Brexit and Foreign Affairs

William Cash Excerpts

Monday 26th June 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Davis]

You know, I was right not to give way to the hon. Gentleman in the first place. He has got it wrong; it is not an ID card. We are talking about documentation to prove that people have the right to a job and the right to residence, but they will not have to carry that around all the time. It is not an ID card; it is rather like your birth certificate. It’s not an ID card! Good heavens!

I shall turn now to the legislative agenda—

[Sir William Cash (Stone) (Con)]

Would my right hon. Friend be kind enough to give way, just before he does so?

[Mr Davis]

This is going to be the last one, but yes, okay.

[Sir William Cash]

Does my right hon. Friend not think that those, such as the Liberal Democrats and others, who want to remain in the European Union should ask their constituents whether they really want the United Kingdom indefinitely to remain part of an undemocratic system that is governed by majority voting that takes place behind closed doors and that is moving towards integration with a common defence policy, a common Finance Ministry and further moves towards a political union in which we would be in the second tier of a two-tier Europe dominated largely by one country?

[Mr Davis]

rose—