Article 50

Neil Gray Excerpts

Tuesday 24th January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Davis]

That is true, and I think Members’ constituents would notice, too.

[Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Somebody who has been waiting a long time must have been able to work out how to put the question in a short sentence. I call Neil Gray. Let us hear it.

[Neil Gray]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Given that a legislative consent motion is now apparently a political decision and there is no impediment to the Government bringing one forward, will the Secretary of State advise us whether the Government had a legislative consent contingency in place before the Supreme Court ruling and why on earth he would rule out bringing one forward now?

[Mr Davis]

Because I have said that no component part of the United Kingdom has a veto. If the hon. Gentleman had been listening, he would know that I have said that dozens of times in this House.