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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Matt Warman Excerpts
Monday 17th December 2018

(6 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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This House voted to revoke article 50, and that would be going against the wishes of the people in the referendum in 2016.

Matt Warman Portrait Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness) (Con)
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More than three quarters of my constituents voted to leave the European Union. Can the Prime Minister imagine anything more patronising than the idea that they need more democracy—to have another go? Does she agree that their instruction was very clearly that we should be getting on with it?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. His constituents thought when they voted that the Government were going to deliver on their vote, and that is exactly what we should do.