EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Changes Debate

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Pat McFadden

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EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Changes

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Points of Order
Monday 11th March 2019

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robin Walker Portrait Mr Walker
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My right hon. Friend asks an important question. The Government will bring forward the motion as soon as we possibly can, but I cannot necessarily guarantee the precise timing given that the negotiations are still ongoing.

Pat McFadden Portrait Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab)
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Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 says that the vote must be on “the negotiated withdrawal agreement”. Does the Minister accept that a vote tomorrow on anything other than that would not count as the second meaningful vote and would not fulfil the Prime Minister’s promise of 22 February, when she said that

“we will hold a second meaningful vote by Tuesday 12 March at the latest”?—[Official Report, 26 February 2019; Vol. 655, c. 166.]

Robin Walker Portrait Mr Walker
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I can only reiterate what I have already said, which is that we will be holding the meaningful vote tomorrow. Of course, exactly what is brought forward by the Government will depend on the outcome of the negotiations, which are still ongoing.

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