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Martin Whitfield

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Nuclear Treaty: US Withdrawal
Thursday 25th October 2018

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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There are two colleagues bobbing who have not had a question so far. I call Martin Whitfield.

Martin Whitfield Portrait Martin Whitfield (East Lothian) (Lab)
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I am grateful, Mr Speaker.

On this sitting day in 1971, by 356 votes to 244, this House voted to join the EEC. Could the Secretary of State give us the benefits of that decision?

Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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I am not quite sure of the point that the hon. Gentleman is trying to raise, but I gently suggest to him that life has moved on a little bit since the 1970s, although some on the Labour Front Bench are a bit slow in catching up. We had a referendum in 2016. The British people voted to leave and we are going to get the best deal for them.

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