During the opening day of the debate on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown commends the Prime Minister on her position that there will be no second referendum as a second referendum would reopen all the wounds and put the Union itself in jeopardy.

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con)

My right hon. Friend has courageously and consistently said that there will be no second referendum. Does she agree that a second referendum would reopen all the wounds within families and, above all, that it would put the Union itself in jeopardy?

The Prime Minister

I do, indeed, agree with my hon. Friend. I think a second referendum would exacerbate division in our country and would not bring our country back together again.

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