Brexit Negotiations and No Deal Contingency Planning Debate
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John Bercow
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Brexit Negotiations and No Deal Contingency Planning
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Mr Speaker
Ah, two admirably courteous fellows. What a difficult choice. I call Mr Jeremy Lefroy.
Jeremy Lefroy
Thank you, Mr Speaker. May I thank my right hon. Friend, his colleagues and their teams for the huge amount of work they have done over the past couple of months in making a great deal of progress, as was quite evident last week and, indeed, in the Exiting the European Union Committee’s meeting with Mr Barnier yesterday? However, while I understand that the idea of coming away from all this with no deal must be put out there, it cannot be contemplated with any degree of equanimity. It would be seen by the world as a failure on our part and that of the European Union. It is not acceptable.