EU Referendum: Timing

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:50 pm on 9 February 2016.

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Photo of Stewart Jackson Stewart Jackson Conservative, Peterborough 1:50, 9 February 2016

As usual, my hon. Friend is making a tremendously eloquent case. Does she remember that just a few years ago—in the blink of an eye—we were told that merely having an EU referendum would lead to economic instability, threats to our prosperity and threats to jobs and growth in this country? Of course, it was all unadulterated nonsense propagated by Labour and, sadly, to some extent by some people in our party.