Brexit: Revocability

Lord Tebbit Excerpts
Wednesday 20th December 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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The noble Baroness will be well aware that the Government always follow the advice of the Prime Minister.

Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit (Con)
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My Lords, does my noble friend not agree that this Question has been a waste of time? There is simply no doubt that the British people voted in the referendum to leave the European Union and it is their will that must be upheld, not that of a bunch of tame lawyers or other people on the Liberal Benches or anywhere else.

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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When I was a young student politician, my noble friend was one of my political heroes.