Leaving the EU Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Leaving the EU

Marsha De Cordova Excerpts
Monday 26th November 2018

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes. My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The withdrawal agreement is legally binding. The political declaration is not a legal text, because the European Union cannot sign a legal text in relation to trade matters with a country that is a member of the European Union. It can only do that when we are outside the European Union.

Marsha De Cordova Portrait Marsha De Cordova (Battersea) (Lab)
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It is increasingly clear that the Prime Minister’s deal does not have the support of the House. It is a bad deal: it is bad for my constituents and it is bad for the country. So I ask the Prime Minister, and she has not answered this question yet, what is her plan B when this deal inevitably falls?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave earlier.