Outcome of the EU Referendum

Debate between Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton and Heidi Alexander

Monday 27th June 2016 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

Yes, it is important that the negotiating mandate is drawn up with the involvement of all the constituent parts of the UK.

[Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)]

Can the Prime Minister tell us what justification the Leader of the House and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland have given him for claiming that, should we leave the European Union, there would be £350 million a week to spend on the NHS?

[The Prime Minister]

I do not want to re-fight the campaign. Obviously, there was a disagreement about whether we would have less money with a smaller economy or whether we would have more money by leaving the EU. We are now putting that to the test and the results will be clear for all to see.

Tunisia, and European Council

Debate between Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton and Heidi Alexander

Monday 29th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I will not comment on a specific report, but my hon. Friend is right that the threat level in Britain is “severe”. It is set independently by the joint terrorism analysis centre, and “severe” means that an attack is highly likely. He also makes the important point that we should continue to do everything we can to keep the trade in weapons, including replica weapons, out of Britain. A lot of action has been taken, and the National Crime Agency is doing very good work, but we need to keep up the pressure.

[Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)]

I am ashamed to think that this summer many of us will swim in a sea where people have drowned simply because they were fleeing war, violence and poverty. Is the reason the UK is failing to take its fair share of refugees that the Government find human suffering easier to bear if it is made someone else’s problem?