PM statement to the House of Commons: 15 January 2019
Prime Minister Theresa May's statement to the House of Commons following the Meaningful Vote.
Mr Speaker, the House has spoken and the 바카라 사이트 will listen.
It is clear that the House does not support this deal. But tonight바카라 사이트™s vote tells us nothing about what it does support. Nothing about how - or even if - it intends to honour the decision the British people took in a referendum Parliament decided to hold.
People, particularly EU citizens who have made their home here and UK citizens living in the EU, deserve clarity on these questions as soon as possible. Those whose jobs rely on our trade with the EU need that clarity. So with your permission Mr Speaker I would like to set out briefly how the 바카라 사이트 intends to proceed.
First, we need to confirm whether this 바카라 사이트 still enjoys the confidence of the House. I believe that it does, but given the scale and importance of tonight바카라 사이트™s vote it is right that others have the chance to test that question if they wish to do so. I can therefore confirm that if the Official Opposition table a confidence motion this evening in the form required by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, the 바카라 사이트 will make time to debate that motion tomorrow. And if, as happened before Christmas, the Official Opposition decline to do so, we will 바카라 사이트“ on this occasion - consider making time tomorrow to debate any motion in the form required from the other opposition parties, should they put one forward.
Second, if the House confirms its confidence in this 바카라 사이트 I will then hold meetings with my colleagues, our Confidence & Supply partner the DUP and senior Parliamentarians from across the House to identify what would be required to secure the backing of the House. The 바카라 사이트 will approach these meetings in a constructive spirit, but given the urgent need to make progress, we must focus on ideas that are genuinely negotiable and have sufficient support in this House. Third, if these meetings yield such ideas, the 바카라 사이트 will then explore them with the European Union.
Mr Speaker I want to end by offering two reassurances.
The first is to those who fear that the 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트™s strategy is to run down the clock to 29th March. That is not our strategy. I have always believed that the best way forward is to leave in an orderly way with a good deal and have devoted much of the last two years negotiating such a deal. As you confirmed Mr Speaker, the amendment to the business motion tabled last week by my Right Honourable and Learned Friend the Member for Beaconsfield is not legally binding, but the 바카라 사이트 respects the will of the House. We will therefore make a statement about the way forward and table an amendable motion by Monday.
The second reassurance is to the British people, who voted to leave the European Union in the referendum two and a half years ago. I became Prime Minister immediately after that referendum. I believe it is my duty to deliver on their instruction and I intend to do so.
Mr Speaker every day that passes without this issue being resolved means more uncertainty, more bitterness and more rancour. The 바카라 사이트 has heard what the House has said tonight, but I ask Members on all sides of the House to listen to the British people, who want this issue settled, and to work with the 바카라 사이트 to do just that.