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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Crispin Blunt Excerpts
Monday 24th October 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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I have said on a number of occasions that the vote to leave the European Union was a vote to ensure that we can have control over our budget, control over our laws and control over the rules on immigration that we set out.

Crispin Blunt Portrait Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con)
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Since it is clear from the Prime Minister’s welcome endorsement of free trade that she will seek the closest possible engagement for a sovereign country with the European single market, does she agree that this objective would be better served by lobbying our partners than by throwing dust in the eye of the commentariat in this country?