Conduct of negotiations

Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 2:15 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Ed Vaizey Ed Vaizey Conservative, Wantage 2:15, 8 February 2017

That worries me, and I thank my right hon. Friend for making the point.

This is obviously a remoan. I know it is a remoan. I am a remainer just getting things off my chest. It is probably not very constructive, but it strikes me as bizarre that we have given up extraordinary influence over a market of 500 million people to sail off to negotiate free trade deals that will not be without controversy.