Europe: Renegotiation

David T C Davies Excerpts
Tuesday 10th November 2015

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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The Prime Minister is very clear that he believes that serious reforms are essential if the British people are to believe that their future lies in membership of the European Union.

David T C Davies Portrait David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)
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If we vote to leave the European Union, how long will a legally binding exit take—days, weeks, months or years?

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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My hon. Friend is understandably inviting me to speculate about a post-referendum outcome when the Government are focused on what happens during a referendum. I suggest that he might like to study article 50 of the treaty on European Union, particularly subsections (2) and (3), which will give him a lot more detail on the matter.