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Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 2:45 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Liam Byrne Liam Byrne Labour, Birmingham, Hodge Hill 2:45, 8 February 2017

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that we should go further? Now that we are leaving the federal project, we have an opportunity to create a confederal project, in which we strengthen co-operation on defence, social rights, science, international development and climate change. The Prime Minister says that we might be leaving the EU, but we are not leaving Europe. In that case, let us see the plan for strengthening our relationships across a host of areas of work across the continent.