Just as I am about to give the answer I am asked from a sedentary position what the answer is. Perhaps those on the Government Front Bench should just listen. The position is this. As the House knows, we set out the Labour party’s position in a letter to the Prime Minister. We set out in clear terms what a close economic relationship would look like. What was written in that letter has been well received, not only in the United Kingdom, by businesses and trade unions, but by the EU and EU leaders. It is a credible proposition.
UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Proceeding contribution from
Keir Starmer
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on UK’s Withdrawal from the EU.
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