All 1 Debates between Harriet Harman and Dawn Butler

Mon 6th Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
Commons Chamber

Committee: 1st sitting: House of Commons

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Harriet Harman and Dawn Butler
Harriet Harman Portrait Ms Harman
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We cannot say that we welcome them here to do such work, but use them as a bargaining chip in European negotiations.

Dawn Butler Portrait Dawn Butler
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My right hon. and learned Friend is being very generous with her time. Constituents have come to my surgeries in tears, fretting about what will happen to them and their jobs. Does she agree that it is not a British value to use people as bargaining chips in the negotiations?

Harriet Harman Portrait Ms Harman
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I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend.