Extract from Committee stage (Commons) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Jul 9
Wednesday, 10 July 2019 08:34
Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab):...The right hon. and learned Gentleman
was right to say that nowhere would be as badly affected as
Northern Ireland by a no-deal Brexit. I think he said that was
“arguable”; it is actually unarguable. It would be catastrophic for
security and the economy, and in its capacity to induce terrorism,
as well as for the important question of identity. For many
reasons, Northern Ireland needs us to prevent a crash-out Brexit.
We had that debate yesterday, and I can...Request free trial
(Rochdale) (Lab):...The right hon.
and learned Gentleman was right to say that nowhere would be as
badly affected as Northern Ireland by a no-deal Brexit. I think he
said that was “arguable”; it is actually unarguable. It would be
catastrophic for security and the economy, and in its capacity to
induce terrorism, as well as for the important question of
identity. For many reasons, Northern Ireland needs us to prevent a
crash-out Brexit. We had that debate yesterday, and I can think of
few organisations in Northern Ireland that would disagree with the
right hon. and learned Gentleman that we cannot afford a no-deal
Brexit. The Northern Ireland National Farmers Union, the CBI, Manufacturing
Northern Ireland and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions are all of
the view that it would be disastrous. Parliament must be here to
protect the people of Northern Ireland, to debate their future,
and, in particular, to say that if this House of ours chooses to
vote for a no-deal Brexit, it will have made a conscious choice.
What we cannot allow is the House to be offered no choice at all,
and the people of Northern Ireland to be held hostage to the
ideologies of those who do not serve their interests...
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