Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification Debate
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Lord Anderson of Swansea
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Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification
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Lord Callanan
As usual, my noble friend makes a powerful point. We need to respect the votes of 17.4 million people, which is a bigger number than the 5 million who signed the online petition.
Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)
My Lords, is there not a contradiction between the Government’s expressed intention to put the deal before the House of Commons again and again but not to give the British people a chance to have second thoughts?
Lord Callanan
We remain committed to trying to convince the House of Commons that it is a good deal. It is of course a compromise—nobody gets exactly what they want—but we think that it is the best deal on the table. In fact, it is the only deal on the table, and it will deliver a smooth and orderly departure.