Rudd admits parliament will stop "no deal" - Keir Starmer responds

Keir Starmer MP, Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary, responding to Amber Rudd’s admission that parliament will prevent “no deal”, said: 

“Amber Rudd seems to have ignored Number 10’s spin by admitting that Parliament would stop a no deal Brexit. 

“If the Prime Minister’s deal is rejected then MPs will not sit back and allow us to crash out of the EU without an agreement. Parliament will take back control.

“After these comments from Amber Rudd, it’s time for the Government to drop the false choice between a bad deal and no deal, and to come forward with a plan that can command the majority support of Parliament.” 

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Notes to editors

On the Today programme this morning, Amber Rudd said: “It is my view that parliament, the House of Commons, will stop no deal, as Damian Collins already said earlier. There isn’t a majority in the House of Commons to allow that to take place.”