Lord Coaker
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(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Andrea Leadsom
I have already announced the business for tomorrow and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will continue as planned with his spring statement.
Vernon Coaker (Gedling) (Lab)
If no deal is passed tomorrow and we have a Government motion on extension to article 50 on Thursday, will the Government motion include anything about the length of time that the Government expect that extension to article 50 to be?
Andrea Leadsom
I do not want to get into hypotheticals. At the moment, we have set out the debate for tomorrow, and the Prime Minister has been clear that should the House decline to leave the European Union without a withdrawal agreement and political declaration, then we will table a further motion that invites the House to consider if it wants to extend article 50. That will be an amendable motion, so it will be for the House to agree the length of such an extension, but that would be tabled only tomorrow should that be necessary.