Martin Whitfield
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(5 years ago)
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The Prime Minister
My right hon. Friend makes a very important point. I believe that a second referendum would be divisive, rather than healing.
Martin Whitfield (East Lothian) (Lab)
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?
The Prime Minister
No, it is not an impossibility. It is possible for the European Parliament to ratify in advance of the United Kingdom ratifying.