MP for Bolton West, Chris Green, spoke in this Westminster Hall debate, chaired by James Gray, in an intervention to Carol Monaghan, the Shadow SNP spokesperson for Education, Armed Forces and Veterans' speech. In her speech, Ms Monaghan said "I congratulate Albert Owen on securing this important debate. He made a clear case for the importance of remaining either a full or an associate member of Euratom. Many hon. Members spoke about their own constituency interests, and I will mention a couple of those. One of the most telling comments came from Seema Malhotra, who said, “If you ask people on the doorstep why they voted leave, would it be because of Euratom?” Of course people are unaware of what Euratom does; they are probably unaware even of its existence. However, it is fundamental to our everyday lives."
Chris Green intervened on this point in saying "Is the hon. Lady really saying that we can develop a list of all the organisations that were not mentioned in great detail during the referendum campaign, and that we must remain part of them just because we have not had that full and open debate? Actually, we voted to leave the European Union; that is what the British people voted for. We have to do that, and if it entails leaving Euratom, so be it, but we will do it on the best possible grounds, with a transitional period."
To this, Ms Monaghan responded "The hon. Gentleman’s first point is the correct one: yes, give us a list of everything that we have agreed to leave, and let us start working out the mess that we have created."