Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

Stephen Hammond Excerpts

Monday 6th December 2021 Commons Chamber

[Sir William Cash]

There is a simple distinction between I have said and what the hon. Lady has just said, because the Government do not pass legislation but the Council of Ministers does. That is the fundamental difference. At this point, I shall resume my place, unless my hon. Friend the Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond) would like to give me another lesson in constitutional law.

[Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con)]

Certainly not: my hon. Friend and I have disagreed about many aspects of this matter, but he was absolutely right to say that however we voted in the referendum, that is in the past. He was also right to say that this assembly could have a useful place in securing a sensible relationship between ourselves and the European Union. He and I know that we have not always agreed on this matter, but I would absolutely agree with him—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

Order. I am happy to let the hon. Gentleman finish, but he should do so briefly.

[Stephen Hammond]

I will finish on that point, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

I call Sir William Cash.