Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:45 pm on 8 February 2017.
On that point, I am grateful that my hon. Friend John Howell is back in his place. He devastated all those arguments in a straightforward intervention by making the point that the Joint European Torus project over at Culham does not want these amendments. That is not to say that people do not want collaboration; of course we all want that. However, the question today is whether these amendments should be made. The clear answer coming from Culham—I am grateful that my hon. Friend the Member for Henley is indicating assent—is that the amendments should not be made.