"I am not going to give way, because I think I should make progress.
I have described the scale of the challenge for Parliament, and the truth is that if we are doing that we will not be doing other things...." David Lammy - View Speech
"I have said that I should make some progress. Others have got to get in to make important contributions.
The other point is that uncertainty is bad for business and our economy. Last week a survey by Lloyds found that business confidence has dropped to its lowest level since December …..." David Lammy - View Speech
"You are absolutely right, Mr Gray. I was simply making the case that those EU subsidies will no longer be there. They will have gone and tax receipts will have fallen. It is for that reason that the way we resolve the constitutional crisis we are in is so important. …..." David Lammy - View Speech
"I will not give way. There was no two-thirds threshold as is required in other nations to validate a major constitutional change of this nature. There was no quadruple lock to ensure that the majority in each of the constituent nations of the United Kingdom agreed with the change. Our …..." David Lammy - View Speech