Extract from Lords motion
on Brexit: Appointment of Joint Committee
of Kentish Town (Lab): My
Lords, if I was not worried about a no-deal exit at 3.30 pm, I sure
am now. The first duty of a Government is to protect their citizens
and ensure their safety and their economic and social well-being,
but this House has heard that a no-deal exit risks security at our
borders, loss of criminal intelligence, and loss of the European
arrest warrant—even as the Prime Minister assures us it can be used
to capture the Skripal suspects should they set foot in the EU. It
risks an economic downturn, meaning lower tax revenues and
therefore cuts to services; reduced environmental protections; and
major losses to our farming community, with the NFU warning that it
would be “catastrophic”. We would get poorer trade deals, as we
have heard, as we negotiate for 66 million rather than as part of a
500-million strong block. There are risks to the peace process in
Ireland and pressure on the union from Scotland and
elsewhere...
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Extract from
PMQs
: As I recall, it was this party
that put down a motion to take no deal off the table. The managing
director of Birds Eye says that no deal would add 20% to the price
of some foodstuffs “instantaneously”, and the National Farmers
Union says that it would be very damaging to British farming. Both
the candidates to succeed the Prime Minister have claimed that they
will renegotiate the backstop. Can she confirm that section (12) of
the European Council decision to extend article 50 ruled out
reopening the withdrawal agreement, and therefore the backstop?
The Prime Minister: I do not think I need to tell the right hon.
Gentleman what was in the Council conclusions. They are clear,
and I have made them clear in the House. The right hon. Gentleman
says that it was the Labour party that put down a motion to
abandon no deal and take it off the table. The trouble is that
when it came to the votes that mattered—when it came to the votes
that would actually have an impact on stopping no deal—the Labour
party whipped against them. That is absolutely typical of the
right hon. Gentleman: all mouth and trousers.
