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DExEU – BREXIT INDICATIVE VOTES - 22 March 2019

DExEU – BREXIT INDICATIVE VOTES - 22 March 2019

Dr Julian Lewis: If indicative votes take place, whether whipped or free, and if they contradict the outcome of the referendum of 2016, which will the Government feel obliged to obey?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Kwasi Kwarteng): As my right hon. Friend knows, the Government have always been committed to honouring the result of the referendum, and we fully intend to leave the EU in an orderly manner, which is why at this late stage I continue to urge Members to back the deal.]