United Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European Union

Rory Stewart Excerpts

Friday 29th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Baron]

No, I am going to make progress. If I finish beforehand, I will take the intervention, but a lot of Members want to speak in the debate.

There are two central questions the Government have continued to fail to answer. The first was raised by our friends in the DUP, who made it clear that the meaningful vote would put in place an internal border within the United Kingdom. It is not just the DUP that believes that; it is all the Unionist parties in Northern Ireland, and we should not take that lightly. This would actually threaten our United Kingdom.

However, there is a further reason why we should be wary of this agreement, and that is that it is very possible—

[The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Rory Stewart)]

rose—

[Mr Baron]

I am not going to take an intervention from the Front Bench, who have negotiated a disastrous deal for us. It is as simple as that—I am sorry.