European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Andrew Selous and David Davis

Thursday 7th September 2017 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)]

What conclusion should the electorate draw about respect for democracy from other parties’ refusal to give the Bill a Second Reading?

[Mr Davis]

I am not going to presume ill intent from the start. I say to everybody in the House that the electorate will draw their own judgment as to whether people are addressing this in a sensible way to maintain the rights of British citizens and to maintain the continuity of British law in good time for our departure from the European Union—which is, after all, a fixed date—or whether they are simply using it as a cynical political exercise. That is not a decision for me to make; it is a decision for the electorate to make, and make it they will.