I just want to thank my right hon. Friend for having intervened in this matter and found a way to resolve the issue. As my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg) just pointed out, the oddity of the original amendment 381 was that it would have imposed a rather serious obstacle if, for any reason, there had been an agreement for the article 50 period to end earlier.
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
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Dominic Grieve
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 December 2017.
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