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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 Kit Malthouse Kit Malthouse Conservative, North West Hampshire 2:15, 8 February 2017

Further to the intervention from my right hon. Friend Mr Lilley, I wonder whether the logical extension of the argument of my right hon. Friend Mr Vaizey is that we should withdraw from the World Trade Organisation. For example, is it fair that the textile workers of Leicester were exposed through our WTO membership to the textile industry in China, which has largely meant a transfer of that industry to that country?