European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:25 pm on 31 January 2017.

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Photo of Ranil Jayawardena Ranil Jayawardena Conservative, North East Hampshire 7:25, 31 January 2017

It seems to me that the Scottish National party not only does not like referendums—perhaps because it has lost two of them in quick succession—but is not paying any attention to the Government’s extensive work in consulting and working with the devolved Administrations across these islands. I come back to the central point that we are one nation. This is a United Kingdom, and it remains a fact that the people of Scotland voted for that, much to the SNP’s dismay. For that reason, I back the United Kingdom taking this decision.

On the matter of who voted for what, I want to put on record an important point that is perhaps lost in the minutiae of the various points and facts that are bandied around. Other than in Northern Ireland, we do not know how any constituency in this country voted.