European Union (Withdrawal) Act

Rupa Huq Excerpts

Tuesday 4th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Leslie]

rose—

[Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab)]

rose—

[Jeremy Corbyn]

I give way to my hon. Friend.

[Dr Huq]

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. He makes a very good point: Brexit is painted as dividing our nation, but it has actually united our party in opposition to the Prime Minister’s proposals. It has also united many Conservative Members against her proposals, including two former Brexit Secretaries, the former Foreign Secretary and two former science and higher education Ministers. I wanted to ask the Prime Minister who the new science and higher education Minister is, but she did not take my intervention. Perhaps batting for that sector is incompatible with her Brexit, and indeed any form of Brexit.