:00:00. > :00:08.well. Statement, the Prime Minister.
:00:09. > :00:14.Thank you Mr Speaker. And Mr Speaker, before I turn to the
:00:15. > :00:21.European council, I am sure that the whole house will want to join me in
:00:22. > :00:25.sending our congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen as she marks her
:00:26. > :00:30.Sapphire jubilee today. It is testament to Her Majesty's devotion
:00:31. > :00:33.to the nation she is not marking becoming our first monarch to rein
:00:34. > :00:37.with any special celebration but getting on with the job to which she
:00:38. > :00:43.has dedicated her life. And on behalf of the whole country I
:00:44. > :00:51.am proud to offer Her Majesty our humble than Forbes a life of
:00:52. > :00:55.extraordinary service, long may she continue to rein over us all.
:00:56. > :00:59.Britain is leaving the European Union, but we are not leaving
:01:00. > :01:02.Europe. And a global Britain that stands tall in the world, will be a
:01:03. > :01:06.Britain that remains a good friend and ally to all our European
:01:07. > :01:09.partners. So at this summit we showed how Britain will continue to
:01:10. > :01:13.play a leading role in Europe, long after we have left the EU. In
:01:14. > :01:17.particular, through our contribution to the challenge of imagining mass
:01:18. > :01:19.migration, through our special relationship with America, and
:01:20. > :01:25.through the new and equal partnership we want to build between
:01:26. > :01:30.the EU, and an independent global Britain. Let me take each in turn.
:01:31. > :01:34.First on migration. The discussion focussed in particular, on the route
:01:35. > :01:38.from Libya across the central Med trainian, as I have argued we need a
:01:39. > :01:42.comprehensive and co-ordinated approach, and that is what this
:01:43. > :01:46.council agreed. This includes working hard, in support of an
:01:47. > :01:50.inclusive political settlement to stabilise Libya, which will not only
:01:51. > :01:55.help to tackle migration flows but counter-terrorism.
:01:56. > :01:59.It means working to reduce the poor factors to encourage people to risk
:02:00. > :02:03.their live, building the capacity to the Libyan, to return hieings to
:02:04. > :02:08.their own shore, and hem them return home. It means looking beyond Libya
:02:09. > :02:12.and moving further up stream, including by urgently implementing
:02:13. > :02:17.the EU ex entering investment plan to help create more opportunities in
:02:18. > :02:20.migrant's home countries and by helping genuine refugees to claim
:02:21. > :02:24.asylum in the first safe country they reach. It means better
:02:25. > :02:28.distinguishing between economic migrants and refugee, swiftly
:02:29. > :02:32.returning those who have no right to remain, and there by sending a
:02:33. > :02:36.deterrence message to others thinking of embarrassing on perilous
:02:37. > :02:39.journeys and the council agreed action in all of these areas.
:02:40. > :02:45.Britain is already playing a leading role in the region, at this summit I
:02:46. > :02:51.announced further step, including support if Libyan coastguard and
:02:52. > :02:59.more than ?30 million of aid for the vulnerable refugees.
:03:00. > :03:02.Britain is also setting up an 8 million pound protection fund to
:03:03. > :03:08.help men, women and children in the Mediterranean region safe from
:03:09. > :03:12.trafficking, to help keep men, women and children safe from trafficking
:03:13. > :03:16.sexual violence and labour exploitation as part of our
:03:17. > :03:19.commitment to tackle modern slavery. The council agrees we should do
:03:20. > :03:22.everything possible to deter this horrific crime, including by
:03:23. > :03:27.introducing tough penalties for those who trade in human misery, and
:03:28. > :03:30.by working together, to secure the necessary evidence for prosecutions,
:03:31. > :03:35.that can put these criminals behind bars where they belong.
:03:36. > :03:39.Mr Speaker, turning to America, I opened a discussion on engaging the
:03:40. > :03:43.new administration, and I was able to relay the conversation I had with
:03:44. > :03:46.President Trump at the White House, about the important history o
:03:47. > :03:50.cooperation between the United States and the country countries of
:03:51. > :03:54.Europe. In particular, I confirms that the
:03:55. > :03:58.President declared his commitment to Nato as the cornerstone of our
:03:59. > :04:02.security in the west. But I also made clear that every country needs
:04:03. > :04:07.to share the burden and play its full part, meeting the Nato target
:04:08. > :04:12.of spending 2% on defence, because Mr Speaker, it is only by investing
:04:13. > :04:17.properly in our defence we can ensure we are properly equip to keep
:04:18. > :04:22.our people safe. I was able to relay my discussion with President Trump
:04:23. > :04:26.on the importance of maintaining the sanctions regime in Russia. I very
:04:27. > :04:32.much welcome the strong words last week from the new US ambassador to
:04:33. > :04:38.the UN in confirming America's continued support for the sanctions.
:04:39. > :04:41.Of course, there is some areas we disagree with the new approach and
:04:42. > :04:43.we should be clear about that and the values that underpin our
:04:44. > :04:47.response to the globe challenges we face.
:04:48. > :04:52.But I also argued at this council, that we should encage patiently and
:04:53. > :04:56.constructively with America, as a friend and ally, an ally that has
:04:57. > :05:01.helped guarantee the longest period of peace Europe has known. We should
:05:02. > :05:04.be clear, Mr Speaker narks the am terntive o division and
:05:05. > :05:08.confrontation would only embolden those who would do us harm where
:05:09. > :05:12.ever they maybe. Finally turning to Brexit. European leaders welcomed
:05:13. > :05:16.the clarity of the objectives we have set out for the negotiation
:05:17. > :05:19.ahead. They warmly welcomed our ambition to build a new partnership
:05:20. > :05:24.between Britain and the European Union, that is in the interests of
:05:25. > :05:28.both sides. They also welcomed the recognition
:05:29. > :05:31.that we in Britain want to see a strong and successful European
:05:32. > :05:35.Union, because that is in our interests and the interests of the
:05:36. > :05:38.whole world. On the issue of acquired rights the general view we
:05:39. > :05:42.should reach an agreement which applied eequally to the other 27
:05:43. > :05:45.member states and the UK, which is why we think a unilateral decision
:05:46. > :05:51.from the UK is not the right way forward. But as I have said before,
:05:52. > :05:55.EU citizens living in the UK make a vital contribution to our economy
:05:56. > :06:00.and society and without them, without them we would be poorer and
:06:01. > :06:05.our public services weaker. So we will make securing the
:06:06. > :06:08.reciprocal agreement that will guarantee their status a priority as
:06:09. > :06:13.soon as the negotiations begin. I want to see this agreed as soon as
:06:14. > :06:16.possible because that is is in everyone's interest. Our European
:06:17. > :06:22.partners want to get on with the negotiations, so do I. And so does
:06:23. > :06:25.this House. Which last week voted by a majority of 384, in support of the
:06:26. > :06:30.Government triggering Article 50. There are of course further stages
:06:31. > :06:33.for the bill in committee and in the other place. It is right this
:06:34. > :06:37.process should be completed properly, the message is clear to
:06:38. > :06:42.all. This House has spoken, and now is not the time to obstruct the
:06:43. > :06:45.democratically expressed wishes of the British people. It is time to
:06:46. > :06:49.get on with leaving the European Union, and building an independent
:06:50. > :06:53.self governing global Britain, around I commend this statement to
:06:54. > :06:58.the House. Thank you Mr Speaker. I thank the
:06:59. > :07:02.Prime Minister for the statement and the advance sight of it and I also
:07:03. > :07:06.echo her sentiments towards Her Majesty and wish her well on this
:07:07. > :07:13.auspicious time in her life and thank her for her service. The Prime
:07:14. > :07:18.Minister has used this rather curiously named inform informal EU
:07:19. > :07:22.summit to press the EU Nato members to fulfil their defence expenditure
:07:23. > :07:28.requirements. The last Labour Government consistently spend over
:07:29. > :07:35.2% on defence, the Tory Government's cuts since 2010 have demoralised our
:07:36. > :07:41.Armed Forces, cut spending by 11% in the last Parliament, and reduced the
:07:42. > :07:48.size of the army from 82,000, to 77,000. As well as making these
:07:49. > :07:53.cuts, they have changed the way in which the 2% spending is actually
:07:54. > :07:58.calculated. So while the Prime Minister is lecturing other
:07:59. > :08:02.countries, can she tell the House why her Government changed the
:08:03. > :08:05.accounting rules to include aspects of expenditure that were not
:08:06. > :08:13.previously included? Included? The previously included? Included? The
:08:14. > :08:17.Defence Select Committee in 2015, noted the Government is only meeting
:08:18. > :08:24.the 2% figure by including other areas, such as... Not been included
:08:25. > :08:28.before and goes on to say, this redefinition of defence expenditure,
:08:29. > :08:32.undermines to some extent the credibility of the Government's
:08:33. > :08:40.assertion that the 2% figure represents an increase.
:08:41. > :08:49.Mr Speaker, to add to this disarray, this weekend the Sunday Times The
:08:50. > :08:54.Sunday Times newspaper koufrned a series of equipment failure, bungled
:08:55. > :08:58.deals including apparently ordering tank that are too big to fit in the
:08:59. > :09:03.aircraft that are supposed to be transporting them. This really does
:09:04. > :09:07.cast some doubt on the Government's competence in this area, so perhaps
:09:08. > :09:10.it is not such a good idea to go lecturing other countries on defence
:09:11. > :09:23.spending and procurement. Labour has long been concerned about
:09:24. > :09:27.short-sightedness from the MoD, with long delays delivering projects. It
:09:28. > :09:31.is worrying, the extent to which the MoD seems to have lost control of
:09:32. > :09:39.some of the biggest equipment Roger X and it would be nice to know what
:09:40. > :09:48.action the Prime Minister is taking. Mr Speaker, today the Prime Minister
:09:49. > :09:52.had a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, did she make it clear to
:09:53. > :09:58.him, as this house has often spoken about, that continued opposition by
:09:59. > :10:05.the British government to the illegal settlements being built at
:10:06. > :10:13.the Palestinian settlements. Labour has been unequivocal that it is
:10:14. > :10:18.within this government's gift to guarantee rights of EU citizens to
:10:19. > :10:22.remain in this country. No need to wait for negotiations to begin. The
:10:23. > :10:27.government could do that now. This is not a question about Brexit, it
:10:28. > :10:34.is about human rights, democracy and decency towards people who have
:10:35. > :10:39.lived and worked in this country, and many families have got children
:10:40. > :10:47.born here. We must guarantee their rights. Many of those people have
:10:48. > :10:54.been left in limbo, deeply concerned and stressed. Did the Prime Minister
:10:55. > :10:57.discuss this issue with counterparts and provide them with clarity and
:10:58. > :11:05.assurances that they need and deserve? We are clear, Mr Speaker,
:11:06. > :11:09.that we respect the mandate of the British people to leave the European
:11:10. > :11:19.Union but we will not accept this government turning this country into
:11:20. > :11:23.our bargain basement tax haven. Finally, Mr Speaker, we welcome the
:11:24. > :11:27.additional 30 million that the government has committed to the
:11:28. > :11:31.refugee crisis across Europe. Last week that Prime Minister's
:11:32. > :11:36.Questions, the Prime Minister said that the United Kingdom had settled
:11:37. > :11:39.10,000 refugees from Syria. According to the House of Commons
:11:40. > :11:50.library, it has been less than half of that, 4,414. And ongoing and
:11:51. > :11:56.grave tragedy has resulted in over 5000 people drowning in the
:11:57. > :12:02.Mediterranean last year, 254 already this year at the beginning of the
:12:03. > :12:08.jury. We should also, Mr Speaker, note the phenomenal commitment from
:12:09. > :12:12.the people of Greece to refugees, and the difficulties they have had
:12:13. > :12:21.supporting them. What conversations her she had with her Greek
:12:22. > :12:26.counterpart? Even after Brexit, this is an issue that is going to affect
:12:27. > :12:30.every country in Europe. It is the biggest crisis that we have ever
:12:31. > :12:36.faced and we need to coordinate as a continent to address this issue with
:12:37. > :12:41.all of the humanity and resources that our collective values determine
:12:42. > :12:52.should be deployed to this issue. Thank you Mr Speaker. The right
:12:53. > :12:55.honourable gentleman opened his remarks, referring to the curiously
:12:56. > :13:01.named informal council. It is actually the convention that new
:13:02. > :13:05.presidency, the presidency has an informal Council, people being able
:13:06. > :13:08.to come and talk about a number of issues and looking ahead to the
:13:09. > :13:17.formalities of the council. There we are. That is what happens. He also
:13:18. > :13:21.referred to the meeting I had with Benjamin Netanyahu. This is not a
:13:22. > :13:26.subject for discussion at the European Union Council last week,
:13:27. > :13:32.however I have made the UK Government position clear on
:13:33. > :13:36.settlements. On the issue of EU nationals, it is absolutely correct
:13:37. > :13:46.that we value the contributions that EU citizens have been playing in the
:13:47. > :13:48.United Kingdom, to the community, society and public services. But it
:13:49. > :13:54.is also correct that we should ensure that the rights of United
:13:55. > :13:57.Kingdom citizens are also looked after. The conversations I have had
:13:58. > :14:02.with the number of European leaders on this matter makes it clear that
:14:03. > :14:14.they see this as a matter that should be dealt with, but also with
:14:15. > :14:17.conversations I have had with the Prime Minister of Spain, we want to
:14:18. > :14:26.reassure people as early as possible in the negotiations. He talked about
:14:27. > :14:29.the issue of refugees, and people drowning in the Mediterranean. The
:14:30. > :14:37.continuing loss of life has been terrible, despite the best efforts.
:14:38. > :14:41.The Royal navy has been there, to protect and rescue people. That is
:14:42. > :14:48.why it is so important that we stop people from meeting that perilous
:14:49. > :14:52.journey in the first place. That is why the work that we discussed that
:14:53. > :14:56.the European Council was so important. He asked about her
:14:57. > :15:00.relationship with Greece, and continue to provide support on the
:15:01. > :15:08.ground and Greece, giving people help in dealing with refugees. And I
:15:09. > :15:12.committed that this is an area that we want to cooperate with European
:15:13. > :15:16.partners on, after we have left the European Union because it is not an
:15:17. > :15:23.issue confined to the European Union. And finally, he made a number
:15:24. > :15:28.of comments. Devoting a lot of those response to the question of defence.
:15:29. > :15:36.He said the fact that we're spending 2% on defence, casts doubt on the
:15:37. > :15:38.competence of the United Kingdom government with defence. This was
:15:39. > :15:42.the right honourable gentleman who said he wanted to send out nuclear
:15:43. > :15:53.submarines with no missles! You could not make that up. Kenneth
:15:54. > :15:59.Clarke. Mr Speaker, I think they mean business of this council was
:16:00. > :16:04.another attempt to tackle the mass migration problem from the Middle
:16:05. > :16:07.East and North Africa, destabilising the politics of every European
:16:08. > :16:13.country. Will my right honourable friend conform, that is Prime
:16:14. > :16:19.Minister she will take as active part as she was when she was Home
:16:20. > :16:22.Secretary, working with other Union countries to tackle this? Otherwise
:16:23. > :16:27.we have a continuing problem, he bore attempting to get to this
:16:28. > :16:35.country. If we are going to start returning refugees to the north
:16:36. > :16:39.coast of Africa, any progress being made after the efforts when she was
:16:40. > :16:43.Home Secretary? Finding somewhere on the other side of the Mediterranean
:16:44. > :16:50.when Europeans can finance and organise reception centres, refugees
:16:51. > :16:59.and applicants can be processed in a civilised way, and only genuine
:17:00. > :17:05.asylum allowed? Seekers I can give my right honourable friend those
:17:06. > :17:09.assurances. This issue continues to affect all of us. It is not
:17:10. > :17:14.justified to the borders of the European Union. We will continue to
:17:15. > :17:19.coordinate, when we remain in the European Union and beyond. As he has
:17:20. > :17:23.indicated, one of the concerns about returning people to north Africa has
:17:24. > :17:29.been the conditions to which they would be returned. We have had
:17:30. > :17:34.efforts in Niger, to provide centres so that people do not progress
:17:35. > :17:42.through to Libya. But it is also widely referenced, our support for
:17:43. > :17:47.the Battalion initiative. They have worked with the government of
:17:48. > :17:53.National Accord at Libya. Getting an agreement that they are going to do
:17:54. > :18:00.work, for suitable conditions. -- Italian. I want to join the Prime
:18:01. > :18:10.Minister and the leader of the Labour Party, extending my wishes
:18:11. > :18:18.for the Queen's Sapphire jubilee. We wish her a pleasant day. I want to
:18:19. > :18:23.thank the Prime Minister about the statement of the opening European
:18:24. > :18:31.Union summit since the white paper was published. And of course, the
:18:32. > :18:36.visit to Dublin as well. As we have already established, the Prime
:18:37. > :18:39.Minister does not want hard borders, she wants the free movement of
:18:40. > :18:45.people on these islands and safeguarding and boosting of trade.
:18:46. > :18:49.And we wholeheartedly support these objectives. But given the importance
:18:50. > :18:54.that the Prime Minister gives in the White Paper to the union of the
:18:55. > :18:57.United Kingdom, what we are told is a partnership of equals, she will
:18:58. > :19:05.surely have breached European colleagues when she was in Malta,
:19:06. > :19:08.about progress of negotiations with governments across these islands.
:19:09. > :19:14.Has she confirmed that she is going to work with the Scotland government
:19:15. > :19:18.for continuing membership of the single market? That we value
:19:19. > :19:25.European Union citizens in our country, that the presence will be
:19:26. > :19:27.guaranteed and she is going to learn lessons from Canada, Australia,
:19:28. > :19:32.Switzerland. It is perfectly possible to have different
:19:33. > :19:39.immigration priorities and policies within a unitary state. Did the
:19:40. > :19:44.Prime Minister remained European colleagues that in Scotland we voted
:19:45. > :19:52.by 62% to remain in the European Union, and only one member of
:19:53. > :19:57.Parliament representing a Scottish constituency voted for Brexit
:19:58. > :20:02.constituency. It is getting to a stage when warm words from the
:20:03. > :20:09.government is not enough. We have got to negotiate on all of the
:20:10. > :20:13.house. Scotland did not warrant a single mention in the Prime
:20:14. > :20:20.Minister's statement. She has the opportunity to tell us what Scottish
:20:21. > :20:26.priorities did she raise? Any at all? The right honourable gentleman
:20:27. > :20:31.is correct that I have confirmed the commitment to the common travel
:20:32. > :20:37.area. That is something I have been discussing, and we will continue
:20:38. > :20:42.those discussions. He referenced EU citizens. As I said in response to
:20:43. > :20:47.the leader of opposition, we all value the contribution that citizens
:20:48. > :20:51.have been making to society, economy, public services. We want to
:20:52. > :20:56.be able to give them the real assurance at an early stage as
:20:57. > :21:02.possible about the continuation. We have a duty to consider British
:21:03. > :21:08.citizens living in the European Union states. And as I have said, it
:21:09. > :21:12.has been clear that we have caught goodwill on all sides. An
:21:13. > :21:18.expectation this will be considered and we can look at EU citizens here,
:21:19. > :21:23.and British citizens at other states. He also asked a number of
:21:24. > :21:28.questions about what I was putting forward to the European leaders of
:21:29. > :21:36.the 27. What I was putting forward, the views of the United Kingdom. The
:21:37. > :21:41.United Kingdom will be negotiating, we incorporate the views and listen
:21:42. > :21:49.to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, but I am the Prime Minister
:21:50. > :21:53.of the United Kingdom. Did the right honourable friend observe that after
:21:54. > :22:04.she had spoken to the 27, they were far more realistic, particularly
:22:05. > :22:13.with the question to the defence and Nato than they had been before...
:22:14. > :22:19.Particularly, Donald Tusk's letter to the 27, sent on the 31st of
:22:20. > :22:21.January? My right honourable friend is absolutely correct. We have got a
:22:22. > :22:28.growing recognition among the growing states -- member states that
:22:29. > :22:31.it is important to meet the 2% commitment for defence. A small
:22:32. > :22:37.number of members of European states have already reached that 2%, but
:22:38. > :22:45.those actively moving towards that 2%. Most notably, some of the Baltic
:22:46. > :22:50.states. Last spring, pointing out that we export more to Ireland than
:22:51. > :22:55.China, and almost twice as much to Belgium and India, the Prime
:22:56. > :22:58.Minister said it is not realistic to think that we could just replace
:22:59. > :23:06.European trade with these new markets. Can she therefore give the
:23:07. > :23:13.house and assurance that in the negotiations she will seek to
:23:14. > :23:18.safeguard tariff and barrier free access to European markets for
:23:19. > :23:24.British businesses, if necessary, remaining in the customs union if
:23:25. > :23:27.that is the only way to ensure this? Nobody is talking about replacing
:23:28. > :23:32.European Union trade with trade from around the rest of the word. What we
:23:33. > :23:35.are talking about, expanding trade across the world so that we have got
:23:36. > :23:40.a good trading relationship but also able to sign up to new trade
:23:41. > :23:44.agreements and as the right honourable gentleman knows, a number
:23:45. > :23:49.of countries already talking about potential trade agreements. We will
:23:50. > :23:50.do what is necessary to ensure we can expand, including across the
:23:51. > :24:03.European Union. Is the Prime Minister as shocked as
:24:04. > :24:10.am they are unable to offer a, they won't face eviction? Well, I think I
:24:11. > :24:13.am more hopeful than my right honourable friend is, in that I have
:24:14. > :24:17.every confidence we will be able to address this issue as an early
:24:18. > :24:21.discussion in the negotiation, I would have like to have been address
:24:22. > :24:25.outside the negotiation, some member states didn't wish do that but I
:24:26. > :24:29.think there is the good will there to give the reassurance to EU
:24:30. > :24:34.citizens here and UK citizens in Europe.
:24:35. > :24:37.Thank you. On the cows Toms union, the Prime Minister has said --
:24:38. > :24:45.customs union the Prime Minister has said she will be be outside the
:24:46. > :24:49.common external tariff. With we have different tariffs coming in from
:24:50. > :24:52.outside how will she guarantee to have barrier free goods passing
:24:53. > :24:58.between these different countries?s? A lot of people are saying they
:24:59. > :25:03.can't see how to be outside that and have barrier free trade, if it comes
:25:04. > :25:08.to that crunch, will she agree to go back in to the customs union and be
:25:09. > :25:17.part of the common external tariff in order to have barrier free trade?
:25:18. > :25:20.She is approaching this as a binary issue twine the customs union
:25:21. > :25:26.membership and having a good trade agreement. I don't see it as such.
:25:27. > :25:28.We want to be able to negotiate free trade agreements with other
:25:29. > :25:32.countries round the world. That means there are parts of the customs
:25:33. > :25:36.union and not just a single in or out, parts of the union which
:25:37. > :25:40.currently exist which where we are members of them, prevent us from
:25:41. > :25:44.doing the free trade agreement, I am confident we can achieve the sort of
:25:45. > :25:46.free trade agreement with European Union that is in our interest and
:25:47. > :25:51.the interest of the European Union, that gives us the sort of ability to
:25:52. > :25:55.trade across border, that we, that we see and that we want in the
:25:56. > :25:59.future. In her statement my right honourable
:26:00. > :26:04.friend talked about the new and equal partnership we wish to build
:26:05. > :26:08.between the EU and independent self government governing global Britain.
:26:09. > :26:12.She pointed out the importance of cooperation on issues such as
:26:13. > :26:18.migration from Libya, were there any discussion and what contemplation is
:26:19. > :26:23.she given to Britain's de facto involvement in the common foreign
:26:24. > :26:26.security policy after Brexit? I can reassure my right honourable friend
:26:27. > :26:29.that this is one of the issues we are looking at in relation to the
:26:30. > :26:34.future negotiations that are coming up, in the speech I gave in
:26:35. > :26:38.Lancaster House two-and-a-half weeks ago we were clear we recognised the
:26:39. > :26:40.importance of the security cooperation and defence cooperation
:26:41. > :26:44.we have with our European partners and we wanted to continue that in
:26:45. > :26:51.future. Thank you. Can I thank the Prime
:26:52. > :26:57.Minister for her advance sight of the statement and also associate
:26:58. > :27:01.myself and those of my colleagues with her comments congratulating the
:27:02. > :27:04.Queen on the occasion of her Sapphire jubilee. During the Prime
:27:05. > :27:09.Minister's brief walk about with Angela Merkel, during which I assume
:27:10. > :27:14.she offers her a state visit, did she raise the issue, did she raise
:27:15. > :27:19.the issue of unaccompanied child refugees. Did she raise the issue
:27:20. > :27:24.unaccompanied child refugees and will she now confirm that this
:27:25. > :27:28.Government will not make break the promise made by this House nine
:27:29. > :27:33.months ago under the terms of an amendment of the safe feature of the
:27:34. > :27:38.children and this will remain open and in use for the rest of this
:27:39. > :27:42.Parliament to often safe haven to at least 3,000 child refugees. I can
:27:43. > :27:46.reassure the right honourable gentleman that indeed, this
:27:47. > :27:50.Government is putting into practise, the commitment it has given to
:27:51. > :27:54.ensure we are giving support to child refugees from, who have
:27:55. > :27:59.already made it across into Europe and bringing child refugees here
:28:00. > :28:09.into the UK. Many have been brought under that scheme. Given that there
:28:10. > :28:16.can be no security for Europe, without the intimate involvement of
:28:17. > :28:20.the United States, will she please redouble her efforts to persuade our
:28:21. > :28:26.continental friends, and indeed our friends on the opposition benches,
:28:27. > :28:31.that whatever they feel about an individual President's personal
:28:32. > :28:38.qualities, the way to proceed has to be the reach out to rim, to respect
:28:39. > :28:40.his office and -- to him, to respect his office and strengthen the
:28:41. > :28:44.alliance. My right honourable friend is right. It was one of the themes
:28:45. > :28:49.at the informal council, was a recognition of the role that America
:28:50. > :28:52.has played in supporting European defence and security, and the need
:28:53. > :28:55.to engage fully with the European administration, that is what we are
:28:56. > :29:01.doing and it is what I am encouraging others to do.
:29:02. > :29:05.I welcome what the Prime Minister said about the importance of
:29:06. > :29:09.maintaining the sanctions regime on Russia, in response to their actions
:29:10. > :29:14.in Ukraine, once we leave the European Union, can she reassure the
:29:15. > :29:18.House that we will continue to agree with our European partners where
:29:19. > :29:22.necessary, those sorts of sanctions in future? First of all, to reassure
:29:23. > :29:25.her while we are ebb managerses of the European Union we continue to
:29:26. > :29:30.encourage the other member states to maintain those sanction, there are a
:29:31. > :29:33.number of areas of this sort of foreign policy area under the
:29:34. > :29:37.security of Europe where we will, as I say want to co-operate in future
:29:38. > :29:41.with our European Union partner, of course once we are outside the
:29:42. > :29:43.European Union, we won't have a vote round that table in terms of the
:29:44. > :29:49.sanctions regime but we will continue to make our views clear.
:29:50. > :29:54.Contrary to the rather negative comments from the party opposite,
:29:55. > :30:01.was my right honourable friend heartened by Germany yet again, over
:30:02. > :30:05.the weekend, the German Finance Minister said that there is no
:30:06. > :30:10.question of the United Kingdom being punished, for leaving the European
:30:11. > :30:15.Union, and indeed, London remains the heart of the finance industry in
:30:16. > :30:18.the globe. What influence does my right honourable friend think
:30:19. > :30:33.Germany will have over these negotiations? Thank you Mr Speaker,
:30:34. > :30:36.I was aware of the comments that the minister had made, I can't claim I
:30:37. > :30:39.had read the particular publication that my right honourable friend
:30:40. > :30:45.refers to. But it is an important point, and I think this is what we
:30:46. > :30:49.are now seeing, as we move forward to the triggering of the
:30:50. > :30:53.negotiations, a genuine willingness to discuss on both sides the future
:30:54. > :30:58.of European Union, UK relationship, the new partnership that we want,
:30:59. > :31:01.and a recognition of the role that the United Kingdom plays in Europe,
:31:02. > :31:06.an of course Germany is one of the remaining 27 member states but I
:31:07. > :31:09.look forward to having further conversations with my, our German
:31:10. > :31:13.counterparts on the importance they place on the City of London and the
:31:14. > :31:18.UK's trading relationship with Europe.
:31:19. > :31:23.The Prime Minister has guaranteed Parliament vote on the final deal
:31:24. > :31:27.wean the UK and the EU, can she confirm that that commitment applies
:31:28. > :31:32.to both the Article 50 divorce negotiations and the free trade
:31:33. > :31:35.agreement she hopes to negotiate. Could she tell the house what
:31:36. > :31:40.happens if Parliament says no to the terms of either of these deals? What
:31:41. > :31:44.I can say to the right honourable gentleman, is that we see these
:31:45. > :31:49.negotiations not as being separate but as going together, that the
:31:50. > :31:53.arrangement that we aim to negotiate is a deal that will cover the exit
:31:54. > :31:55.arrangement and the future of free trade agreement we will have with
:31:56. > :32:00.the European Union. I have every confidence we will be able to get a
:32:01. > :32:03.good deal agreeded with the European Union, in relation to both of those
:32:04. > :32:07.matter, including our future cooperation not just on trade but on
:32:08. > :32:13.other matters and be able to bring a good deal here for the Parliament to
:32:14. > :32:24.vote on. I have to confess I am still reeling
:32:25. > :32:30.from the novelty of the right hob nab member for Islington North
:32:31. > :32:35.talking about defence. -- honourable. Can I ask my right
:32:36. > :32:39.honourable friend, I think the sooner with can give them that
:32:40. > :32:46.reassurance they seek, the better, can she tell us, which of the, our
:32:47. > :32:50.EU partners are so reluctant to offer reciprocal rights to her
:32:51. > :32:54.majority cease subjects residing in their countries. Could I say to my
:32:55. > :32:57.right honourable friend that I think the whole House was somewhat
:32:58. > :32:59.surprised by the contribution that the Leader of the Opposition made in
:33:00. > :33:04.relation to defence spending but we wait to see, we wait the see whether
:33:05. > :33:09.that is followed up by their commitments that in other debates.
:33:10. > :33:13.On the question of EU nationals I absolute agree with, I absolutely
:33:14. > :33:18.agree with my right honourable friend it is important we give that
:33:19. > :33:23.reassurance at an early stage as possible. It is not the question of
:33:24. > :33:30.offering reciprocal rights. For some states they didn't want to negotiate
:33:31. > :33:33.part of what they saw as the fuller New negotiations until Article 50
:33:34. > :33:38.that has been triggered. It that will enable us to discuss in matter.
:33:39. > :33:42.May I associate my right honourable friends with the Prime Minister's
:33:43. > :33:48.warm words of congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of
:33:49. > :33:52.her Sapphire jubilee, and given this countries enormous contribution to
:33:53. > :33:57.the defence of Europe and indeed the west generally, and given our
:33:58. > :34:00.massive contribution, one of the highest contributors to humanitarian
:34:01. > :34:05.and international aid in the world, can I urge the Prime Minister to use
:34:06. > :34:08.every opportunity in discussions with our European friends and
:34:09. > :34:12.partners to reiterate the need for them also, to step up to the plate
:34:13. > :34:17.on both of these vital issues which are just as important of some of the
:34:18. > :34:21.other issues we are discussing. The right honourable gentleman is right,
:34:22. > :34:26.and I do give that commitment, that we can, I continue to express to my
:34:27. > :34:29.European colleagues the importance of them, actually stepping up to the
:34:30. > :34:33.plate and spending the requisite amount of money on defence. I think
:34:34. > :34:38.it is important that Europe shows that commitment. Can I welcome the
:34:39. > :34:43.Prime Minister's statement on the informal council today, and in
:34:44. > :34:48.particular, can I welcome the 13 million worth of new aid for
:34:49. > :34:54.refugees. With recent reports of children, particularly, returning to
:34:55. > :34:56.the Jungle camp area in Calais, did my right honourable friend have the
:34:57. > :35:01.opportunity to discuss this with her French counterpart? What more could
:35:02. > :35:06.be done to prevent children from returning to this area with the
:35:07. > :35:11.false hope of expecting to come to the UK? My right honourable friend
:35:12. > :35:15.raising an important issue, and I have asked the Home Office, today I
:35:16. > :35:18.have asked the Home Office to look at this particular concern, that
:35:19. > :35:22.people including children are now returning to the camps at Calais,
:35:23. > :35:27.obviously the action that will be taken within France is a matter for
:35:28. > :35:31.the French Government. I think they share the concern about the
:35:32. > :35:35.possibility of migrants returning to the camps at Calais, and obviously
:35:36. > :35:38.they have already acted in relation to that matter. In, we will continue
:35:39. > :35:41.to operate the schemes we have done, working with the French Government
:35:42. > :35:44.in the past, to ensure those who have a right to be in the United
:35:45. > :35:50.Kingdom are indeed able to come to the United Kingdom. Thank you Mr
:35:51. > :35:53.Speaker. What discussion did the Prime Minister have in Malta round
:35:54. > :35:57.trade deals? He will by a wear all member of the European Parliament
:35:58. > :36:01.will be able to vote on the UK Canada trade deal. Her Government
:36:02. > :36:07.has gone back on its promise to bring a debate. Given the prominence
:36:08. > :36:10.given to that deal in her brief Brexit White Paper as an example of
:36:11. > :36:14.what we can expect from future trade deals, why is this Government
:36:15. > :36:18.running scared of Parliamentary scrutiny? This Government is not
:36:19. > :36:22.about taking back control for the people, it is about take back
:36:23. > :36:27.control for itself. The, the deal as I understand it
:36:28. > :36:31.will be discussed today, in European committee B, on which I, on which I
:36:32. > :36:41.understand the honourable member is a member and therefore will be able
:36:42. > :36:45.to contribute to that debate. First the question asked by my right
:36:46. > :36:51.honourable friend for Aldershot, on the issue of acquired rights, which
:36:52. > :36:54.countries are standing out against an immediate deal based on
:36:55. > :36:59.reciprocity before the start of Brexit negotiations, which countries
:37:00. > :37:03.and do they include Germany? As I said to my right honourable friend,
:37:04. > :37:07.the issue is whether or not this should be part of the formal
:37:08. > :37:11.negotiations or not part of the formal negotiations. It has been
:37:12. > :37:15.made clear that there are those who believe it should be part of the
:37:16. > :37:20.negotiations, and therefore we will be able to consider this issue, with
:37:21. > :37:27.our European colleagues, once Article 50 has been triggered.
:37:28. > :37:30.What did she say to her fellow European leaders about her
:37:31. > :37:35.assessment of the trump Putin relationship? And specifically,
:37:36. > :37:39.about Russian interference in western democracies including our
:37:40. > :37:43.own? The concern has been expressed at this council meeting and not only
:37:44. > :37:48.at this council meeting but at others about the role that Russia is
:37:49. > :37:56.playing, in a number of ways in terms of the interference they are
:37:57. > :37:58.taking and the Shadow Foreign Secretary interference in western
:37:59. > :38:01.democracies including our own? The concern has been expressed at this
:38:02. > :38:03.council meeting and not only at this council meeting but at others about
:38:04. > :38:06.the role that Russia is playing, in a number of ways in terms of the
:38:07. > :38:08.interference they are taking and the Shadow Foreign Secretary is shouting
:38:09. > :38:11.at me "By you", yes, by me. But it is a matter of continuing
:38:12. > :38:15.concern and will remain and subject on with I we discuss.
:38:16. > :38:23.-- which. Does my right honourable friend think in her discussion with
:38:24. > :38:29.her 27 EU partners we will be able to negotiate a reciprocal right free
:38:30. > :38:33.for citizens is living here and UK citizens living abroad sooner than
:38:34. > :38:37.Article 50? I think from my honourable friend, do expect that we
:38:38. > :38:42.will be able to ensure that we can get, what I want to see is an
:38:43. > :38:48.agreement about the position of EU citizens and UK citizens at an early
:38:49. > :38:52.part in the negotiations so we can give that reassurance up front so it
:38:53. > :38:56.will not be necessary to keep that agreement with the other 27 member
:38:57. > :39:01.states as part of the final deal. We need to have that up front at an
:39:02. > :39:02.early stage so we can give people the reassurance not just they need,
:39:03. > :39:14.but actually they deserve. On the 15th of July last year, the
:39:15. > :39:22.Prime Minister pledged that she would not trigger article 50, until
:39:23. > :39:29.she had agreed approach, backed by the devolved administrations. Does
:39:30. > :39:35.she intend to keep her word? We have been having a number of engagements
:39:36. > :39:40.with the various devolved administrations, taking issues into
:39:41. > :39:47.accounts, and as we agreed, we are intensifying discussions with the
:39:48. > :39:52.Scottish Government on issues raised within the Scottish White Paper. The
:39:53. > :39:58.decision to trigger article 50 should be taken, this house voted
:39:59. > :40:03.overwhelmingly that that should be the state that we take, on behalf of
:40:04. > :40:08.alienated kingdom. -- United Kingdom.
:40:09. > :40:23.I apologise. The right honourable gentleman was chantering at me! I
:40:24. > :40:26.was about to go to an appointment. The right honourable gentleman now
:40:27. > :40:36.has the opportunity for an appointment with the house.
:40:37. > :40:43.Mr Speaker, I am delighted to have the opportunity to ask if we have
:40:44. > :40:52.had any discussion about the assets of the European Union, to which we
:40:53. > :40:59.may have some claim after 40 years of being a major contributor. I can
:41:00. > :41:03.assure my right honourable friend, that looking at future negotiations,
:41:04. > :41:14.we will be looking at every angle of the relationship. Can I welcome the
:41:15. > :41:21.200 million Euros that have been pledged to the Mediterranean crisis,
:41:22. > :41:26.3800 people have travelled to Libya. But can I ask her to be cheerful,
:41:27. > :41:34.with regards to the Libyan coastguard, strong evidence that be
:41:35. > :41:39.have been working with people smugglers, 11 boats to leave these
:41:40. > :41:43.waters. How much of the 200 million will be used, to counter the work of
:41:44. > :41:53.these criminal gangs? The work that we are doing with the Libyan
:41:54. > :41:55.coastguard, it is about training the coastguard, but separately from that
:41:56. > :42:02.we will be enhancing the ability to work across borders, using joint
:42:03. > :42:06.investigation teams to insure that we are going to catch these criminal
:42:07. > :42:14.gangs. I think we need to put even more effort into this in the future.
:42:15. > :42:21.In welcoming the statement, and my right honourable friend's comments
:42:22. > :42:25.about refugees, which she agreed that the work we're doing through
:42:26. > :42:33.the development budget and Armed Forces to the fragile states of
:42:34. > :42:38.Libya and Jordan, it is vastly more than the rest of Europe? My right
:42:39. > :42:42.honourable friend makes a very important point, we have taken a
:42:43. > :42:47.simple view that actually be to support more people who have fled
:42:48. > :42:51.from Syria by giving been humanitarian aid in the region, than
:42:52. > :42:56.by taking people to the United Kingdom. We will be bringing
:42:57. > :42:59.particularly vulnerable refugees to the United Kingdom but we continue
:43:00. > :43:10.to believe is the second biggest financial donor to the region that
:43:11. > :43:19.is important. I commend in the work of Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Given
:43:20. > :43:21.President Trump's talk about renegotiating the Iran nuclear deal,
:43:22. > :43:27.any opportunity to have discussions with French and German counterparts,
:43:28. > :43:32.about how to respond should the President Prosser this? We continue
:43:33. > :43:38.to believe that the Iran nuclear deal was an important step forward,
:43:39. > :43:47.an important contributor to stability in the region. Thank you
:43:48. > :43:52.Mr Speaker. I welcome the Prime Minister's statement today. The
:43:53. > :43:58.status of EU national stars not just affect members of my constituency,
:43:59. > :44:03.but members of my family and friends personally. The Prime Minister has
:44:04. > :44:06.given me, and members of the house, the personal guarantee she's going
:44:07. > :44:10.to seek agreement on this issue. I am putting my entire trust in the
:44:11. > :44:17.Prime Minister to honour this promise. Getting an early agreement
:44:18. > :44:23.will be in my opinion a decisive mark of her negotiating skills and
:44:24. > :44:28.leadership qualities as Prime Minister. Thank you. I thank my
:44:29. > :44:33.right honourable friend for the trust that he has been placing in
:44:34. > :44:38.me. I want to reassure them not only of my good intentions but also of
:44:39. > :44:43.the number of European colleagues who I have spoken to about this
:44:44. > :44:49.issue. They also recognise the importance for United Kingdom
:44:50. > :44:55.citizens living there, but EU citizens living here, as we want to
:44:56. > :44:59.give reassurance at an early stage. The Prime Minister made a big point
:45:00. > :45:08.about how she was communicating with European counterparts about
:45:09. > :45:12.president Trump's negotiations, but one Republican senator has said I do
:45:13. > :45:19.not understand what the President's possession is on Russia. Does she?
:45:20. > :45:24.Has she communicated that? The discussions I have had so far,
:45:25. > :45:29.President Trump fuse the need to engage more with Russia, than has
:45:30. > :45:33.happened in the past. The message IDs, when I spoke in Philadelphia to
:45:34. > :45:41.the Republican party was that I think it is correct to engage,
:45:42. > :45:45.engage but beware. I very much welcomed the statement from the
:45:46. > :45:51.Prime Minister, paragraph four of the conclusions talks about tackling
:45:52. > :45:57.radical extremism and terrorism in Libya. Recent reports have said we
:45:58. > :46:05.have 6000 militants, is that accurate? And how effectively have
:46:06. > :46:20.the organisation 's been working, to defeat IS? We have been doing all
:46:21. > :46:24.that we can, to try to defeat Daesh, and steps have been taken at the
:46:25. > :46:33.parts such as Iraq to have an impact on Daesh. It is important that we
:46:34. > :46:42.come forward in parts of other worlds. But as he said, underlying
:46:43. > :46:47.all of this we have to deal with an ideology. It is about dealing with
:46:48. > :46:53.ideology, and that is when the work to do with radicalisation become so
:46:54. > :46:56.important. Can I ask the Prime Minister to answer that part of the
:46:57. > :47:03.question that my right honourable friend from Wolverhampton pressed
:47:04. > :47:09.on. Parliament must give its consent in advance to whatever the new
:47:10. > :47:15.proposed relationship will be, deal or no deal? I have been very clear
:47:16. > :47:19.that Parliament is going to have a vote on this steel. This is good to
:47:20. > :47:23.be discussed in some detail tomorrow. The Secretary of State for
:47:24. > :47:26.exiting the union will be able to set out in more detail then, rather
:47:27. > :47:37.than in response to one single question. I am sure the Prime
:47:38. > :47:42.Minister shares my can see, about ballistic and missile tests from
:47:43. > :47:46.Iran in January. What discussions has she had with European partners,
:47:47. > :47:51.how we can work with the President Trump administration? My right
:47:52. > :47:58.honourable friend is correct, raising concern about the missing
:47:59. > :48:04.testing taking place. The overwhelming message that we took
:48:05. > :48:09.place from the summit, working with America on a number of issues
:48:10. > :48:13.including Russia, but also around. It is important to engage directly
:48:14. > :48:17.with the American administration on these matters and make clean up the
:48:18. > :48:27.position we have in Europe. -- clear. According to pressure falls,
:48:28. > :48:31.the Prime Minister's masterplan was not well received. Does she really
:48:32. > :48:36.think it is in the interest of the British state to be increasingly
:48:37. > :48:39.isolated from Europe, and with a president who has been taking the
:48:40. > :48:45.united states on a dangerous journey? I think it is important
:48:46. > :48:55.that the United States and Europe work together. Would my right
:48:56. > :49:03.honourable friend not agree while it welcome that this country has been
:49:04. > :49:09.doing the right thing by vulnerable children, it is important that we
:49:10. > :49:15.work together with the French, to target traffickers, and make sure
:49:16. > :49:22.that the Calais jungle does not reappear? Absolutely correct, and
:49:23. > :49:28.with this particular constituency interest, very aware about migrants
:49:29. > :49:31.at the camp, and the pressure that puts on Dover. We will make every
:49:32. > :49:35.effort to work with the French government to say that we do not get
:49:36. > :49:46.ripped on to discounts that we saw last year. -- these camps. The
:49:47. > :49:54.mantra of nothing agreed until everything agreed has been adopted
:49:55. > :50:01.as far as much to -- EU citizens have been agreed. It is not possible
:50:02. > :50:06.to have an informal letter, with the Prime Minister of France, to agree
:50:07. > :50:13.that when it is possible technically after negotiations have started, to
:50:14. > :50:19.get this locality in? It is not the case that people have been saying it
:50:20. > :50:21.can only be agreed of the deal. What they have said, they do not believe
:50:22. > :50:29.her frustrations and discussion should be starting until article 50
:50:30. > :50:32.is triggered. I think it is good to be possible to get an early
:50:33. > :50:39.agreement on this matter, to give people reassurance that they need.
:50:40. > :50:42.Can I thank the Prime Minister on behalf of the safety of my
:50:43. > :50:52.constituents, raising the 2% defence spending issue. If Greeks can do it.
:50:53. > :50:56.Why can't the rest? My right honourable friend is absolutely
:50:57. > :51:03.correct. The United Kingdom, Greece, Poland, Estonia. Some of the rest
:51:04. > :51:08.are making every effort to do this, progressing to the 2% target. I
:51:09. > :51:15.remember as a backbencher, as DCI, the honourable gentleman had one, I
:51:16. > :51:23.said get in there! This is his opportunity. The Prime Minister has
:51:24. > :51:35.referred to her meeting with President Trump, but not
:51:36. > :51:41.with President Erdo an. Has she informed of European members of the
:51:42. > :51:48.discussions with Erdo an, but of the 3000 refugees that Turkey has been
:51:49. > :51:56.made to take, and the support or lack of it? And also discussing the
:51:57. > :52:01.customs union that Turkey is a member of? I was able to make
:52:02. > :52:07.reference, as we were discussing migration. A number of references
:52:08. > :52:15.made to the Turkey deal, the number of migrants moving from Turkey to
:52:16. > :52:17.Greece moving significantly. When I was in Turkey, I commended the
:52:18. > :52:25.government on the support they have given to the 3 million refugees in
:52:26. > :52:28.Turkey. I welcome this government's commitment to come before this
:52:29. > :52:33.house, updating progress on the negotiations. But would my right
:52:34. > :52:36.honourable friend agree with me that the European Council statements are
:52:37. > :52:40.the perfect opportunity to update their house on the Prime Minister's
:52:41. > :52:46.negotiations with European leaders after we trigger article 50? The
:52:47. > :52:50.European Council statements given in response to business done at the
:52:51. > :52:53.European Council. I can assure my right honourable friend we have
:52:54. > :53:00.every opportunity for Parliament to be kept informed as we go through
:53:01. > :53:08.this process. It is the case that we have had 70 debates, statements
:53:09. > :53:11.already on this issue. 30 reviews by different parliamentary committees.
:53:12. > :53:20.Not a single day has gone by since the referendum that this issue has
:53:21. > :53:26.not discussed in this house. One of the primary schools in my
:53:27. > :53:35.constituency is wonderfully diverse, many Scots making Glasgow there
:53:36. > :53:41.home. A lot of children are from Europe, do we have to leave or not?
:53:42. > :53:44.Seeing as soon as possible is not a good enough answer. When will we
:53:45. > :53:49.know that these children can stay in Scotland? I repeat answer that I
:53:50. > :53:52.have given two of us, in relation to those from the European Union living
:53:53. > :53:58.in the United Kingdom, expect to be able to deal with this issue at an
:53:59. > :54:01.early stage and negotiations. And good will on all sides when
:54:02. > :54:04.negotiations have been triggered to address this issue. Everybody
:54:05. > :54:06.understands the concern that people have about the future.
:54:07. > :54:14.Plenary. Might I ask the Prime Minister which
:54:15. > :54:21.is more important, Europeans in Britain, or Brits in the EU? It is
:54:22. > :54:25.not a question of which is more important, what we recognise is that
:54:26. > :54:28.there are people from European Union member states, who have made their
:54:29. > :54:32.life here in the United Kingdom, some of them over a significant
:54:33. > :54:37.period of time. I also recognise that there are UK citizens who have
:54:38. > :54:42.made their life in other member states. I want all of those people
:54:43. > :54:48.to be able to carry on living where they choose to live, and be able to
:54:49. > :54:51.do so, in the security of knowing that their future is determines and
:54:52. > :54:56.the choice is up to them. But I want to make sure that that opportunity
:54:57. > :55:00.and that reassurance is given to all of those people, that is why, and I
:55:01. > :55:06.hope we will be able to do it at an early stage of the negotiations.
:55:07. > :55:10.The Prime Minister said that the other European member states had
:55:11. > :55:14.welcomes the clarity of her objectives, did she have any
:55:15. > :55:19.discussion with them about the realism of completing the
:55:20. > :55:23.negotiations within the substantive negotiations within 18 months? I
:55:24. > :55:28.have every expectation indeed, a number of comments have been made by
:55:29. > :55:32.others around Europe, of the importance of ensuring that we can
:55:33. > :55:38.do this deal, we can complete these negotiations within the timescale
:55:39. > :55:43.set. I can see that the Prime Minister is
:55:44. > :55:51.general which I will disappointed not to be able to assure EU zitsist
:55:52. > :55:57.citizen, but does she think in the light of the rapidly changing
:55:58. > :56:03.landscape, if that deal isn't done with fellow nation, as early as she
:56:04. > :56:09.would like, would she review it again? I recognise the concern my
:56:10. > :56:13.right honourable friend has shown, for some considerable time round the
:56:14. > :56:17.position of EU citizen living here in the United Kingdom, I have every
:56:18. > :56:21.expect takes, given the responses that I have so far had, from other
:56:22. > :56:26.member states that we will indeed be able to get that reassurance at an
:56:27. > :56:30.early stage, I want to be be able to reassure people living here in the
:56:31. > :56:35.UK, from other EU member states, I want to be able, and I intend to be
:56:36. > :56:38.able to give them that reassurance and I have, as say, every
:56:39. > :56:42.expectation we will be able to get that at an early stage of the
:56:43. > :56:46.negotiations. In her Lang cast terse house speech,
:56:47. > :56:50.the Prime Minister put on her wish list a new form of membership of the
:56:51. > :56:53.customs union, an associate membership. Did she raise the idea
:56:54. > :57:00.with the other members of the European council this weekend and
:57:01. > :57:03.what did they make of it? I actually did, in Milan caster house speech
:57:04. > :57:07.was to say that I hadn't come to a firm decision as to whether the
:57:08. > :57:10.future relationship should be an associate membership or some other
:57:11. > :57:14.sort of relationship with the customs union, I was clear about we
:57:15. > :57:18.need to be able to negotiate trade deals with other countries round the
:57:19. > :57:23.world. My constituency contains more EU nationals than any other, and
:57:24. > :57:28.they say to me two things, first they deeply want their right to be
:57:29. > :57:31.reassured in this country, but also, that they understand than it is
:57:32. > :57:35.vital this country is the kind of country that stands up for the
:57:36. > :57:40.interests of our citizens abroad as well. I wonder if the Prime Minister
:57:41. > :57:44.agrees this is a test of national a character and while the politics
:57:45. > :57:47.maybe hard, it is the only option we can reasonably pursue. I think he is
:57:48. > :57:53.right. I think it is right that we should be clear that we have a duty
:57:54. > :57:59.for UK, considering UK citizens, who have chosen to make their life
:58:00. > :58:03.outside the UK, to live in other European member states as well as we
:58:04. > :58:07.have a duty to consider those EU citizens living here, and that is
:58:08. > :58:11.why I expect we will at an early stage be able to give reassurance to
:58:12. > :58:17.both. With how many EU leaders at this
:58:18. > :58:23.council, or earlier council, since the 23rd June did our Prime Minister
:58:24. > :58:28.discuss the UK staying in the single market post-Brexit? What I have been
:58:29. > :58:32.clear about with all the European leaders I have spoken to, what we
:58:33. > :58:36.want when we leaf the European Union is a good free trade arrangement
:58:37. > :58:39.with the member states of the European Union, in the form of the
:58:40. > :58:47.European Union. That is what we want and that is what we will be working
:58:48. > :58:53.for. Mr Speaker, there is something that
:58:54. > :58:57.began with the German Chancellor admonishing the Prime Minister for
:58:58. > :59:01.threatening to undercut our neighbours, the model she talked
:59:02. > :59:06.about. Could she confirm this she is still threatening to cut corporation
:59:07. > :59:10.tax in a race to the bottom. Could she tell us she is worried that the
:59:11. > :59:16.manner of the negotiations is damaging our reputation abroad.
:59:17. > :59:21.What I set out in the speech, was my 12 objectives for the negotiations,
:59:22. > :59:26.within that was a free trade agreement, awe agreement with
:59:27. > :59:29.European Union and a belief we have and have every possibility of
:59:30. > :59:33.getting that, the arrangement we want for the future strength of the
:59:34. > :59:37.UK economy. What I also said, was very clearly, that we would not be
:59:38. > :59:42.wanting to sign up to a bad deal for the UK, and I think the UK public
:59:43. > :59:46.want to hear from their Prime Minister, that we are not willing to
:59:47. > :59:52.sign up to a bad deal, we will make every effort and expect to get the
:59:53. > :00:02.best deal possible for the United Kingdom. Would my right honourable
:00:03. > :00:06.friend confirm that the position of the UK in defence terms in Europe is
:00:07. > :00:10.at the heart and did she get an agreement from partners in the
:00:11. > :00:18.European council, that very much our reliance from countries like den
:00:19. > :00:22.mash and Estonia demonstrates we are more influential in other areas of
:00:23. > :00:27.European policy that is recognised. The role that the UK plays in
:00:28. > :00:33.defence of Europe, as a whole, is something that is reck niced widely,
:00:34. > :00:38.and I have been very clear we want to co-operate on matters like
:00:39. > :00:42.defence once we have left the EU. The Prime Minister indicated she
:00:43. > :00:46.speaks on behalf of the whole United Kingdom, which she will know is a
:00:47. > :00:53.differentiated union with Scotland having its own legal and educational
:00:54. > :00:58.system. What did she raise in relation to Scotland's requirements?
:00:59. > :01:02.I hate to disappoint the honourable gentleman, the answer I give him
:01:03. > :01:05.will give him is the same answer I gave earlier. When I go into the
:01:06. > :01:08.European Union -- European council, the Communications Workers' Union
:01:09. > :01:11.European Union will be negotiating with the UK and the Government will
:01:12. > :01:17.be negotiating on behalf of the whole United Kingdom.
:01:18. > :01:23.The Prime Minister mentioned people trafficking and sexual exploitation
:01:24. > :01:27.in her statement. Did she give any reassurances or get any from the
:01:28. > :01:33.UK's continued membership of the means of exchange of information.
:01:34. > :01:38.That will be a matter of course for the negotiation, but as I said in my
:01:39. > :01:47.speech, one of the objectives we will set up is our cooperation on
:01:48. > :01:52.justice and security matters. It as been -- been reported at the
:01:53. > :01:58.council meeting on Friday Angela Merkel among other leaders were less
:01:59. > :02:02.impressed with the Prime Minister's threat to turn the UK into a tax
:02:03. > :02:06.haven. Can the Prime Minister outline what her EU counterparts
:02:07. > :02:14.said to her regarding this, and also whether she intends on taking this
:02:15. > :02:17.threat off the table? Can I is a to the honourable lady, as I said in
:02:18. > :02:23.response to an earlier deon this hear, what I have done is clearly
:02:24. > :02:26.set out and I think it is right, and then clarity has been welcomed by
:02:27. > :02:30.other European leaders, that we expect to get a good deal in our
:02:31. > :02:34.negotiations with the European Union, that includes a good deal on
:02:35. > :02:37.a free today agreement but we will not be prepared to sign up to a bad
:02:38. > :02:44.deal. -- free trade.
:02:45. > :02:49.Thank you. My constituents came to see me on Saturday about their son,
:02:50. > :02:53.who has a Greek wife, and lives and working in the Middle East. Overseas
:02:54. > :02:58.in the Middle East. After Brexit, they are planning to return to come
:02:59. > :03:03.and live in the UK, will their daughter-in-law have to apply for a
:03:04. > :03:07.settlement visa? I said I couldn't answer that question, I said I would
:03:08. > :03:11.ask someone who could answer it, so could the Prime Minister answer it
:03:12. > :03:15.for me? I take it from the honourable gentleman's questions he
:03:16. > :03:18.is talking about somebody who is living outside the United Kingdom,
:03:19. > :03:24.the arrangement for EU citizens in relation to the movement into the
:03:25. > :03:28.UK, from outside into the UK, from elsewhere, after Brex, of course
:03:29. > :03:32.matters that the Home Office is currently looking at, and will be
:03:33. > :03:37.subject to discussion by Parliament. -- Brexit. I welcome the Prime
:03:38. > :03:42.Minister's statement on the importance of EU nationals, but does
:03:43. > :03:47.she understand the damage that is caused when we continue to use EU
:03:48. > :03:53.nationals, including those working in highly skilled areas and stem
:03:54. > :03:57.businesses, when we continue to use them as bargaining chips in our
:03:58. > :04:01.negotiations. What we want to do is provide
:04:02. > :04:05.reassurance to people who are EU citizens who are living here in the
:04:06. > :04:10.UK, and to provide that reassurance also to UK citizens living elsewhere
:04:11. > :04:16.in Europe. But I would remind the honourable lady that during the
:04:17. > :04:26.Scottish independence referendum, the First Minister told EU nationals
:04:27. > :04:34.they would lose the right to stay here... If the All this finger
:04:35. > :04:38.wagging isn't seemly. It doesn't constitute state man ship of the
:04:39. > :04:43.highest order. The Prime Minister will answer and that answer must be
:04:44. > :04:47.heard with courtesy. Of course, the EU made it very clear
:04:48. > :04:57.that Scotland could not consider they were going to get automatic
:04:58. > :05:04.membership of the European Union. Report of the likely appointment by
:05:05. > :05:09.President Trump of Mr Ted mall lock as his ambassador, would that cause
:05:10. > :05:13.concern for the Prime Minister since he has reportedly likened the
:05:14. > :05:18.European Union to the Soviet Union? I have been very clear that the it
:05:19. > :05:21.is in the interest of the UK, to have a continuing strong European
:05:22. > :05:26.Union, and that is is a point I have made to the American administration.
:05:27. > :05:33.Thank you. My wife's an EU national and unlike
:05:34. > :05:37.the honourable member for South Leicestershire, neither she nor I
:05:38. > :05:42.have any faith in this government unless we see action rather than
:05:43. > :05:46.so-called warm words. If she sees herself as leader why does she not
:05:47. > :05:52.confirm the right of EU nationals and that would send a positive
:05:53. > :05:56.message to UK citizens living in European countries rather than being
:05:57. > :05:59.a bargaining chip. I have been very clear about my intentions in
:06:00. > :06:02.relation to EU nationals living here in the United Kingdom, but it is
:06:03. > :06:05.only right and proper that the United Kingdom Government should
:06:06. > :06:16.have a care for the UK citizens living in the European Union. At the
:06:17. > :06:21.summit the Prime Minister announced support to allow 22,000 people to
:06:22. > :06:25.reunite with family members. Can she say a bit more about how what this
:06:26. > :06:29.means in practise and in particular, if it includes extra efforts towards
:06:30. > :06:35.reuniting refugees with family members in the United Kingdom? We
:06:36. > :06:41.are for those who are obviously in member states of the European Union,
:06:42. > :06:43.the Dublin regulation permit for the reuniting families under certain
:06:44. > :06:48.circumstances, it is something we have been working on, we have
:06:49. > :06:51.actively worked with the French Government to increase the speed at
:06:52. > :06:54.which we are able to reunite children with families here in the
:06:55. > :07:02.United Kingdom, we continue to do so.
:07:03. > :07:06.Thank you. We are constantly told by ministers they maintain close
:07:07. > :07:11.relationships with countries who are dubious human rights records. Can
:07:12. > :07:15.the Prime Minister tell us with that extra special super duper
:07:16. > :07:19.relationship with the US, what particular home truths on Trump's
:07:20. > :07:24.plans should she deliver on our behalf? I was very clear about the
:07:25. > :07:28.UK's position on a whole range of issues, that we wished to discuss
:07:29. > :07:32.with the United States administration, and it was the
:07:33. > :07:37.special relationship that enabled us very quickly to ensure that UK
:07:38. > :07:39.citizens were not covered by the ban and the executive order that
:07:40. > :07:44.President Trump brought in place in relation to the movement of people
:07:45. > :07:48.from seven countries into the US. Thank you Mr Speaker. May I entirely
:07:49. > :07:52.concur with my right honourable friend's comments so far as the
:07:53. > :07:56.company is concerned and add my congratulations to Her Majesty, and
:07:57. > :08:01.I just wonder whether any EU leaders said to her during her meeting how
:08:02. > :08:07.envow they are to have such an wonderful head of state -- envious.
:08:08. > :08:11.I seriously don't, say to my right honourable friend, that I regularly
:08:12. > :08:16.hear comments from other leaders not just in Europe but other parts of
:08:17. > :08:19.the world, about how impressive Her Majesty the Queen is, about her
:08:20. > :08:27.dedication to this country and how lucky we are to have her as our head
:08:28. > :08:30.of state. Point of order, Emily Thornberry. Is it in order for the
:08:31. > :08:34.Prime Minister to refer to a member of this House, not by her own name
:08:35. > :08:38.but by the name of her husband, and secondly, for the record, Mr
:08:39. > :08:43.Speaker, I have never been a lady and it will take a great deal than
:08:44. > :08:51.me being married to a Knight of the Realm in order to make me one.
:08:52. > :08:56.Mr Speaker, I did not attempt to be disorderry in this House and I have
:08:57. > :08:59.to -- disorderly, if the honourable lady is concerned about the
:09:00. > :09:04.reference I made, I will apologise for that, I have to say to her
:09:05. > :09:06.though, to for the last 36 years I have been referred to by my
:09:07. > :09:07.husband's