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Good morning and welcome to BBC Parliament's live coverage of the | :00:10. | :00:17. | |
Commons. The SNP will be asking an urgent question on the current | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
humanitarian situation in Yemen. After that, the Commons leader will | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
be answering questions on the forthcoming parliamentary matters | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
and the main business today are two backbenchers debates, on the pubs | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
code adjudicator and secondly, on breast cancer drugs. Over in the | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
committee rooms, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will be | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
giving evidence to the Lords International relations committee on | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
the Middle East. You can watch that live from 10am on the website. And | :00:47. | :00:57. | |
around 5:30pm. Joined Christine for the best of the day in both Houses | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
of Parliament at 11pm. First it questions to David Davis, the Brexit | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
secretary. Minister Dave Jones. We fully recognise the importance of | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
the farming sector also in leaving the EU, we have the opportunity to | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
take the British farming sector forward and ensure it thrives. As | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
highlighted recently by my honourable friend the Secretary of | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
State for DEFRA, we be bound by rules and can consequently design | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
and agricultural system which works for us. While Brexit may dread | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
uncertainties in the short-term cut it opens up exciting new markets and | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
opportunities for farmers and food manufacturers across the country. | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
What steps are the Government taking to help the sector sees those | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
opportunities going forward? My honourable friend is right. The food | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
and drink sector is in fact the largest manufacturing sector in the | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
country and there are huge opportunities to be seized. The | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
Government is addressing this by the creation of the Department Boynton | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
at a trade, which is working closely with DEFRA on a plan to boost our | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
food Drink exports by ?3 billion over five years. UK farmers face a | :02:15. | :02:24. | |
triple jeopardy with the loss of CAP subsidies, potential new tariffs on | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
trade which is currently free with the EU, and the prospect of trade | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
deals with bigger countries like the USA flooding the UK with cheap | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
imports, lower food safety and standards. The Secretary of State | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
said he would do everything necessary to protect London, so can | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
you give the same assurances to UK farmers who make up 25% of UK | :02:46. | :02:54. | |
businesses? Well, Mr Speaker, she is right, the farming sector is | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
extremely important. The Government has already put in place measures to | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
ensure that the level of EU funding is protected until 2020, the end of | :03:02. | :03:09. | |
the financial framework period. Furthermore, I think she should have | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
more confidence in the sector. Kurdish agriculture produces some of | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
the finest products in the world and I have no doubt, whatever | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
arrangements are put in place, they will continue to thrive in the | :03:22. | :03:29. | |
international market. How will the Government approach the regulations | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
and directives that have been created and implemented between now | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
and the date we leave the EU when we probably have no intention of | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
keeping those regulations or directives? Such as the ban on | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
glyphosate. This will be very damaging to British agriculture, so | :03:52. | :03:53. | |
will we have to implemented before we leave? Mr Speaker, the Government | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
has made it absolutely clear that until the date of our departure, we | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
will continue to play a full part in the European Union which means | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
observing all the regulations that are implemented. The great repeal | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
bill, of course, will absorb the body of EU law into British law full | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
stop once we have left the European Union, we will be in a position to | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
review that legislation and take the decisions which are best for British | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
agriculture. At this moment, the UK Government is withholding nearly | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
?200 million of convergence uplift which is meant to go to Scottish | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
farmers. Does he agree the Government should pass that on to | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
Scottish farmers to show they won't be left high and dry after a Tory | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
Brexit? I don't recognise that description by the honourable | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
gentleman. The British Government is engaging extremely closely, not only | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
with a Scottish Government, but the Scottish farming unions and I can | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
assure him that whatever deal we do will be in the interest of Scotland | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
as much as the rest of the United Kingdom. Some studies looking at the | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
future of agricultural policy rather downplay the importance of food | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
security such as this one from the Central policy studies, so could he | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
reassure the House that food security remains at the top of the | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
Government agenda because a shock to the system could completely | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
destroyed existing trading links and could leave the country and could | :05:26. | :05:27. | |
leave the country in a vulnerable position. My honourable friend makes | :05:28. | :05:34. | |
an extremely important point. British agriculture standards are | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
amongst the highest in the world and I can assure him that this | :05:38. | :05:39. | |
Government will do nothing that would jeopardise the reputation that | :05:40. | :05:47. | |
British farming enjoys. Almost 40% of EU funds are spent on the common | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
agricultural policy so it clear that supporting farming is a central aim | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
of the EU. Will he comment on what schemes the Government are | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
considering as replacements which will reflect the importance of | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
farming to the UK? The honourable lady will know that the Government | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
has already guaranteed the current level of CHP funding until 2020. I | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
can assure her that the Government will make sure that the interests of | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
agriculture are at the forefront of their calculations. British | :06:21. | :06:22. | |
agriculture is a huge asset to this country and we intend to protect it. | :06:23. | :06:31. | |
I ask the House to forgive my voice. It is where inter, not emotion. | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
LAUGHTER -- wear and tear. We have a plan | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
which includes all negotiating objectives. The primers to confirmed | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
yesterday that we will be publishing this plan in a White Paper. In | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
answer to our approach to the customs union, the trading | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
relationships we are seeking, it had been widely welcomed as a series and | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
ambition vision for a new positive and constructive partnership for | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
Britain and the European Union. That would be good for Britain and the | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
rest of Europe. I thank the Secretary of State for that answer | :07:08. | :07:09. | |
but can he explain it to the aerospace industry the health | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
service and other major employers in my constituency accounting for | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
thousands of jobs, how they should have confidence in this country's | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
ability to negotiate beneficial trade deals when we have barely any | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
specialist trade negotiators and no experience of negotiating trade | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
agreements for decades? Well I'm afraid, it doesn't help her own | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
industries which are very important that you talk them down herself. Let | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
me say to the opposition, this is not just as that think this is an | :07:45. | :07:53. | |
eminently achievable deals a former EU trade commissioner said a trade | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
deal between the UK and the EU can be done in a very reasonable period | :07:57. | :08:05. | |
of time. Let me get to the point. He said, I am reading everywhere it | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
takes five or six or seven years to do a trade negotiation. Yes, that's | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
true but it's not for technical agreements because you can't get | :08:14. | :08:16. | |
agreement. Technically you could make an agreement within a period of | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
time because you know each other. It's not a technical constraint. | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
There are quite enough negotiators in Whitehall to do the job are | :08:24. | :08:33. | |
talking about. Will White Paper highlight the words of Article 50, | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
which say that the union must negotiate and conclude an agreement | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
taking account of the framework for its future relations between the | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
union and the UK? It is therefore impossible to start negotiations | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
unless one has an outline agreement on what that framework should be. | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
There are only two frameworks that are possible, continuation of free | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
trade and a move to favoured nation terms. Will we get that | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
clarification right the beginning of the negotiations? We already have | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
done. In my one meeting with Mr Barnier, when he was talking about | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
this sequential quote which seems to be not practical, it isn't possible | :09:20. | :09:27. | |
to come to an outcome on either negotiations without a clear idea of | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
the trade aspect in the negotiation and his description is pretty | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
accurate. I've said in terms, we intend all this to be concluded | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
within two years. The Government says it wants nothing further to do | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
with the European Court of Justice, but as the Secretary of State well | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
knows, in any new free agreement with the 27 member states, there | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
will have to be a legal arbitration mechanism whose rulings will be | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
obliged to prevent. In the European Court of Justice is not acceptable, | :10:02. | :10:09. | |
what court would be? It would not necessarily be a court. Most | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
international... Listen to the answer. In most international trade | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
agreements, there's an arbitration mechanism, normally preceded by a | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
mediation mechanism which is used more often. In the case of Canada | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
one for example, you've got one person from each side and one | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
neutral appointed by agreement. That agreement cannot be reached, there | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
is a fallback and there's all the different and will between the civil | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
trade arbitration mechanism and accord which reaches into every look | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
cranny of your society. Can I thank the Secretary of State very much for | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
the party played in securing the White Paper? That has been welcomed | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
across the House and is good news. Does he know when it might be | :10:57. | :11:02. | |
published and how much time this place will have two debated? Of | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
course, this is a decision based solely on the Prime Minister to | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
publish the White Paper and it's nice to agree with myself from six | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
months ago. LAUGHTER | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
In terms of timing... Sorry, my voice on the microphone together, in | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
terms of timing, the Prime Minister said in due course yesterday it will | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
be as expeditious as we can be. She has been in Government and these | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
things have a proceed and it takes time to do that we won't waste time | :11:36. | :11:43. | |
producing it for the House. I wish the secular state would get his | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
voice back because I know he will lead it in the next couple of weeks. | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
To think we should be able to see the White Paper before we consider | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
legislation? With respect, there will be lots of legislation, I | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
assume, he's affirming to Article 50? Yes, here's. The Article 50 | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
legislation is about carrying out the will of the British people, the | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
decision was taken to the 23rd. There will be much more legislation | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
after that am which will relate to policy, the maintenance of European | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
law, that's the great repeal bill, but also the other new rights from | :12:20. | :12:28. | |
that, so it's certainly going to be before all that, and as I said, I | :12:29. | :12:31. | |
will be as expeditious as is reasonable. | :12:32. | :12:33. | |
You will be aware of how helpful the House of Commons website is, policy | :12:34. | :12:40. | |
documents by the government set out their proposals for future | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
legislation, given Article 50 is a significant piece of legislation and | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
this house deserves to scrutinise it, will he commit to publishing the | :12:49. | :12:51. | |
White Paper for the committee stage? I will give the next week, but | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
before the committee stage? As I said, we will be as expeditious as | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
we can be. I reiterate to him this point, the Article 50 legislation is | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
about putting in place the beginning of the procedure, only the beginning | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
of the procedure as decided by the British people last year that is not | :13:13. | :13:20. | |
really conditional on the other policy experts of this. I will be as | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
expeditious as I can. I'm welcoming this decision, can I ask my right | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
honourable friend, which, if any select committee chairman has | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
expressed an interest in having this White Paper published with an | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
intention of scrutinising it. Well, I am pretty sure the "Brexit" | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
committee, edging out the chairman, but he's not paying attention(!) | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
LAUGHTER ... I'm pretty sure the "Brexit" | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
committee have done. I cannot account for the others. I am | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
concerned by some of the responses from the Secretary of State, | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
seemingly bursting with enthusiasm about this White Paper, now it seems | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
we may not get it as soon as we need it. Given the level of interest in | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
the legislation and the amendments to be tabled, we need this White | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
Paper before committee stage of this bill, will he make sure we get it? | :14:12. | :14:20. | |
Powered EU deal with an opposition that will not take yes for an | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
answer...? LAUGHTER I have said, I have said... We will | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
deal with it, I will produce it as expeditiously as possible, as | :14:30. | :14:32. | |
quickly as possible, what can you do faster than that?! Work as fast as | :14:33. | :14:44. | |
he can, I suppose, but we need it before. Will it be a cut and paste | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
of the Prime Minister 's speech, when we get it, or instead, will we | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
have a sense of the financial impact on this country of different | :14:58. | :14:58. | |
options? As I said at the beginning, the | :14:59. | :15:07. | |
Prime Minister 's speech, one of the clearest acquisitions of | :15:08. | :15:09. | |
international policy I have heard in many years, answered all of the | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
questions that the opposition and the "Brexit" committee raised, other | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
than those which would actively undermine our negotiating position, | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
the opposition put up a motion which said that we will not undermine our | :15:26. | :15:29. | |
negotiating position. It is quite right that they expect us to obey | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
the rules of the house, but they should as well. A lot of questions | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
on the paper, which I am keen to reach, but the exchanges at the | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
moment are quite ponderous... We do need to speed up a bit! Sir Henry | :15:44. | :15:51. | |
Bellingham. Mr Speaker, with your permission, I will answer questions | :15:52. | :15:54. | |
four and a team together, unprecedented opportunity here to | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
ensure agriculture industry is competitive, productive and | :16:00. | :16:02. | |
profitable, and that our environment is protected for future generations. | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
I regularly meet farmers representatives from all over the UK | :16:07. | :16:09. | |
as well as my ministerial colleagues. Post "Brexit", two key | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
priorities for agriculture, devise a system of support for the economy | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
which does not contain the current levels of EU Beller n Chrissie that | :16:23. | :16:25. | |
are so expensive, and if we're cheap that, we agree that we could | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
maintain the current levels of support for our own economy? -- EU | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
bureaucracy. My honourable friend makes extremely appalled in point, | :16:36. | :16:38. | |
once we have left the European Union we will be able to redesign policy | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
to suit the needs of British agriculture, which will lead to a | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
significant reduction in red tape and as he says, in costs. When the | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
Prime Minister spoke, she did not mention the agriculture sector, when | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
they publish their White Paper Commonwealth the guarantee that the | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
farming sector is a key element, because once we have left the, the | :17:04. | :17:10. | |
sector needs a show of support. I can assure the honourable gentleman | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
that the agriculture industry is at the forefront of calculations, as I | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
said earlier we consult regularly with farming unions from all over | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
the UK, including Wales, and we will be meeting the farm is union of | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
Wales on Saturday of this week full of any suggestion we are not | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
listening to farming industry is completely unfounded. Will the | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
Minister ensure that the new system of farm support rewards the highest | :17:36. | :17:43. | |
standards of animal welfare? Another extra important point, the United | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
Kingdom is noted throughout the world for its high standards of | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
animal welfare, and I have no doubt that the government will wish to | :17:51. | :17:56. | |
maintain that reputation in the forthcoming legislation. Farmers are | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
worried that crops will rot in the ground without a seasonal worker | :18:02. | :18:04. | |
scheme, will this be included in the promised White Paper? The honourable | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
gentleman makes another important point, farming industry is reliant, | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
to a certain extent, on seasonal agricultural workers, there was a | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
scheme which existed until fairly recently. That is one of the models | :18:18. | :18:23. | |
that the government is giving consideration to. The department is | :18:24. | :18:32. | |
working with officials across government continuing wide-ranging | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
analysis, covering the entirety of the economy and trading | :18:37. | :18:38. | |
relationships with the, looking at 50 sectors including cost-cutting. | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
We want to ensure that British businesses have the maximum freedom | :18:44. | :18:46. | |
to trade with and operate within European markets and let European | :18:47. | :18:49. | |
businesses do the same in Britain, we believe that a good deal of | :18:50. | :18:52. | |
market access and a strong relationship is in the interest of | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
both parties. While bringing in more immigration controls, the ability of | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
keys sectors like financial services and aerospace to bring in and | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
relocate talent from different countries is important. What | :19:09. | :19:11. | |
reassurances can my honourable friend give such businesses? My | :19:12. | :19:17. | |
honourable friend is a champion for the aerospace businesses on the M5 | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
corridor and helps in his role as a global trade envoy, as she said, we | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
want the UK to be a secure, prosperous and tolerant country, a | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
home for pioneers and innovators who will shape the world ahead, we will | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
continue to attract the brightest and best to work and study in | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
Britain. Openness to international talent must remain one of this | :19:39. | :19:45. | |
country's most distinctive talents. Can you ask the minister what he's | :19:46. | :19:49. | |
doing to ensure that research leaders from the UConn trees can to | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
receive positions at UK research institutions after we leave the EU? | :19:56. | :20:02. | |
The honourable gentleman raises a very important question, I have had | :20:03. | :20:05. | |
a number of valuable meetings with my honourable friend for pension and | :20:06. | :20:08. | |
is higher education Council to address this issue, we recognise the | :20:09. | :20:12. | |
concerns of the sector and we recognise we need to continue | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
focusing on having an immigration sector which attract the brightest | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
and the best. Can I urge my right honourable friend to address the | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
issue about incoming individuals and the controls as soon as, one of the | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
big issues which my honourable friend has already touched on is the | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
concern about access to global, global talent, and the sooner that | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
we can reassure the city and others that the high added value, low | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
volume numbers that come in are very welcome, it is the low skill, using | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
British benefits, which are not very welcome. My right honourable friend | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
is right about the importance of attracting global talent for key | :20:55. | :20:57. | |
industries such as the financial services and the Finn tech | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
industries. Manufacturing companies in aerospace and automotive are | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
worried about potential delays at the border when we leave the, and | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
possible customs duties. It was suggested that associate membership | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
of the customs union might be possible. Will the Minister confirm | :21:15. | :21:19. | |
that unless that associate membership covers most sectors of | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
the economy, it will fall foul of the WTO rules? The Prime Minister | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
has talked about aiming for a frictionless system and one which we | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
can agree to not have tariffs and not have barriers in place, that is | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
what we should all be aiming for in a new partnership between the UK and | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
the EU. In light of the very clear statement by the Prime Minister and | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
the observations of the member for Chingford, doesn't Prime Minister | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
think it might be useful to set out at an earlier date these rules for | :21:53. | :21:58. | |
attracting talent into the UK? In light of the Prime Minister's beach | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
and ability to create certainty from this process, the sooner we can come | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
forward with that, the better. The Prime Minister's appeal for some | :22:09. | :22:10. | |
form of hybrid customs arrangements with Europe, far from being a clear | :22:11. | :22:15. | |
expedition of policy, raised more questions than it provided answers, | :22:16. | :22:18. | |
will the forthcoming White Paper expand upon the Prime Minister's | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
remarks and provide businesses across the country with the clarity | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
they need about the range of positive alternative arrangements | :22:28. | :22:30. | |
and how that may affect? The Prime Minister's statement has given very | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
welcome clarity, welcomed by many business groups. We would expect the | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
White Paper to set up more detail around that but we should also make | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
sure that we are not doing what the house has repeatedly instructed us | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
to do, protect interests through this process. Flexibility is | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
important in a complex negotiation such as this, requiring imagination | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
on both sides. Not everyone will be able to know everything at every | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
stage. That is why we have the set out the strategic aim for new | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
partnership in a bold and ambitious trading arrangement. That is also | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
why we will not get drawn into setting out every bit of our | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
negotiating strategy in detail and laying out red lines. Doing so would | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
tie the hands of the government, and make it harder for us to achieve the | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
right deal for the UK, I presume that is what every once. I thank the | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
Secretary of State for the answer, the right honourable member for | :23:30. | :23:33. | |
Hitchin and Harpenden reminded the house that Article 50 requires the | :23:34. | :23:36. | |
European Union to take account of any future relationship that an | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
independent Britain may have with it as we negotiate the declaration of | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
arid independence. Would my right honourable friend agree with me that | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
at the same time as we negotiate independence, we should show | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
generosity to the 27 by continuing to offer them access to our market | :23:52. | :23:58. | |
on a free-trade basis? Well, he's exactly right, and that is our | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
intention, we made it clear, and it is, I believe, one of the reasons | :24:05. | :24:08. | |
why the Prime Minister's beach has been received with such applause, | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
frankly, around the rest of Europe. Actually, let me quote, if I can | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
find it... In fact, in that case, I won't find... It is rather a long | :24:22. | :24:28. | |
quote, I will leave it! LAUGHTER. I agree with my right honourable | :24:29. | :24:29. | |
friend. The Secretary of State has | :24:30. | :24:37. | |
repeatedly said that he can maintain flexibility and give the house a say | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
through the great repeal Bill. That only covers things in legislation. | :24:44. | :24:47. | |
At what point is the house going to be able to look at the value of the | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
agencies and the cost of setting up new UK ones? Well, that is precisely | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
the sort of thing that I welcome up in legislation -- that might well | :25:00. | :25:02. | |
come up in legislation. In dealing with these new agencies we will be | :25:03. | :25:06. | |
seeking the best outcome in each case for the relevant sector. And | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
when we are doing that, we will of course be talking to the house about | :25:13. | :25:15. | |
the cost benefit of various options at the point it is appropriate, not | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
whilst still in the middle of that details bit of negotiation but when | :25:21. | :25:23. | |
it is appropriate for the house to know. In seeking a clean "Brexit", | :25:24. | :25:32. | |
we would want to be as flexible as possible in negotiating our | :25:33. | :25:35. | |
mentorship of a free-trade area, nevertheless, will the Minister | :25:36. | :25:38. | |
agree that such an agreement is not forthcoming and therefore, we need | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
to be prepared for a situation where we may have to have some form of | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
duties, will he agree with me that it is perfectly possible that with | :25:48. | :25:50. | |
digital technology, to have the border as part of the journey rather | :25:51. | :25:59. | |
than a hard border of old. Given my honourable friend's constituency he | :26:00. | :26:02. | |
will know this better than most people, I can see where you are | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
going and he is right. There will be a ten station for the government to | :26:07. | :26:09. | |
think this is just about government to government conversations, | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
wouldn't it be really useful for the government to look at this as a | :26:14. | :26:16. | |
parliament to Parliament negotiation as well, so that... So that we all | :26:17. | :26:23. | |
start lobbying together, so that we all secure the best possible deal | :26:24. | :26:24. | |
for this country? INAUDIBLE | :26:25. | :26:33. | |
I'm not going to say definitely no to the honourable gentleman. On the | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
contrary, he knows, my prejudices in this is probably the right word, but | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
it is for Parliament to decide what Parliament wants to do. The | :26:45. | :26:47. | |
essential responsibility of the negotiation is quite properly the | :26:48. | :26:50. | |
government and the opposition will hold us and everybody to account but | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
nevertheless, he is quite right, there is a role for Parliament to | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
talk to other parliaments about the joint interests of their | :27:01. | :27:02. | |
constituents. In that respect, he has my support. | :27:03. | :27:08. | |
An important part of a partnership we seek with the EU will be the | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
pursuit of the greatest possible market access to the single market | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
on a fully reciprocal basis. This'll be a high priority in the | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
negotiations and we believe that the benefit of both sides and the people | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
of Scotland. We want to get the best deal for people including Scotland. | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
Exports from Aberdeen to Norway, over ?750 million in 2015, and a | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
vital part of anchoring the world class oil and gas trade. Can he | :27:40. | :27:46. | |
ensure that in this process the oil and gas industry will be taken into | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
account and access will not be lost as a result of a harder Tory Brexit? | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
He's right to raise the importance of the oil and gas industry in his | :27:56. | :28:00. | |
constituency and the entire UK. The Secretary of State held a roundtable | :28:01. | :28:04. | |
with industry leaders which included oil and gas representatives and I'm | :28:05. | :28:07. | |
looking forward to visiting them in Scotland in the coming weeks. Does | :28:08. | :28:14. | |
he agree with me that selling into the single market is much preferable | :28:15. | :28:18. | |
to being a member of it because it is in fact a highly regulatory | :28:19. | :28:22. | |
bureaucratic mechanism and 87% of British businesses does not rely on | :28:23. | :28:29. | |
it. He makes his case very strongly as ever. I believe the best market | :28:30. | :28:33. | |
access to a single market for UK businesses and European businesses | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
to the UK market will be in all our interests. I recently met with a | :28:38. | :28:45. | |
very good manufacturing company who employs people in my constituency | :28:46. | :28:49. | |
and they told me they hope the Government understands the concerns | :28:50. | :28:52. | |
of industry in terms of Brexit and the customs union. Wires? THE | :28:53. | :29:00. | |
industry across the country to make industry across the country to make | :29:01. | :29:06. | |
sure we take on the concerns and they see the opportunities. Many | :29:07. | :29:09. | |
businesses I have met are excited about the opportunities for the UK | :29:10. | :29:12. | |
to go out and make trade deals and trade around the world. If he has | :29:13. | :29:19. | |
liberating effect of escaping from liberating effect of escaping from | :29:20. | :29:26. | |
the external tariffs, as a former economic speed, I'm happy to give | :29:27. | :29:31. | |
him 45 minutes on the subject. I look forward to the lesson. What a | :29:32. | :29:37. | |
fortunate fellow he is. Lord Bromfield. Thank you, Mr Speaker. | :29:38. | :29:45. | |
The Secretary of State provided some clarity on his priorities for access | :29:46. | :29:48. | |
to the single market in response to questions on Tuesday statement. He | :29:49. | :29:55. | |
said he is seeking, "A comprehensive free-trade agreement, a | :29:56. | :30:00. | |
comprehensive customs agreement that will deliver the exact same benefits | :30:01. | :30:09. | |
as we have." Being inside the single market? Would he confirmed that is | :30:10. | :30:14. | |
his negotiating position so we can measure the success against it? It | :30:15. | :30:20. | |
is up to the opposition to get the best market access and as we've | :30:21. | :30:24. | |
repeatedly said, for British businesses to trade in the single | :30:25. | :30:32. | |
market. The Department for exiting the European Union has been | :30:33. | :30:36. | |
undertaking a thorough analysis of over 50 business sectors. We have | :30:37. | :30:39. | |
been speaking direct lead to manufacturer such as those in the | :30:40. | :30:42. | |
automotive and chemical factors to understand what they need from us so | :30:43. | :30:47. | |
we can continue to thrive after the European Union. Within that work, | :30:48. | :30:57. | |
has established how many British manufacturing factories are actually | :30:58. | :31:01. | |
in competition internally with other factories in France, Germany, | :31:02. | :31:05. | |
forward that companies going to be manufacturing and does he therefore | :31:06. | :31:09. | |
realise how catastrophic it would be for our manufacturing industry if | :31:10. | :31:12. | |
there were tariffs on products made in the UK that France and Germany | :31:13. | :31:20. | |
didn't have. He's entirely right. Manufacturing industry is highly | :31:21. | :31:23. | |
integrated across the EU and that's why the Prime Minister has made it | :31:24. | :31:27. | |
clear that watches G6 is customs arrangements which will cater for | :31:28. | :31:30. | |
those arrangements, but I think we have to remember that when we have | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
left the European Union, the UK will be the biggest export market for the | :31:36. | :31:40. | |
European Union. It is therefore in our mutual interest we have proper | :31:41. | :31:45. | |
arrangements relating to customs. Can he confirm that two | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
manufacturers in Caterham, there export prospects are far brighter | :31:51. | :31:54. | |
outside the EU because whilst we are a member, we are forbidden from | :31:55. | :31:56. | |
entering international trade agreements of our own. He is right | :31:57. | :32:02. | |
to point that out for the once we've left the EU, we will be in a | :32:03. | :32:06. | |
position to strike free-trade agreements around the world and that | :32:07. | :32:10. | |
is precisely what the Department for it and trade is doing right now. | :32:11. | :32:18. | |
70,000 jobs are created in the food sector in Northern Ireland. 1.1 | :32:19. | :32:27. | |
billion basic prices. What will he provide for this massive employer | :32:28. | :32:30. | |
and what support and advice has been offered? He is right to point out | :32:31. | :32:37. | |
the importance of the agri- food sector not only in Northern Ireland | :32:38. | :32:41. | |
but throughout the UK. We having gauged closely with the food Drink | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
Federation. In Northern Ireland there are specific circumstances, | :32:47. | :32:48. | |
and he will know that the Government is committed to ensuring that there | :32:49. | :32:53. | |
is as little impact as possible on the sector in Northern Ireland. Is | :32:54. | :32:59. | |
he aware that both Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover are currently planning | :33:00. | :33:05. | |
for how the export market may well change if we have free-trade | :33:06. | :33:10. | |
agreements with India, China and the United States? Does he agree with me | :33:11. | :33:14. | |
that they are right to say this is an opportunity for manufacturing, | :33:15. | :33:20. | |
not a disadvantage? He is entirely right and I really think that we | :33:21. | :33:25. | |
have a duty, rather than talking down British manufacturing industry, | :33:26. | :33:28. | |
to point out the benefits which will flow from Brexit. There is a world | :33:29. | :33:31. | |
out there and we should seize the opportunity. My Livingston | :33:32. | :33:37. | |
constituency was built on manufacturing and many other | :33:38. | :33:41. | |
companies in Livingston rely on EU workers. What can he do to assure | :33:42. | :33:44. | |
me, those workers and companies in my constituency that they will stay | :33:45. | :33:49. | |
and work in Livingston in Scotland? The issue of EU residence in the UK | :33:50. | :33:57. | |
is one that we believe should be settled very early in the | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
negotiation, similarly the issue of British residents in the continuing | :34:02. | :34:05. | |
European Union. I can tell the honourable lady I have already | :34:06. | :34:08. | |
discussed this issue with ministerial counterparts and they | :34:09. | :34:11. | |
are agreed that this is a matter of priority. My department is working | :34:12. | :34:22. | |
closely with the Department for Education to understand their | :34:23. | :34:25. | |
interests. A global button must look to the future and it means being one | :34:26. | :34:30. | |
of the best places in the world for science and innovation. The UK laws | :34:31. | :34:33. | |
like those with the skills and expertise to make our nation greater | :34:34. | :34:39. | |
still. The university sector is one of the largest contributors to our | :34:40. | :34:42. | |
economy so it does need to think carefully about its position post | :34:43. | :34:47. | |
Brexit, so is there an appropriate point of contact, start and a | :34:48. | :34:50. | |
significant way, so that sector can feel confident its issues will be | :34:51. | :34:56. | |
dealt with? The ministers for universities and science, who I | :34:57. | :35:01. | |
joined this week with the university sector to engage on precisely this | :35:02. | :35:06. | |
issue, we were both delighted to the prominence universities and science | :35:07. | :35:08. | |
played in the prime ministers speech. I taught in the university | :35:09. | :35:15. | |
sector for many years and saw first-hand the benefits that | :35:16. | :35:19. | |
overseas students bring to the universities both financially, | :35:20. | :35:23. | |
culturally and socially. What assurances can he give that overseas | :35:24. | :35:26. | |
students will continue to come in the same numbers and more post | :35:27. | :35:30. | |
Brexit? I have been clear we should continue to welcome the brightest | :35:31. | :35:34. | |
and the best of the UK. The UK continues to be a great place to | :35:35. | :35:39. | |
study. We have world-class teaching and innovative research carrying out | :35:40. | :35:42. | |
some of the most culturally and intellectually diverse academic | :35:43. | :35:46. | |
environment in the world. 18 universities in the top 100 and I | :35:47. | :35:52. | |
will visit the highest ranked in the world tomorrow. Given the migration | :35:53. | :35:56. | |
of these issues will be close to the negotiations for any future trade | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
deals with India, America, New Zealand, Australia and the EU, can | :36:02. | :36:04. | |
he give an assurance that a new British immigration policy will be | :36:05. | :36:08. | |
sufficiently well-developed and can demand public support in time for | :36:09. | :36:11. | |
those negotiations to begin in a meaningful way? I absolutely agree. | :36:12. | :36:17. | |
I think this is a challenge for the whole of Government. We need to work | :36:18. | :36:21. | |
across Whitehall and other departments, the Treasury, Home | :36:22. | :36:24. | |
Office, to come up with a best system for a global Britain. Has he | :36:25. | :36:32. | |
any plans to seek an accommodation of the Republic of Ireland to | :36:33. | :36:36. | |
achieve reciprocal processes for staff and students that move | :36:37. | :36:38. | |
backwards and forwards across the border? We have been very clear in | :36:39. | :36:47. | |
the Prime Minister speech about our commitment to the Common travel area | :36:48. | :36:50. | |
with Ireland and continuing to engage on cross-border issues of the | :36:51. | :36:54. | |
Republic of Ireland as regards to universities is absolutely vital and | :36:55. | :37:01. | |
apply Mr will meet with their leader next week. -- the Prime Minister. UK | :37:02. | :37:12. | |
nationals in EU and vice versa are a priority for negotiations. This is a | :37:13. | :37:15. | |
right and fair thing to do. The Prime Minister has already set out | :37:16. | :37:18. | |
that we try to achieve an early agreement on this issue with our EU | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
partners. We will continue to do so. We also want to ensure our future | :37:24. | :37:27. | |
immigration framework operates in the best interests of all part of | :37:28. | :37:31. | |
the UK and we are working closely with devolved administrations to | :37:32. | :37:36. | |
achieve this. The committee I'd share carefully considered the | :37:37. | :37:40. | |
Scottish Government paper last week. We were clear it is our intention to | :37:41. | :37:44. | |
it detect the existing rights enjoyed by Irish and UK nationals | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
when in the other state and to maintain existing border arrangement | :37:50. | :37:52. | |
of the Common travel area. Immigration is a reserved matter | :37:53. | :37:57. | |
nonetheless. If the Government is not going to guarantee residence | :37:58. | :38:02. | |
rights for EU nationals, what assessment have made on public | :38:03. | :38:06. | |
services and the economy and the return of thousands of retired | :38:07. | :38:14. | |
British immigrants? We don't intend to pursue a policy which will lead | :38:15. | :38:19. | |
to that. I think there is a real issue at the heart of this but it's | :38:20. | :38:23. | |
not helped I holier than thou stance of the SNP. I think the House should | :38:24. | :38:30. | |
be reminded of the words of Nicola Sturgeon during the independence | :38:31. | :38:38. | |
referendum in 2014. She said, "We have set down a robust and | :38:39. | :38:43. | |
common-sense position for that there are 160,000 EU nationals from other | :38:44. | :38:45. | |
states living in Scotland, including some in the Commonwealth city of | :38:46. | :38:49. | |
Glasgow. Of Scotland's outside Europe, they would lose the right to | :38:50. | :38:56. | |
stay here." I will deal with the issue properly. Can he explain why | :38:57. | :39:07. | |
so many EU nationals who start off in Scotland end up in England? No. | :39:08. | :39:18. | |
The Prime Minister will today meet an American president who champions | :39:19. | :39:23. | |
torture and who is proud to discriminate against Muslims. Will | :39:24. | :39:27. | |
he therefore agree with me that it's even more important as Government | :39:28. | :39:33. | |
sends a strong moral message, bargaining chips are not human | :39:34. | :39:39. | |
beings. Will he confirmed the residency rights of EU nationals? | :39:40. | :39:43. | |
The honourable lady knows my stance on torture down the years. Better | :39:44. | :39:49. | |
than most, I suspect. The British Government's stance on torture is | :39:50. | :39:53. | |
very painful that we don't agree with it under any circumstances | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
whatsoever. At the conference in Berlin on Brexit at the weekend, the | :40:00. | :40:04. | |
uncertainty facing EU nationals residence to the UK was made very | :40:05. | :40:07. | |
clear. The Prime Minister's comments were immensely welcomed, and would | :40:08. | :40:12. | |
be possible for this issue to be resolved as rapidly as possible in | :40:13. | :40:16. | |
negotiations? The primers and made it plain she is trying to get | :40:17. | :40:21. | |
agreement amongst the member states -- the Prime Minister for the most | :40:22. | :40:25. | |
of them agree that one or two don't. We have two keep pressing to resolve | :40:26. | :40:30. | |
this as quickly as possible but I hope EU nationals currently here | :40:31. | :40:33. | |
will take heart from what we are saying, what our intention is, to | :40:34. | :40:37. | |
give them the guarantees that will also apply to British citizens | :40:38. | :40:38. | |
abroad. The Prime Minister speech said at | :40:39. | :40:50. | |
the negotiating priority to ensure the UK is one of the best places in | :40:51. | :40:53. | |
the world for science and innovation. As part of the | :40:54. | :40:56. | |
negotiations, the Government will discuss EU member state to continue | :40:57. | :41:00. | |
co-operation in the field of clinical trials. With a spectre | :41:01. | :41:06. | |
directly to his question, the UK's successfully brought to reform the | :41:07. | :41:10. | |
current directive and is in the best interests of business. We will | :41:11. | :41:15. | |
follow the UK, EU rules and to the point of exit and those new rules | :41:16. | :41:19. | |
come into effect shortly. The great repeal bill will convert the law on | :41:20. | :41:24. | |
Brexit including EU regulations and if need be we can reform them after | :41:25. | :41:29. | |
that. Given the harmful effect of EU directives on clinical trials and | :41:30. | :41:33. | |
science in the UK, when the time comes to write our own rules, can he | :41:34. | :41:36. | |
give an undertaking to listen to some of the chemical scientists, not | :41:37. | :41:42. | |
just the big corporate vested interests from Brussels? The short | :41:43. | :41:50. | |
answer is absolutely. Here's right. The original clinical trials | :41:51. | :41:55. | |
directive was a very poorly drafted piece of EU regulation and certainly | :41:56. | :41:58. | |
has increased the of undertaking such trials and if I remember | :41:59. | :42:03. | |
correctly from my own constituency background, particularly small | :42:04. | :42:07. | |
trials. Those are exactly that other people I think he's talking about. | :42:08. | :42:11. | |
Those views will be taken very seriously indeed in a new regime | :42:12. | :42:17. | |
after Brexit. Boat the US biotech company and GlaxoSmithKline have | :42:18. | :42:21. | |
announced they are making very substantial investment into the UK. | :42:22. | :42:26. | |
Does he agree that this demonstrates that, even after we leave the | :42:27. | :42:31. | |
European Union, we will still be a very competitive place for biotech | :42:32. | :42:37. | |
companies to do business? Yes, he's exactly right. I went to see some of | :42:38. | :42:43. | |
those companies in Cambridge recently. One of the problems for | :42:44. | :42:48. | |
people who do talk the country down if I underestimate the extent to | :42:49. | :42:53. | |
which pharmaceuticals, life sciences, finance, software, are | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
fantastically powerful industries in which we already have a huge | :43:00. | :43:02. | |
critical mass of talent which will continue into the future. | :43:03. | :43:11. | |
This is the trouble with being Taylor and Charlie. The Prime | :43:12. | :43:16. | |
Minister was clear that she wants to guarantee the status of EU citizens | :43:17. | :43:23. | |
already in Britain. -- tail end Charlie. She has tried already to | :43:24. | :43:28. | |
reach an agreement and we will continue to try to get her to reach | :43:29. | :43:32. | |
an agreement. Will my right honourable friend accept that that | :43:33. | :43:35. | |
answer will be extremely welcome because there is genuine and | :43:36. | :43:38. | |
widespread concern on this issue. Could he tell the house what are the | :43:39. | :43:44. | |
problems that he is encountering with a few member states that is | :43:45. | :43:50. | |
stopping a reciprocal agreement from being arrived at now? Well, truth be | :43:51. | :43:58. | |
told, I'm not 100% sure, on what the actual problems are, in the running | :43:59. | :44:04. | |
to these negotiations of course the commission and some member states | :44:05. | :44:08. | |
have taken a very stern stance on no negotiation before notification and | :44:09. | :44:12. | |
may think it is trying to pre-empt that, that is not the intention. The | :44:13. | :44:18. | |
intention is to act in the interest of principal citizens. Those | :44:19. | :44:25. | |
problems notwithstanding, there are many talented people from the | :44:26. | :44:27. | |
European Union in this country making enormous contributions to the | :44:28. | :44:31. | |
economy and the cultural life of the country, and surely he agrees that | :44:32. | :44:35. | |
it is not need agreement with other EU member states, there is going to | :44:36. | :44:39. | |
be won, and he would get a lot of goodwill from the public and | :44:40. | :44:43. | |
partners across European Union if he unilaterally made that commitment | :44:44. | :44:47. | |
today. I thank the honourable member for the tone in which he put the | :44:48. | :44:51. | |
question but we have a dual responsibility, responsibility | :44:52. | :44:54. | |
within our own country to maintain a moral stand in what we did and that | :44:55. | :44:58. | |
is what I see this as, immoral question, and on the other hand, a | :44:59. | :45:03. | |
responsibility to citizens abroad. Legal as well as moral. We will get | :45:04. | :45:08. | |
this resolved, and we will resolve it as fast as we can. Question 15, | :45:09. | :45:20. | |
Mr Speaker. Recognise the large majority of trade agreements | :45:21. | :45:27. | |
involving 40 mechanism or trades dispute resolution. -- involve | :45:28. | :45:43. | |
the Prime Minister has said that she wants a conference free-trade | :45:44. | :45:48. | |
agreement with the UN and that in future, our laws will be interpreted | :45:49. | :45:51. | |
by British judges in British courts, but every comprehensive free-trade | :45:52. | :45:58. | |
agreement has some sort of intended trade dispute resolution mechanism, | :45:59. | :46:02. | |
does the Minister agree that this sort of inconsistency needs to be | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
ironed out by rigorous Parliamentary scrutiny of the Prime Minister's | :46:10. | :46:14. | |
plan. It is not an inconsistency, it is a lack of understanding on the | :46:15. | :46:18. | |
part of the opposition, as I said in response to an earlier question, | :46:19. | :46:21. | |
there is a range of models but a large number of international trade | :46:22. | :46:24. | |
agreements with arbitration mechanisms but they are that, agreed | :46:25. | :46:29. | |
arbitration mechanisms, they are not mechanisms that bring the influence | :46:30. | :46:33. | |
of the European court into all parts of British society and that is what | :46:34. | :46:37. | |
will be resolved by leaving the European Union. Mr Speaker, Britain | :46:38. | :46:43. | |
has played a key role in protecting Europe's security and Prime Minister | :46:44. | :46:47. | |
is clear that we will continue to with European partners on Warren | :46:48. | :46:51. | |
defence policy as we leave the European Union. Does my right | :46:52. | :46:54. | |
honourable friend agree that as a global player in areas such as | :46:55. | :47:00. | |
counterterrorism, we have much to benefit both EU partners and | :47:01. | :47:02. | |
ourselves as a cooperation agreement in our interest? I agree entirely | :47:03. | :47:08. | |
with my honourable friend, indeed, this was an issue I discussed with | :47:09. | :47:11. | |
several of my European counterparts earlier this week, they fully | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
understand the strength that Britain brings to the table, in terms of | :47:18. | :47:22. | |
intelligence, for example, and they understand the value that they bring | :47:23. | :47:25. | |
to the table after they leave the EU. Surely the Minister understand | :47:26. | :47:29. | |
that across Europe as we talk to other parliamentarians, they are | :47:30. | :47:33. | |
deeply worried that the knock on effect of us leaving the European | :47:34. | :47:37. | |
Union on stability and future of Nato. That is the truth. They get | :47:38. | :47:40. | |
what is happening in the United States with the new president, can | :47:41. | :47:45. | |
you assure the house that the Nato commitment of this country will be | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
redoubled rather than diminished? Mr Speaker, we are absolutely committed | :47:51. | :47:54. | |
to Nato and I can assure the house that commitment will continue after | :47:55. | :47:55. | |
"Brexit". As the Prime Minister said, we will | :47:56. | :48:09. | |
put the final deal to a vote, we have always said that we will | :48:10. | :48:12. | |
observe the constitutional legal obligations that apply to the final | :48:13. | :48:16. | |
deal and as I have said many times, we will keep the house informed | :48:17. | :48:20. | |
through the process. Will my right honourable friend confirmed that | :48:21. | :48:22. | |
both Houses of Parliament will have a number of opportunities to vote on | :48:23. | :48:26. | |
a wide range of legislation determining substantial policy | :48:27. | :48:31. | |
decisions as we exit the EU? My right honourable friend is | :48:32. | :48:34. | |
absolutely right, we will have the Article 50 Bill, introduced | :48:35. | :48:38. | |
imminently, a great repeal Bill, to be introduced in the next session, | :48:39. | :48:41. | |
that is an important piece of legislation which will ensure that | :48:42. | :48:47. | |
all EU laws can be voted into UK law, including workers' rights and | :48:48. | :48:50. | |
environmental regulation, which I would think would be of interest to | :48:51. | :48:54. | |
the opposition. There will be the deflation on those and other issues, | :48:55. | :48:59. | |
those are just the beginning, exiting the European Union | :49:00. | :49:00. | |
this Parliament back control over this Parliament back control over | :49:01. | :49:04. | |
its own laws. Decisions on policy will be taken here, not the European | :49:05. | :49:09. | |
Union, and we will go back to being a free country again. Extraordinary | :49:10. | :49:18. | |
fellow... Mr Speaker, during the prime and is the's beach... I'm | :49:19. | :49:26. | |
sorry, I'll do... -- during the Prime Minister's speech, and... I'm | :49:27. | :49:33. | |
sorry, I will do... Yes... The question is not whether we should | :49:34. | :49:37. | |
leave, that decision was taken on June 23 last year, it was a question | :49:38. | :49:40. | |
of respect in the referendum result and doing the majority of -- doing | :49:41. | :49:45. | |
the job that the majority want, making a success of our new position | :49:46. | :49:49. | |
in the world. The Prime Minister has set out a old ambitious plan to | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
build a global Britain and one which everybody can get behind. In her | :49:55. | :49:59. | |
speech at Lancaster house on the 17th of this month, she has promised | :50:00. | :50:03. | |
to put the preservation of our press is union at the heart of everything | :50:04. | :50:07. | |
we do, given that we are told this is a union of equals, what form of | :50:08. | :50:11. | |
role will be given to the devolved administrations when the UK | :50:12. | :50:16. | |
renegotiate its new relationship with the EU. Formal role is already | :50:17. | :50:21. | |
in place, we have a joint ministerial committee of which a | :50:22. | :50:24. | |
Scottish Government represented, along with representatives of the | :50:25. | :50:29. | |
Northern Ireland executive and Welsh government, three meeting so far, | :50:30. | :50:32. | |
another meeting on Monday in Cardiff, and another in early | :50:33. | :50:38. | |
February, we are taking formerly the paper submitted by the Scottish | :50:39. | :50:40. | |
Government and the Welsh government, and we will take them on board. The | :50:41. | :50:44. | |
point we have made throughout all of this is that this is a sophisticated | :50:45. | :50:48. | |
and complex negotiation, difficult to do, it has to be done under a | :50:49. | :50:52. | |
single banner, but it will be done in a way that reflects the interests | :50:53. | :50:57. | |
and reflect the interests of all parties in the United Kingdom. With | :50:58. | :51:03. | |
the UK being a net importer of agricultural goods from the EU and | :51:04. | :51:11. | |
the EU being the agriculture Mark's biggest market, what assurances can | :51:12. | :51:14. | |
be given that a key part of negotiations will be to remove | :51:15. | :51:18. | |
agricultural tariffs on both the UK and EU sides as it is in both our | :51:19. | :51:24. | |
interests? My honourable friend is entirely right, there is a | :51:25. | :51:26. | |
significant two-way trade in agricultural products, food and | :51:27. | :51:30. | |
drink products, and I would imagine that it is just as much in the | :51:31. | :51:35. | |
interests of the EU and the UK that sensible arrangements continue. | :51:36. | :51:40. | |
Thank you, we have a commitment now to a White Paper, the role of | :51:41. | :51:44. | |
Parliament in the Article 50 process is to be determined. That is why | :51:45. | :51:49. | |
Labour will seek to table an amendment to the proposed Article 50 | :51:50. | :51:54. | |
Bill to require Secretary of State to lay periodic reports at intervals | :51:55. | :51:59. | |
of no less than two months -- every two months. Will the Secretary of | :52:00. | :52:03. | |
State now to the principle of who are big report? Well, from behind me | :52:04. | :52:14. | |
I hear, like he's not going to do that...! Every two months?... Since | :52:15. | :52:22. | |
September, in five months I have done five statements in front of | :52:23. | :52:25. | |
this house, ten debates, appeared in front of a number of select | :52:26. | :52:29. | |
committees, and that process will continue, I suspect two months will | :52:30. | :52:33. | |
be rather an unambitious aim. Thank you. The role at the end of the | :52:34. | :52:41. | |
exercise for parliament will also be important, the Prime Minister has | :52:42. | :52:44. | |
said that MPs will have a vote on the final agreement. Can the | :52:45. | :52:50. | |
Secretary of State today state categorically that MPs in this house | :52:51. | :52:54. | |
will have no less involvement in the process and no less a say over the | :52:55. | :53:01. | |
final Article 50 agreement then MEPs in the European Parliament? I | :53:02. | :53:08. | |
cannot... I have to say... The role of the MEPs will be somewhat limited | :53:09. | :53:14. | |
and peripheral in many respects, use of offset will be allowed at treaty | :53:15. | :53:18. | |
negotiations, but I don't think you will be making a decision. European | :53:19. | :53:30. | |
citizens in this country and British citizens in the EU make valuable | :53:31. | :53:35. | |
contributions to their countries. Pension, health and the rights of | :53:36. | :53:38. | |
children have been mentioned, I wonder if he and his colleagues have | :53:39. | :53:42. | |
been working on this with counterparts across the European | :53:43. | :53:45. | |
Union? My honourable friend again makes an important point, the | :53:46. | :53:49. | |
interest of British residents in the continuing European Union are at the | :53:50. | :53:54. | |
top of their agenda, in fact, I had a discussion early on Monday with | :53:55. | :53:58. | |
representatives of the British residents in Malta, he can be | :53:59. | :54:02. | |
assured that we will continue to reflect the interests of British | :54:03. | :54:04. | |
residents as negotiations commence. Will the government publish an | :54:05. | :54:14. | |
impact assessment of the effect that leaving the single market will have | :54:15. | :54:18. | |
on jobs and conversely the impact of the resulting skills shortage on key | :54:19. | :54:24. | |
industries and the NHS? These are certainly important matters, and | :54:25. | :54:28. | |
certainly matters that we are addressing, but she will understand | :54:29. | :54:31. | |
that we will not be publishing impact assessments, that might be | :54:32. | :54:35. | |
useful to those with whom we would be negotiating. The seafood | :54:36. | :54:43. | |
processing sector is of vital importance to the local economy in | :54:44. | :54:46. | |
the Cleethorpes constituency, can the Minister assure me that their | :54:47. | :54:53. | |
interest will be at the forefront of consideration during Brexit | :54:54. | :54:55. | |
negotiations and will he meet with business leaders from that sector to | :54:56. | :55:01. | |
pass on their assurances? Yes, my honourable friend is entirely right, | :55:02. | :55:05. | |
this is an important sector of the economy, and it may well be that we | :55:06. | :55:08. | |
have already met with those representatives since we have been | :55:09. | :55:13. | |
having extensive engagement with the agricultural food industry. The | :55:14. | :55:19. | |
Health Secretary told us this week that "Brexit" would mean Britain | :55:20. | :55:21. | |
leaving the European medicines agency 's, this move is likely to | :55:22. | :55:26. | |
send Britain to the back of the queue for innovative new drugs, make | :55:27. | :55:31. | |
regulation more complex, and threaten jobs in the thriving | :55:32. | :55:34. | |
pharmaceutical sector, will the Secretary of State tell us why his | :55:35. | :55:38. | |
government have so readily given up membership of this vital body and | :55:39. | :55:41. | |
will he explain the measures he will introduce to ensure that people | :55:42. | :55:44. | |
across Britain will have the same access to medicines as European | :55:45. | :55:49. | |
neighbours? Is already well that the complete premise of -- it's all very | :55:50. | :55:54. | |
well, but the complete premise is wrong. That has been misinterpreted. | :55:55. | :56:01. | |
What I will say to her is this, what we will be doing with this is first | :56:02. | :56:04. | |
putting the clinical safety of the British people at the front of the | :56:05. | :56:07. | |
queue, the front of the priority list, and then the interest of | :56:08. | :56:11. | |
British industry, particularly Biosystems, and life sciences, in | :56:12. | :56:15. | |
which of course we are a world leader and we will remain one after | :56:16. | :56:24. | |
we leave. As the all-party Parliamentary group, the clinical | :56:25. | :56:28. | |
trials issue is a big one for patients, they are concerned that | :56:29. | :56:30. | |
exiting the EU means that nothing will replace them, and my right | :56:31. | :56:34. | |
honourable friend assure the house and those patients that that will be | :56:35. | :56:39. | |
replicated as soon as we end up leaving the EU? I can assure my | :56:40. | :56:43. | |
honourable friend that we are in extensive discussions with the bio | :56:44. | :56:48. | |
Pharma industry, on this particular issue, and those discussions will | :56:49. | :56:49. | |
continue. This week the kingdom of Fife is | :56:50. | :57:04. | |
placed to welcome many students from around the world. When will the | :57:05. | :57:09. | |
university be given guarantees that nothing about Brexit will jeopardise | :57:10. | :57:13. | |
its reputation as the most international of universities? We | :57:14. | :57:21. | |
need to engage with the university sector about what makes Britain such | :57:22. | :57:29. | |
an appealing place to come. I believe that leaving the European | :57:30. | :57:34. | |
Union will be a good thing for the steel industry. This week the steel | :57:35. | :57:39. | |
APPG published its 2020 vision report. Would you like me to send a | :57:40. | :57:44. | |
copy to you so you can have a look at its recommendations as part of | :57:45. | :57:48. | |
the ongoing debate? We would be delighted to receive that. The | :57:49. | :57:53. | |
society of Moti motor manufacturers reported today that car production | :57:54. | :57:57. | |
is at a high but investment in manufacturing is falling because of | :57:58. | :58:01. | |
uncertainty over Brexit. How long does he think the current | :58:02. | :58:04. | |
uncertainty is going to be undermining investment in British | :58:05. | :58:08. | |
economy? We should absolutely welcome the fact that we've seen the | :58:09. | :58:13. | |
highest level this century of car production and car exports from the | :58:14. | :58:17. | |
UK. We continue to see key investments by the automotive | :58:18. | :58:21. | |
industry, such as Land Rover expansion in Coventry. We want to | :58:22. | :58:24. | |
work with the industry to make sure they have the best access to | :58:25. | :58:27. | |
European markets and indeed global markets as we move ahead. About 9 | :58:28. | :58:34. | |
million written is will visit France this year and 15 million will visit | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
Spain. About foreign half million French and about two and a half | :58:40. | :58:44. | |
million Spaniards will visit the UK. We be seeking Visa free travel for | :58:45. | :58:50. | |
Europe post Brexit and we were making it clear that it is now you | :58:51. | :58:53. | |
are praying friends's interest to do so? He is hot right to highlight the | :58:54. | :59:00. | |
importance of the two-way tourist industry in Europe. We are | :59:01. | :59:12. | |
considering this but I'll aim is... Via protocol three, when we exit the | :59:13. | :59:16. | |
European Union does it mean the Crown dependencies will also exit | :59:17. | :59:23. | |
the customs union? I met with Chief ministers of Crown dependencies | :59:24. | :59:25. | |
yesterday as part of the formal process of ongoing meetings we're | :59:26. | :59:29. | |
using stakes have use into account and following the Prime Minister's | :59:30. | :59:33. | |
speech I spoke to them and they are pleased with the direction of travel | :59:34. | :59:39. | |
it is at. Higher education is one of the UK's greatest exports. As we | :59:40. | :59:43. | |
seek to grow our export markets post Brexit does the Minister agree we | :59:44. | :59:47. | |
needed an approach that plays to our strengths and builds on them? | :59:48. | :59:53. | |
Wholeheartedly. In response to an earlier question, the secretary of | :59:54. | :59:59. | |
states said we needed both flexibility and imagination in | :00:00. | :00:04. | |
tackling these context negotiations. My manufacturing sector, my | :00:05. | :00:07. | |
university, want competence. That is what they are worried about, the | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
competence of the team sitting on the front bench during negotiations | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
thoroughly. I'd better deal with this one. The interesting thing is, | :00:16. | :00:23. | |
if you look at the response around Europe to the Prime Minister's | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
speech talking about confidence, the Spanish secretary of state for | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
foreign affairs who I saw only a couple of weeks ago welcomed it | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
widely and said it was an eminently achievable aim, in everybody's | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
interests. In my constituency we are lucky to see the excellent L bus 400 | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
M as it flies from Brize Norton. Does my honourable friend agree that | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
it is an excellent example of defence cooperation and such | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
cooperation will continue when it leaves the European Union? I visited | :01:01. | :01:08. | |
the hour bus factory just before Christmas and saw the wonderful work | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
they are doing. He is right to say that into grated manufacturing | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
across Europe is important and I have no doubt we will be putting in | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
place arrangements to ensure it continues. An RAF Typhoon flown from | :01:20. | :01:28. | |
my constituency have more marked a rusting Russian aircraft carrier as | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
it made its journey back from raids on Aleppo. Does this demonstrates | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
the important role in the United Kingdom must play after our exit in | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
ensuring the defence and security of Europe as a whole? As my honourable | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
friend is right. Britain is a leading power in Nato and will | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
continue to be after we leave the EU. Will my honourable friend come | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
to Dorset to speak to our businesses and hear their concerns, and discuss | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
the great opportunities Brexit provides? Delighted to. We are | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
talking to businesses all across the country and I look forward to | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
visiting those in your constituency. Urgent question. We make a statement | :02:12. | :02:31. | |
please on Yemen? Thank you. UK supports the Saudi Arabian lead | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
military intervention which came at the request of the legitimate | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
president and we are clear | :02:40. | :02:40. |