New Partnership with the EU

Peter Bone Excerpts
Tuesday 17th January 2017

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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The way in which we have—very clearly, I think—structured this with the great repeal Bill is so that all existing protections in law will be put into British law, and anything thereafter will be for this Parliament to decide, which has not been true for about 40 years.

Peter Bone Portrait Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
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In the Secretary of State’s long and distinguished political career, did he ever think that in his political lifetime a British Prime Minister would make such a splendid speech on the EU, totally in line with the British people?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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Absolutely not. Sadly, however, that will not get me a pay increase.