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Article 50: Parliamentary Approval
Monday 11th July 2016

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shailesh Vara Portrait Mr Vara
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I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we are working closely with the new European unit set up in the Cabinet Office, to which I referred in my previous answer.

Ian Blackford Portrait Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (SNP)
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This is about doing what is right. We are talking about British pensioners living overseas who have paid national insurance. Why not remove that uncertainty? Why not guarantee what they are entitled to? It is all about doing the right thing with a new Prime Minister. Let us get off on the right foot and make sure that happens..

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The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, but we need to have the new Prime Minister in place before those negotiations can start proper.

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