European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Monday 19th March 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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Well, as I said, under the Article 50 process, we have notified the European Union that we are leaving.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab)
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Would the Government equally reject a take-note Motion in the House of Commons on that matter, even if it were carried on a free vote?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I am not an expert on the proceedings of the other place—I have never been a Member of the House of Commons—but of course the Government will listen to decisions by the House of Commons.