Following the Prime Minister’s statement on the Brexit withdrawal agreement and the decision to delay the vote, James Cleverly seeks assurance from the PM that she will go back to the European Union and get a deal that will have the support of the UK Parliament so that the UK can leave the EU on 29 March.
James Cleverly (Braintree) (Con)
My hon. Friends and Members across the House have been expressing anecdotal and unscientific assessments of their voters’ change of mind about the referendum result. In that spirit, I would like to highlight the conversations I have had both with friends and constituents who voted remain but are now determined that we leave the European Union in good order. Will the Prime Minister give me an assurance that she will go back to the EU, bang on the table, if that is what it takes, and get a deal that will have the support of this House and get us out of the European Union on 29 March 2019?
The Prime Minister
I can assure my hon. Friend that that is exactly what we intend to do. He is absolutely right, and I see many messages coming to me from people who voted remain but now say, “Actually, we accept the result of the vote. Let’s get on with it and let’s leave the European Union.”