My hon. Friend is making a brilliant speech, but is the challenge of the Bill not this: we used to talk in this country about an elected dictatorship, but what is now being proposed is a barely elected dictatorship? Has she ever seen a bigger gap between a Government’s mandate and the power that they seek?
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 September 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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