I will try to assist the hon. Gentleman. The United Kingdom signed the EEA agreement in 1993 as a sovereign country. The United Kingdom is a single and separate contracting party. The body of legal opinion is very divided on this issue. Eminent experts such as Charles Marquand and George Yarrow have made it clear that they believe that to leave the EEA, the United Kingdom must trigger article 127 of the EEA agreement. Given that legal opinion is divided, this is surely a political issue that needs to be brought to this sovereign House so that we can take back control and have a proper debate and a vote.
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Kinnock
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 November 2017.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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