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European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

In a moment.

We cannot do that. This constitutional structure has stood for hundreds of years and many thousands of treaties. As I said earlier, nobody suggested for a moment that the House of Commons should negotiate the Maastricht treaty, the Lisbon treaty, or one or two other controversial treaties that came before the House. We cannot change that structure now, on this basis.

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Reference

642 c741 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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