Last Thursday, 23 January 2020, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons announced that the withdrawal agreement Bill had received Royal Assent. The British membership of the European Union will end at 11 o'clock on Friday evening. The Conservative Government has delivered on the promise made to the people of Great Britain to get Brexit done.

It is more than three and a half years ago that the British people voted for Brexit by a clear and decisive margin. In Wales, the margin of victory for leave was even greater than the United Kingdom percentage—far more, for example, than the margin of victory in the Welsh devolution referendum in 1997.

The passing of the withdrawal agreement Bill has been achieved in spite of the opposition of the Labour Party. Labour and its allies have tried to delay, frustrate and stop Brexit at every opportunity. Not a single Labour MP—not a single Labour MP—voted for the withdrawal agreement Bill. This shows that they have learned nothing from their crushing defeat at the last general election. To the very last moment—[Interruption.] Sorry, I haven't got time. My apologies.

To the very last moment, they have tried to overturn the referendum result and ignore the will of the people of Great Britain. After pledging to respect the result of the 2016 referendum, Labour's stance on Brexit has been ambiguous and lacking in credibility: yet another renegotiation of the deal followed by another referendum, a referendum where senior Labour figures said that they would campaign against their own withdrawal deal to remain in the EU. Indeed, Mr Jeremy Corbyn proved unable or unwilling to say—[Interruption.]—unable or unwilling to say what his position would be in a fresh referendum. And now the architect of the policy shambles is the frontrunner to replace Mr Corbyn as the Labour Party leader.

We all saw the result of this disconnect between the Labour leadership and its traditional voters in the result of the last general election. Labour suffered its worst defeat since 1935, winning fewer seats than in 1983. The result was equally dramatic in Wales—a string of Conservative gains means that it is now possible to travel from Abergavenny to Aberconwy without leaving a Conservative-held constituency.

In Wales, people voted to get Brexit done. This is not the end of Brexit, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning. We now enter a transition period phase to prepare for our new relationship with the EU. Although we will have left, our trading relationship will remain the same until new negotiations take place. The UK Government has made it clear that we want a deal to continue to trade with the EU with no tariffs, quotas or other barriers in place. With goodwill on both sides, I am confident that this can be achieved by the end of this year. Indeed, in December, a senior official of the German Government was quoted saying:

'As far as the trade agreement is concerned, I believe it is evident that what is known in Brussels as an off-the-shelf agreement—in other words a standard agreement that has already been negotiated in another context—can be negotiated relatively quickly with the United Kingdom'.

We can then deliver the benefits of Brexit, taking Britain out of EU laws, striking our own free trade deals around the globe, ending the jurisdiction of the European courts, controlling our own taxes and borders, and so on. Deputy Presiding Officer, now is the time to put the rancour of division of the past behind us. Now is the time to focus on delivering a bright and exciting future for Britain, strong and free. I support the motion. I think that two consecutive Prime Ministers of our party, Mr David Cameron and Theresa May, have sacrificed their honourable office to achieve this for the will of this great country, and this great country will survive and thrive, and it will certainly become Great Britain once again.