Withdrawal Agreement Payment to the European Union

Part of European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:30 pm on 6 December 2017.

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Photo of Chris Leslie Chris Leslie Labour/Co-operative, Nottingham East 5:30, 6 December 2017

Yes, there is a sense that the nation should be talking about how to tackle the massive challenges that we face—questions of productivity, of opportunities for young people and of the kind of healthcare improvements we can expect in the 21st century—but they have now been put on the back burner while we try to negotiate an inferior free trade arrangement to the one that we currently have. This is a kind of salvage operation.