Conduct of negotiations

Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:00 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Mike Gapes Mike Gapes Labour/Co-operative, Ilford South 3:00, 8 February 2017

A stitch-up, as my right hon. Friend says, which John Smith certainly did not agree to. When I first entered this House in 1992, I had many happy hours and late nights debating the Maastricht treaty. I can recall—some of the faces on the other side of the Chamber are still there—taking interventions from seven or eight Conservative Members late at night on that issue. For that Bill, we had five, six or seven—[Interruption.]—eight times as much time as we have today.