G20 and Leadership of EU Institutions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

G20 and Leadership of EU Institutions

John Bercow Excerpts
Wednesday 3rd July 2019

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Ah yes, a Lincolnshire knight in a cheerful suit—Sir Edward Leigh.

Edward Leigh Portrait Sir Edward Leigh
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It sets off your black gown, Mr Speaker.

After having to negotiate with these people for so many dreary months, the Prime Minister must be mightily relieved that she will no longer have to go to Brussels, but what advice would she give her successor about dealing with these people? Would she recommend, for instance, the injunction that no deal is better than a bad deal?