EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Changes Debate

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EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Changes

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Points of Order
Monday 11th March 2019

(5 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I have already confirmed that by repeating the Prime Minister’s assurance, and we do accept that section 31 of the withdrawal Act is binding.

Lord McLoughlin Portrait Sir Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales) (Con)
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Should the country leave the European Union without a deal, what would be the liabilities owed to the European Union?

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My right hon. Friend asks an interesting question, and of course there are a range of different views on that. The House of Lords Committee has taken one view, and other hon. and right hon. Gentlemen will take others.

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