At the very least, we should know what we are being asked to pay. We know that the Foreign Secretary told the European Union to “go whistle”, and perhaps that is still the Government’s official policy. We also know that only in September the Brexit Secretary was saying that a figure of £50 billion was “nonsense”. Since then, of course, we have seen completely different reports. Parliament and the people deserve to know the sum involved. The idea of a blank cheque is completely unacceptable.
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Leslie
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 December 2017.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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