Prime Minister’s Statement Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Prime Minister’s Statement

Luciana Berger Excerpts
Saturday 19th October 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is spot on. He is right that both sides have a strong incentive to do a very good, best-in-class free trade deal by the end of next year. That is our ambition and that is what we are going to achieve.

Luciana Berger Portrait Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (LD)
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The Prime Minister’s Brexit Secretary was on television this morning. He confirmed that no economic analysis of the deal has been done. I ask the House to let that sink in: no economic analysis of the deal, on which we are all expected to vote today, has been done. How does the Prime Minister anticipate that Members on all sides the House can, in good faith, be expected to vote on a deal today that will impact on our country for decades to come?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I respectfully point out to the hon. Lady that the deal has been welcomed by a broad range of opinion, including the Governor of the Bank of England and the CBI. The choice for her today is between this deal, which I believe is very good for this country both economically and politically, and no deal. That is what she has to decide between.