Published: January 07, 2019
I want to put parliamentary safeguards in place to protect the country from chaos as 29 March approaches
• Yvette Cooper is a Labour MP and chair of the home affairs select committee
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• Yvette Cooper is a Labour MP and chair of the home affairs select committee
Just because most people don’t want something to happen doesn’t mean it won’t. So it is with a no-deal Brexit. I believe the majority of MPs, ministers and most people across the UK are opposed to the self-inflicted damage to our economy and security that would result from crashing out of the EU. But there are just 81 days left, and there is a growing danger that a combination of brinkmanship, political paralysis, siren voices and drift will push us over the cliff edge.
This is too serious for parliament to stand by. That is why I have tabled an amendment to the finance bill with a group of other cross-party committee chairs to put safeguards in place against no deal.
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