European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Marcus Jones Excerpts

Wednesday 13th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Conor Burns]

My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. The Prime Minister, in her two key speeches, has made it very clear that she respects the decision the British public took, which is about control of our borders. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper) said earlier, this is not about being against immigration; it is about being able to deliberately discriminate equally between everyone, from across the world, rather than giving preference to one set of people simply because of where they live. It is about making our own laws again. The Supreme Court on the other side of Parliament Square will again become the supreme court of the United Kingdom, and we will not be subject to the European Court of Justice. And it is about taking back control.

[Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con)]

Will my hon. Friend give way?

[Conor Burns]

I will not give way because we are very short of time.

It is also about ending the vast payments we make to the EU, for which we are somehow supposed to be grateful because we get a little bit of it back.

In short, the British public voted to become an independent, self-governing country again. It is incumbent on this House to deliver on that verdict and to reject the Lords amendments, which have only one aim, which is to thwart the democratic will of the British people.