Is there not a fundamental contradiction in what the right hon. and learned Gentleman has been saying? A moment ago he was worrying that power would be lost from this House; now he is saying that power should in fact be with the European Union. Is not the fundamental point of this Bill that it is better that laws should be made by our Government and our Parliament than by an unelected EU bureaucracy?
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 September 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
About this proceeding contribution
Reference
628 c364Session
2017-19Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamberSubjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2020-04-14 15:14:44 +0100
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-07/17090743000231
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-07/17090743000231
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-07/17090743000231