EU Exit Negotiations

William Cash Excerpts
Tuesday 5th December 2017

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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William Cash Portrait Sir William Cash (Stone) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend appreciate that, whether it is in relation to regulatory alignment in Northern Ireland, or in relation to citizens’ rights in respect of these negotiations, there is a serious danger that the European Court of Justice will get itself into every nook and cranny? There is no way in which it can be contained under article 344 of the treaty or, for that matter, in relation to the interpretation of all the matters I have just referred to.

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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My hon. Friend, who has a long history of wisdom in this subject—[Interruption.] Wisdom—he saw it before most Opposition Members did. He has a long history with this subject, and he explains better than I could why we said that no divergence is a bad option.