Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Position Debate

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Department: Attorney General

Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Position

Richard Drax Excerpts
Monday 3rd December 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Geoffrey Cox Portrait The Attorney General
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The CAP is dealt with by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and I have no doubt that Government lawyers will have given it advice. I am afraid that I am not in a position to assist the hon. Gentleman with any specific advice on that question at the moment, but I am happy to write to him about it.

Richard Drax Portrait Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con)
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We have heard of the will of the House tonight; what about the will of the people? They voted to leave the EU in its entirety, not to be half in, half out. I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his legal advice today, but it is full of ambiguity, as I fear the political interpretation could be in future. This will not breed confidence in our nation.