EU Exit Negotiations

Wera Hobhouse Excerpts
Tuesday 5th December 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wera Hobhouse Portrait Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
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Will the Secretary of State accept that leaving the customs union was not on the ballot paper on 23 June 2016?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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It was said earlier that nobody voted for that; nobody knew that that was a consequence. In fact, both sides in the referendum campaign made it plain that departure from the European Union meant departure from the customs union.