Brexit: Parliamentary Processes Debate
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Brexit: Parliamentary Processes
Lord Watts Excerpts(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Callanan
I think there would be total uproar in this country if we did not implement the referendum vote. I am slightly confused about why this call for a second referendum is now being labelled a people’s vote, as if somehow the people did not get to vote in the first referendum.
Lord Watts (Lab)
My Lords, can the Minister say what the Government will do if Parliament rejects the deal?
Lord Callanan
We hope that Parliament will not reject the deal, but if it does, clearly the Government will have to contemplate that and come back to Parliament with a statement on how we proceed.