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Yesterday, Paris and Madrid, today,
Deanna, tonight Athens, but it is a | 0:00:32 | 0:00:37 | |
pleasure to be here in Vienna and I
will attempt to address your | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
question in my speech. It's a
pleasure to be here in Vienna | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
because it is a city, which like
Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and London, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:51 | |
has earned its status as one of
Europe's truly global cities. These | 0:00:51 | 0:00:57 | |
are places which shape the nations
in which they are situated and the | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
ideas and values of those of us who
are protocol is a lot Europeans as | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
well as being Austrian, French,
German or British -- proud to call | 0:01:05 | 0:01:11 | |
ourselves Europeans. Vienna has a
long history of capital ideas. When | 0:01:11 | 0:01:20 | |
the Vienna Circle gathered in this
city, they produced more challenging | 0:01:20 | 0:01:26 | |
ideas than a day than many
perversities do in a decade. Ideas | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
that form the intellectual basis of
modern politics -- universities do | 0:01:30 | 0:01:36 | |
in a decade. This week alone,
students will be taught the ideas of | 0:01:36 | 0:01:46 | |
the Austrian School of economics in
London well the Opera house will see | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
an English soprano star in a work by
Handel, and this morning, thousands | 0:01:50 | 0:02:01 | |
of Austrians will go to Aaron a
living from companies owned by the | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
United Kingdom -- go to earn a
living. These are the current lived, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:11 | |
shared experiences and they point
the way to a shared future which | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
will continue after Brexit. Since
our referendum, much thought | 0:02:14 | 0:02:21 | |
throughout Europe has gone into what
the turn's relationship with the | 0:02:21 | 0:02:27 | |
European Union really means, whether
a close partnership is really | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
possible with a nation that by the
decision of its people is leading | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
the structure is designed to produce
such a relationship and whether | 0:02:34 | 0:02:40 | |
Britain is going to be the same
country it has been in the past, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
dependable, open, fair, a bastion of
parliamentary democracy and a | 0:02:44 | 0:02:50 | |
defender of liberty and the rule of
law. Well, to cut to the chase, we | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
are. We were before we joined the
European Union, we are well we are | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
members, and we will be after we
have left. I'm here to explain not | 0:03:01 | 0:03:07 | |
just why we must continue to work
together as a system of partners and | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
friends, but also how we should go
about doing it. We are currently | 0:03:11 | 0:03:18 | |
negotiating and implementation
period, a crucial bridge to our new | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
partnership and next month, we will
start detailed discussions about | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
exactly how our new relationship
will look, which is why this tour of | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
Europe is happening today. Before we
begin that process, I believe there | 0:03:30 | 0:03:37 | |
are two important principles which
can help as point in the right | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
direction. The first is Britain's
determination to lead a race to the | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
top in global standards. The second
is the principle of fair | 0:03:44 | 0:03:51 | |
competition, which underpins the
best elements of the European | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
economy and which we must work hard
to spread. Throughout all of this, | 0:03:54 | 0:04:00 | |
it is essential to keep in mind the
reason Britain voted to leave the | 0:04:00 | 0:04:05 | |
European Union. It was not and never
will be a rejection of European | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
ideals, our shared values and
civilisation. When we joined the | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
group union -- the European union,
it was to be part of an organisation | 0:04:13 | 0:04:22 | |
that might work for many European
nations but does not work for the | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
United Kingdom. Our referendum was a
straightforward choice, the decision | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
to move away from sovereignty in
favour of more control of our own | 0:04:29 | 0:04:39 | |
destiny so when we take decisions
around the Cabinet table about | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
Brexit, it is to make sure choices
about Britain's future undertaken by | 0:04:43 | 0:04:51 | |
Britain's Government. It is not to
undermine Europe or to act against | 0:04:51 | 0:04:57 | |
the interests of our nearest
neighbours. Having the European | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
Union and its member states succeed
as our closest friends and allies is | 0:05:01 | 0:05:06 | |
absolutely in our national interest.
If that doesn't seem obvious, just | 0:05:06 | 0:05:11 | |
look at the ways we have used our
sovereignty since the referendum | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
vote itself. On Saturday, our Prime
Minister, Theresa May, explained the | 0:05:15 | 0:05:24 | |
United Kingdom's steadfast
commitment to European security at | 0:05:24 | 0:05:29 | |
home where we are delivering an
ambitious environmental plant which | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
aims to leave the environment in a
better state than that we found it | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
in. We have a modern industrial
strategy that makes targeted | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
investments to address long-term
needs and responding to the | 0:05:40 | 0:05:46 | |
revolution in modern working
practices through the Taylor review, | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
which aims to ensure workers get the
best possible combination of | 0:05:48 | 0:05:54 | |
protection and opportunities from
the modern economy. These are | 0:05:54 | 0:06:00 | |
signposts to what the United Kingdom
will look like after we have left | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
the structures of the European Union
because when it comes to our | 0:06:03 | 0:06:08 | |
economic and regulatory systems and
how Britain will use open -- will | 0:06:08 | 0:06:16 | |
use our sovereignty, we face a new
global context. The world stands on | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
the brink of the next phase of
globalisation. With competition | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
across the world and advances in new
technology like autonomous vehicles, | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
artificial intelligence and smart
technology that will transform our | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
lives once again, and as the
tectonic plates of the global | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
economy shift more rapidly, we must
be ready. So it is the choice of our | 0:06:36 | 0:06:42 | |
country and the Government of which
I am apart not as some in | 0:06:42 | 0:06:47 | |
continental Europe seem to fear to
be a competitive race to the bottom, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
but to lead a global race to the
top. The future of standards and | 0:06:52 | 0:06:58 | |
regulations, the building blocks of
free trade, is increasingly global | 0:06:58 | 0:07:03 | |
and the world is waking up to it. I
was struck by what Emmanuel Macron | 0:07:03 | 0:07:10 | |
said earlier this month and I quote
him, "If we do not define a standard | 0:07:10 | 0:07:16 | |
for international cooperation, we
will never manage to convince the | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
middle and working classes that
globalisation is good for them." | 0:07:18 | 0:07:24 | |
That's Emmanuel Macron. I could not
agree more. But we have to act on | 0:07:24 | 0:07:30 | |
that insight. For the UK, that means
building on the reputation that we | 0:07:30 | 0:07:35 | |
already have as new technologies
evolve and develop. We want to turn | 0:07:35 | 0:07:43 | |
innovative ideas into successful
industries, this will require | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
supportive regulation, regulation
which gives confidence to firms | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
considering investment and to
consumers considering how they might | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
use them. Take the automotive
industry. With the game change and | 0:07:53 | 0:08:02 | |
development of driverless cars, it
will make travel cheaper, more | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
reliable and safe. This is a
brand-new technology which requires | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
a brand-new legal framework covering
insurance, testing regulations, | 0:08:09 | 0:08:16 | |
data, privacy, ownership and
liability. While the UK has some of | 0:08:16 | 0:08:22 | |
the most creative and exciting
facilities and opportunities, for | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
automotive investment in the world,
sustainable growth has to be | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
supported by a regulatory
environment which delivers for | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
consumers, passengers and the wider
society without creating a crushing | 0:08:33 | 0:08:38 | |
administrative burden for business.
So we are striving to set the global | 0:08:38 | 0:08:45 | |
agenda for effective regulatory
frameworks that keep consumers and | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
passengers safe, which is why we are
developing a long-term regulatory | 0:08:47 | 0:08:56 | |
framework for self guiding vehicles
well updating our code of practice | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
for testing them and we are also
introducing new legislation so that | 0:08:58 | 0:09:03 | |
the use of some vehicles can be
covered by compulsory insurance. The | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
same is true for drones. Receiving
deliveries from Amazon by drones. At | 0:09:06 | 0:09:16 | |
this moment, weather permitting, at
my home in Yorkshire, a robot lawn | 0:09:16 | 0:09:23 | |
mower designed in Sweden and built
in England will be mowing the grass, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:28 | |
but if we're to realise the full
potential of the new aerial drone | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
technology, must also maintain our
world-class aviation safety record | 0:09:32 | 0:09:40 | |
and address privacy concerns. The
Government has set out fresh | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
measures and new regulation that
will build a framework to ensure | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
that drones are used safely, making
us one of the first countries in the | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
world to bring forward specific laws
in this area. Because by leading | 0:09:51 | 0:09:57 | |
from the front and setting
standards, you can drive innovation | 0:09:57 | 0:10:01 | |
and enable new technology to thrive.
By making a global, as President | 0:10:01 | 0:10:07 | |
Macron proposes, we can give
confidence to consumers without | 0:10:07 | 0:10:13 | |
handicapping industry. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
This race to the top is essential to
tackle our shared challenges. Work | 0:10:17 | 0:10:22 | |
to combat climate change for example
has to be done at an international | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
level. Air pollution, rising sea
levels, greenhouse gases do not | 0:10:26 | 0:10:31 | |
respect national or continental
boundaries. International | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
collaboration such as the Paris
climate agreement is vital if we are | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
going to protect our environment for
future generations. In consumer | 0:10:38 | 0:10:43 | |
standards we will play a full role
in the push for global standards in | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
car safety, supporting the work of
the United Nations. We will build on | 0:10:46 | 0:10:52 | |
the leading reputation we have and
take other countries with us as new | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
challenges emerge. And yes, that'll
mean continuing to work with other | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
European countries to new standards.
This is an area where we should be | 0:11:01 | 0:11:08 | |
respectful partners, not suspicious
competitors. The United Kingdom is | 0:11:08 | 0:11:14 | |
incredibly well placed to make this
work. We have an unrivalled track | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
record in promoting high standards
at home and abroad. Standards for | 0:11:18 | 0:11:23 | |
products and services which
originated from our own national | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
bodies are adopted the world over
any wide range of sectors. Eight out | 0:11:26 | 0:11:31 | |
of ten of the most used and
fermented standards worldwide | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
ranging from product quality to
environmental management began in | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
the UK. The national standard for
making large-scale events more | 0:11:39 | 0:11:44 | |
sustainable developed for the 2012
London Olympics is now being used at | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
the Winter Olympics. While we have
been a member of the European Union | 0:11:47 | 0:11:53 | |
in the UK has been instrumental in
the design of its rules. Why? | 0:11:53 | 0:11:58 | |
Because we are a leading proponent
of a rules -based international | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
system. Be that in security, defence
or trade. We have helped to lead the | 0:12:02 | 0:12:12 | |
way in protecting employees from
exploitative working practices, | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
predicting shoppers from shoddy
goods, ensuring patients are safe | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
and have access to the best public
health and in holding businesses to | 0:12:18 | 0:12:24 | |
high standards. The United Kingdom
led the charge for business | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
practices and more accountability to
the benefit of all involved. Just | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
look at our record. On safety at
work are industrial workers are the | 0:12:33 | 0:12:39 | |
safest in Europe. The totality
incidence rate as it is delicately | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
known is the lowest punted Europe
banks not to European legislation | 0:12:43 | 0:12:51 | |
but British laws passed in the early
to mid 70s. In financial services we | 0:12:51 | 0:13:02 | |
go well beyond the minimum European
standards by ring fencing retail | 0:13:02 | 0:13:07 | |
banking for more risky investment
activity and we have taken the lead | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
in pushing for higher capital ratio
requirement. We spearheaded a change | 0:13:11 | 0:13:17 | |
in the culture with banking and
insurance with new regimes to | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
address mismanagement. There is
nothing in European legislation | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
which goes as far. We have led the
way in implementing measures to | 0:13:24 | 0:13:29 | |
juice multinational tax avoidance,
one of only three European Union | 0:13:29 | 0:13:34 | |
countries to operate a tax
disclosure regime. We push for and | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
always defended a rigorous state aid
system which is robust with its | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
enforcement mechanisms. We were the
first country in the world to set a | 0:13:44 | 0:13:52 | |
legally binding targets to reduce
our greenhouse gas emissions. We | 0:13:52 | 0:13:58 | |
reduced them faster than any G-7
country or European country. After | 0:13:58 | 0:14:05 | |
Brexit plans are in the pipeline for
a new independent body which will | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
continue to uphold environmental
standards. We will continue our | 0:14:09 | 0:14:14 | |
track record of meeting high
standards after we leave the | 0:14:14 | 0:14:19 | |
European Union. I know that for one
reason or another there are some | 0:14:19 | 0:14:24 | |
people who sought to question that
these are really our intentions. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:30 | |
They fear Brexit could lead to a
Anglo-Saxon race to the bottom with | 0:14:30 | 0:14:37 | |
Britain plunged into a Mad Max style
world borrowed from dystopian | 0:14:37 | 0:14:42 | |
fiction. These fears are based on
nothing. Not our history, not our | 0:14:42 | 0:14:48 | |
intentions, not our national
interest. The competitive challenge | 0:14:48 | 0:14:54 | |
we in the UK and the European Union
will face from the rest of the world | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
when 90% of growth and market will
come will not be met by a reduction | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
in standards. We will never be
cheaper than China. Or have more | 0:15:01 | 0:15:06 | |
resources than Brazil. This
challenge can only be met by an | 0:15:06 | 0:15:12 | |
increase in quality and service
levels and an increase in | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
intellectual content. So what I
profoundly disagree with those who | 0:15:14 | 0:15:19 | |
spread those fears but it does
remind us that we should provide | 0:15:19 | 0:15:26 | |
reassurance and that is why it is a
message delivered by every member of | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
Britain's government as we meet our
European counterparts. Whether it is | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
Theresa May's commitment to
maintaining and enhancing workers' | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
rights, the Chancellor's powerful
advocacy for the stability of the | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
European banking system, Michael
Gove crusading or my friend the | 0:15:42 | 0:15:50 | |
Foreign Secretary who explained in
an important speech last week how | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
ending membership of the European
Union institutions would not stop | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
our shared European culture of
values, civilisation. This race to | 0:15:57 | 0:16:04 | |
the top has a clear read across to
our exit negotiations. The future | 0:16:04 | 0:16:10 | |
trade talks will be a negotiation
like no other. We start from a | 0:16:10 | 0:16:16 | |
position of total alignment with
unprecedented experience in working | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
with one another's regulators and
institutions. The agreement we | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
strike will not be about how to
build a convergence, what we do when | 0:16:23 | 0:16:28 | |
one of us chooses to make changes to
a rules. Neither side shall put | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
unnecessary barriers during this
process. Take a car produced here in | 0:16:32 | 0:16:39 | |
Austria to be exported to the United
Kingdom. Currently that vehicle only | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
has to undergo one series of
approvals in one country to show it | 0:16:43 | 0:16:50 | |
meets the required regulatory
standards. Those approvals are | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
accepted across the European Union.
That's exactly the sort of | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
arrangement we want to see
maintained even after we leave the | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
European Union. And while we will be
seeking a bespoke agreement | 0:17:01 | 0:17:07 | |
reflecting our shared history and
existing trade there are already | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
president is outside the EU we can
look to. The European Union itself | 0:17:10 | 0:17:16 | |
has a number of mutual recognition
agreements with a variety of | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
countries from Switzerland to Canada
to South Korea. These cover a huge | 0:17:19 | 0:17:24 | |
array of products, toys,
automotives, electronics and medical | 0:17:24 | 0:17:28 | |
devices, and many many more. A
crucial part of any such agreement | 0:17:28 | 0:17:34 | |
is the ability for both sides to
trust each other's regulations and | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
the institutions that enforce them.
With a robust and independent | 0:17:38 | 0:17:42 | |
arbitration mechanism. Such mutual
recognition will naturally require | 0:17:42 | 0:17:49 | |
close evenhanded cooperation between
authorities and a common set of | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
principles. The certainty that
Britain's plan, the blueprint for | 0:17:51 | 0:17:57 | |
life outside the European Union is a
race for top in global standards and | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
not a regression from the high
standards we have now. It will | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
provide the basis of trust which
means Britain's regulators and | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
institutions can continue to be
recognised. This will be a crucial | 0:18:10 | 0:18:15 | |
part of ensuring our future economic
partnership is an open one and that | 0:18:15 | 0:18:19 | |
trade remains as frictionless as
possible, something particularly | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
important in the context of Ireland.
I am certain that is in the interest | 0:18:22 | 0:18:27 | |
of both sides. And because of that I
am certain we can get this right. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:33 | |
But of course it will not be easy.
We are seeking a new framework which | 0:18:33 | 0:18:38 | |
allows for a close economic
partnership that recognises the fact | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
we are leaving the European Union.
That recognises our trusted historic | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
relationship upon which many of our
companies depend. And the principle | 0:18:46 | 0:18:52 | |
of fairness and her competition
which is essential to any trade | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
agreement between any two states
will be particularly important here. | 0:18:55 | 0:19:00 | |
Turning this into a functioning
economic partnership will be a | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
mutual endeavour. As for the design
of mechanisms to ensure both sides | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
respect open trade and fair
competition. But I have three | 0:19:08 | 0:19:13 | |
principles in mind which will help
illustrate what we mean by fairness. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:19 | |
First fair competition means it
cannot be right that the company | 0:19:19 | 0:19:23 | |
situated in the European Union will
be able to be heavily subsidised by | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
the state but still have unfettered
access to the United Kingdom market. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
And vice versa. The UK has long been
a vocal proponent of restricting | 0:19:30 | 0:19:36 | |
unfair subsidies to ensure
competitive markets. It is give | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
taxpayers and consumers and it
ensures an efficient allocation of | 0:19:40 | 0:19:46 | |
resources. These principles are true
across the globe and will continue | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
to be true in the United Kingdom,
European Union relationship. Second, | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
fairness means protecting consumers
against anti-competitive behaviour. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
The United Kingdom will continue to
be a leading advocate of open | 0:19:59 | 0:20:03 | |
investment flows after we leave the
European Union. But it cannot mean | 0:20:03 | 0:20:07 | |
that a European company could merge
with the United Kingdom company and | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
significantly reduce consumer
choice. In our interconnected | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
globalised world where goods and
services and investments flow across | 0:20:14 | 0:20:19 | |
borders there will still be a mutual
benefit to the UK and European union | 0:20:19 | 0:20:24 | |
of cooperating to protect our
consumers, taxpayers and businesses | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
by promoting fair competition. So we
will look to develop ways to deliver | 0:20:27 | 0:20:33 | |
our shared goal, ensuring fair
competition across the United | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
Kingdom and the countries of Europe.
Because it is in all our interest to | 0:20:36 | 0:20:41 | |
make sure people are properly
protected and have a right recourse | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
when things go wrong. And thirdly,
fairness means operating with a | 0:20:44 | 0:20:50 | |
degree of mutual respect. Respect in
the desire to reach a deal, a | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
distinct legal order of each side.
And our determination to carry out | 0:20:54 | 0:20:59 | |
the sovereign decision of the
British people. If we follow these | 0:20:59 | 0:21:04 | |
three critical principles we will
reach an ambitious future | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
partnership which ensures trade
remains as open and frictionless as | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
possible. Brexit will inevitably
mean a change in the way British, | 0:21:09 | 0:21:16 | |
Austrian and other European Union
companies do business. It has to. If | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
we are to make good on the
referendum result and carve a path | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
for Britain to strike its own trade
deals, have its own immigration | 0:21:24 | 0:21:29 | |
policy and make our courts sovereign
once more. My message to you in this | 0:21:29 | 0:21:34 | |
room is that these goals will not
change the kind of country retinas. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
A dynamic, and open country. That
supports businesses like yours to | 0:21:37 | 0:21:44 | |
grow, invest and in innovate in a
fair and competitive market. Reading | 0:21:44 | 0:21:51 | |
a place to standards 's competition.
Respecting their democratic decision | 0:21:51 | 0:21:58 | |
of people across Europe. In a way
that benefits the whole of Europe | 0:21:58 | 0:22:04 | |
and all its citizens. Thank you very
much. APPLAUSE | 0:22:04 | 0:22:12 | |
I will take three or four questions,
I see some familiar faces in the | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
audience. Vicki Young? Vicki Young
BBC News, there are many in Britain | 0:22:20 | 0:22:28 | |
and some in your party and even your
Cabinet to think that EU red tape is | 0:22:28 | 0:22:33 | |
choking Britain, are you now saying
we have to stick to the rules if we | 0:22:33 | 0:22:37 | |
are going to frictionless trade and
how are your Cabinet going to | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
resolve the dilemma? Will Theresa
May have to lock you in a room | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
overnight? Locked in a room all day,
not overnight! The first thing I | 0:22:44 | 0:22:49 | |
said here was the examples I took
were from Canada, South Korea, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:55 | |
Switzerland, which are outside the
European Union and not required to | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
obey European Union rules but
haven't mutual recognition standards | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
and that's something every free
trade agreement some method of | 0:23:02 | 0:23:07 | |
recognising the quality standards,
the outcome standards, safety, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:11 | |
emissions, not the way you would do
it, not the laws you are, so it's a | 0:23:11 | 0:23:19 | |
question of being able to operate a
free trade environment with accepted | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
international and in my view, in the
long-term, global standards, not | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
European ones. Absolutely it will
deliver the outcome we want and also | 0:23:26 | 0:23:33 | |
deliver on the referendum result.
Faisal Islam? You seem to be asking | 0:23:33 | 0:23:43 | |
Europe to trust the United Kingdom
so we can get more access than a | 0:23:43 | 0:23:48 | |
normal trade deal but on two issues,
Northern Ireland for example we have | 0:23:48 | 0:23:57 | |
had Simon Coveney Singh talking down
the Good Friday Agreement which some | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
MPs have been doing raises serious
questions that this is irresponsible | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
and reckless. But in terms of the
current negotiations as well, some | 0:24:04 | 0:24:10 | |
of your partners seem to be so
concerned about the length of time | 0:24:10 | 0:24:15 | |
it's taking they have activated
their hard Brexit custom plans | 0:24:15 | 0:24:20 | |
already, is the trust really there?
Let me deal with one after another. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:24 | |
Firstly I am saying that some of the
fears are ill founded, that is all | 0:24:24 | 0:24:30 | |
the examples I gave, but at the end
of the day every free-trade | 0:24:30 | 0:24:36 | |
agreement when it has common
standards has some sort of mechanism | 0:24:36 | 0:24:42 | |
in it, normally an arbitration
mechanism with one person from each | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
side and an independent chairman,
that is what Canada and South Korea | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
have. That does not require absolute
trust but it does require us to work | 0:24:48 | 0:24:53 | |
on the premise we will try to get
the best outcome on both sides. I'm | 0:24:53 | 0:24:58 | |
not conscious of anyone talking down
the Good Friday Agreement, certainly | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
nobody in government and everything
we are doing aiming towards ensuring | 0:25:01 | 0:25:06 | |
that we meet every aspect of it. So
I don't see that being a problem. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:14 | |
As for plans for a new deal, every
Government has a responsibility to | 0:25:14 | 0:25:19 | |
plan for all outcomes, and so that
is what happens both in the United | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
Kingdom and the European Union. It
doesn't mean we think it is likely, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
anything like likely, indeed we are
working towards a deal later this | 0:25:27 | 0:25:34 | |
year, and frankly in my last couple
of days of visits, everything I've | 0:25:34 | 0:25:39 | |
seen indicates that's well on the
cards. James? Secretary of State, | 0:25:39 | 0:25:46 | |
for some years now, your Brexit
colleagues have been telling us that | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
we simply had to escape the dead
hand of EU regulation and red tape | 0:25:50 | 0:25:55 | |
if we are to thrive. Now, according
to your speech today, it turns out | 0:25:55 | 0:26:00 | |
that all this time the UK was
leading the way, even designing a | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
lot of this regulation. Have we been
Miss let? Very good question. The | 0:26:05 | 0:26:12 | |
simple truth is there are bits of EU
regulation we don't approve of. We | 0:26:12 | 0:26:17 | |
are the country that has lost more
votes than any other, regrettably. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
What this is about is choosing the
future which is best for Britain. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
What I have been arguing today is
about as a future which involves | 0:26:25 | 0:26:30 | |
high standards, not necessarily
identical standards, probably not, | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
but one that allows us to have free
trade between us and allows us to | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
lead what I have termed a race to
the top, not a race to the bottom | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
but a race to the top, high quality
standards and safety in cars, | 0:26:40 | 0:26:47 | |
Security on drones, high quality
standards across the board, which is | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
where we will be able to compete
with our 85% service economy with | 0:26:49 | 0:26:54 | |
the competitors of the future.
Wolfgang. This week we had an | 0:26:54 | 0:27:05 | |
opinion poll in Austria which says
that a majority of Austrians want | 0:27:05 | 0:27:11 | |
Britain to leave the European Union
against Brexit. What do you tell | 0:27:11 | 0:27:17 | |
these people who have the impression
that an old partner will now leave | 0:27:17 | 0:27:23 | |
because he thinks he has more
advantage outside of this family? If | 0:27:23 | 0:27:28 | |
I had an opinion poll of all the
Ministers I meet around Europe, I | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
can tell you 100% don't want us to
leave, of the ones I meet, so that | 0:27:32 | 0:27:37 | |
is not a surprise to me. The point I
think I want to make is this. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:43 | |
Written, after it has left the
European Union, will continue to be | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
a good global citizen, we will
continue to shoulder out | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
responsibilities and promote free
trade. We will want to stay friends | 0:27:50 | 0:27:55 | |
of the European Union, friends and
allies. We will want you to succeed | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
just as we want to succeed
ourselves. And we take these | 0:27:58 | 0:28:04 | |
responsibilities very seriously. We
are the largest spenders on defence, | 0:28:04 | 0:28:11 | |
an international trade, in the
European Union, by some big margin, | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
so you can expect us to continue to
be good neighbours and friends. We | 0:28:14 | 0:28:19 | |
know many are sad to see us leave
the institution, but we are not | 0:28:19 | 0:28:25 | |
leaving the neighbourhood, and we
will continue to be good neighbours. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
Claire. Secretary of State, reports
this morning suggest there is a | 0:28:28 | 0:28:36 | |
secret plan for the UK to withhold
payments to the EU to force Brussels | 0:28:36 | 0:28:45 | |
to give us a good trade deal. Are
these correct? Secret plans! As | 0:28:45 | 0:28:54 | |
announced by the Prime Minister. We
have made it plain that the | 0:28:54 | 0:28:59 | |
withdrawal agreement follows Article
50, Article 50 says that the | 0:28:59 | 0:29:08 | |
withdrawal agreement has to take
into account the future | 0:29:08 | 0:29:10 | |
relationship, so you have to have a
future relationship about to happen, | 0:29:10 | 0:29:13 | |
they are bound up in one, they are
not separate issues. Kate McCann. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:25 | |
Wilbur Government a final clear
position on Brexit by the end of the | 0:29:25 | 0:29:30 | |
away day this week Rose and there
have been some reports around this | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
morning that you are lazy. What do
you say to that? On the latter one, | 0:29:32 | 0:29:38 | |
they should give them my travel
schedule, which starts early in the | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
morning it arrives rather later than
most people go to bed. Of course we | 0:29:42 | 0:29:46 | |
are aiming... The difficulty with
answering the question is that there | 0:29:46 | 0:29:52 | |
is no final answer. We started back
at Lancaster house with the grand | 0:29:52 | 0:29:58 | |
outline of the plan, which was the
same as it is now. That was fleshed | 0:29:58 | 0:30:03 | |
out in more detail in Florence.
There were two white papers on it, | 0:30:03 | 0:30:10 | |
any number 14 policy papers last
year, I lazily gave my holiday also | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
might assign them all off. And we
will be talking about some of the | 0:30:14 | 0:30:22 | |
specific issues on Thursday, so the
policy will get more and more and | 0:30:22 | 0:30:27 | |
more closely refined, and that is
what will happen this Thursday, very | 0:30:27 | 0:30:31 | |
successfully, and I don't suppose
Mrs May would give us the key to the | 0:30:31 | 0:30:35 | |
door until we conclude them. I think
I had better stop there, because | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
with my lazy schedule I have got to
head off to Athens next, but thank | 0:30:38 | 0:30:43 | |
you very much for being a good
audience, and we look forward to | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
being great friends and great allies
and great trading partners in the | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
future. Thank you.
APPLAUSE | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 |