Lord Watson of Richmond – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Watson of Richmond on 2016-10-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that the views of those who voted for Remain in the EU Referendum are respected and taken fully into account.

Lord Bridges of Headley

The Government is committed to ensuring that the negotiations result in a deal that works for Britain and is in the interests of everyone in the UK.

We have taken the conscious decision to build a national consensus to our approach to the negotiations. We are consulting a wide range of stakeholders in order to create a national picture of what people want from a deal on exiting the EU. This will allow us to deliver on what the country asked us to do through the referendum, by identifying the opportunities as well as the challenges.

We have already said that we will consult and work with the devolved administrations for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, because we want Brexit to work in the interests of the whole country.

Our guiding approach is to implement the mandate that the people have given us to deliver the UK’s exit from the EU, and to do so in a smooth way, which delivers the best deal for the British people and sees us working constructively with our EU partners going forward.