the Conservative party is creating a constitutional crisis in this country?

[Keir Starmer]

It did not end well for Charles I. We find ourselves in a very serious position. Having been through the best part of three years of debate and argument about Brexit, there is a suggestion that Parliament should be shut out of the process, with no further business until November. That is completely unacceptable.