European Council Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Martin Whitfield Excerpts
Thursday 11th April 2019

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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My right hon. Friend makes a very important point. I believe that a second referendum would be divisive, rather than healing.

Martin Whitfield Portrait Martin Whitfield (East Lothian) (Lab)
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The deal will require ratification by the European Parliament. The current European Parliament will sit for the last time a week from today, and then after the elections it will meet just once in July to sort itself out. It will not really meet properly until October or November. Is an earlier leaving date not actually an impossibility, because the deal cannot be ratified?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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No, it is not an impossibility. It is possible for the European Parliament to ratify in advance of the United Kingdom ratifying.