The Process for Triggering Article 50

Lord Tomlinson Excerpts
Tuesday 24th January 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bridges of Headley Portrait Lord Bridges of Headley
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My noble friend knows a lot about our nation’s history and he is absolutely right. As I said, we will furnish Parliament with the necessary information to do that. Surprisingly enough, I have the Conservative manifesto in my folder. On page 72 it says, very clearly:

“We will hold that in-out referendum before the end of 2017 and respect the outcome”.

Lord Tomlinson Portrait Lord Tomlinson (Lab)
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As the Minister has the manifesto with him, can he quote to us what that same manifesto said about our commitment to the European single market?