Nomination of Members to Committees

Part of Business of the House (Today) – in the House of Commons at 9:47 pm on 12 September 2017.

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Photo of Lucy Frazer Lucy Frazer Conservative, South East Cambridgeshire 9:47, 12 September 2017

What I am saying is that we need to assess the situation. At the moment the Conservatives have a significant majority. In fact, we have more seats than the Labour Government had in 1976 when they proposed such a measure.

As I said, the country voted in a referendum. The Labour party and this Government committed in their manifestos to deliver Brexit. We now need to do so. We need to deliver the democratic decision of the British people, and we need to do so in a way that is practical and expedient, while preserving the ability to scrutinise and debate. The motion will achieve that. As Graham Stringer has said, at the general election three months ago, the Labour party said it would implement its manifesto. It needs to do so, and to stop putting obstacles in the way of respecting the wishes of the British people.