European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
Debate between Wera Hobhouse and Baroness Debbonaire
Consideration of Lords amendments
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Ping Pong: House of Commons
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Ping Pong
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Thangam Debbonaire
I think what it says is that the Government will consult, but they are not listening. I think it mighty suspicious that the refusal to respect the amendment comes after those devolved legislatures said that they did not consent.
Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
The Government talk so much about democracy during election campaigns, but is it not time they accepted that listening to our devolved communities is very much part of democracy? They cannot just go out and talk about democracy and forget that.
Thangam Debbonaire
The hon. Lady is quite right. That is one of the problems that we had during the previous iteration of the Bill, and even more in the case of this one.