WATCH: Tracey – Mordaunt’s PPS – says the deal doesn’t pass his or his constituents’ tests
“I was keen to see an agreement delivered that I could support…[but] the deal on the table potentially gives away our sovereignty and £39 billion.”
“I was keen to see an agreement delivered that I could support…[but] the deal on the table potentially gives away our sovereignty and £39 billion.”
The Labour frontbencher explains to the House that “the EU did not present itself as a champion of the voiceless”.
The International Trade Secretary expresses his scepticism to Andrew Bridgen.
The DUP’s deputy leader appears unimpressed at the failure to secure legally binding improvements in the five weeks since the vote was pulled.
The Prime Minister urges the Commons to deliver on Brexit and protecting the economy.
But he doesn’t think enough of his fellow Labour MPs will do so to carry the Withdrawal Agreement over the line.
“But it’s going to be soon, don’t worry about that.”
“What we will have is the arrival in this country of the sort of populist politics on the extremes that we’re seeing in most other European countries.”
The Brexit Secretary insists that when he previously said it would definitely happen, “that was the Government position at the time”.
The MP for Harlow argues that Labour is “talking the language of the British people”.
“It is incumbent on us, and it is our duty, to recover our sense of proportion and restore some dignity, reason, and calm to this debate.”
Jim Fitzpatrick acknowledges that May has run down the clock, but argues that alternatives to the deal are increasingly impractical regardless.
“I am a serial loyalist. I have never rebelled against the Government… and I do so with a heavy heart, but with a clear head.”
“I served in Northern Ireland, and I lost good colleagues – to protect the Union. I will not vote for anything that doesn’t protect the Union.”
He warns that it would have devastating effects on farming and in particular on lamb exports.