Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Thangam Debbonaire Excerpts
Monday 10th December 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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First, I think the hon. Gentleman could at least appreciate the number of hours the Prime Minister has spent in this place listening and the fact that it is precisely because she has been listening to this House that she is going back to the EU to seek to address the concerns raised by this House. Hon. Members should appreciate that fact.

Thangam Debbonaire Portrait Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West) (Lab)
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Tomorrow will be 108 days until the date of Brexit. If the Prime Minister and the Leader of the House intend to put this off for perhaps another month, that will mean we are down to 77 days. What then? Will the Prime Minister simply pick up the goalposts, run down the football pitch and position them then where she thinks the ball might land, and if it does not, pick them up again and run a bit further for another 31 days? How long will this farce continue, because frankly I can hear the sound of belief being beggared in Bristol West from here?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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The Prime Minister will return to this House to resume the debate to pass a meaningful vote once she has sought those reassurances.