Chris Backs Jim Allister's "Brilliant Bill"
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
Does the hon. Gentleman accept that one consequence is that we have a United Kingdom in part of which people have a second-class citizenship compared with the rest of the United Kingdom? Does he have any solutions, other than the solution put forward by Jim Allister in his brilliant Bill, as he brings intellectual rigour to try to address this intractable problem?
Peter Dowd Labour, Bootle
I think the fact that the hon. Gentleman used the word “intractable” gives us a clue about how challenging it actually is. When a country decides, for better or for worse, to withdraw from a treaty to which it has been a signatory for more than 50 years, issues are bound to arise.
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