EU Referendum (Privy Council) Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

EU Referendum (Privy Council)

Henry Smith Excerpts
Monday 14th March 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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Ministers on both sides of the argument are making their case clearly and will remain friends afterwards. I am pleased to have my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whose view is different from mine, sitting alongside me, demonstrating that we are a united team that is doing the right thing for this country.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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Without invoking the body of the sovereign, may I ask the Government when they plan to introduce a British sovereignty Bill?

Chris Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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We will soon be having a visitation from the Queen to this Palace for the Queen’s Speech, on 18 May, and I am sure that my hon. Friend will see on that occasion what our plans are for the legislative programme in the years ahead.