Please, allow me to continue. It is also perfectly possible, as the right hon. Member for Leeds Central knows, because he is a fine logician, for the other side in the EU negotiations to reject such alternative terms. We therefore hit the question that he cannot evade: under those circumstances, is he or is he not hoping—the Opposition spokesman made what he was hoping for perfectly clear—that Parliament will have the right to tell the Government that they cannot leave on terms that Parliament does not accept? I really think that that is important, if we are to be honest about this, because that is what the right hon. Gentleman and the Opposition spokesman are suggesting.
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Oliver Letwin
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 13 December 2017.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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