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European Union Bill

Although we must ask the former Chancellor and the Chancellor to speak for themselves, as I understand it the former Chancellor quite properly consulted the then shadow Chancellor, who said, ““You are the Chancellor””—he could not be sure at that point that he was about to become the Chancellor, because there was no coalition agreement—““and it is for you to make the decision.”” It is also fair to say that I do not think that the present Chancellor objected to the proposal or sought to block it. I think he felt that it was not his decision to make. It was not a co-decision; it was a decision by the former Chancellor, which the present Chancellor knew about.