Live Exiting the European Union Questions House of Commons

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First Brexit questions. Here's David

Davis and his team of ministers.

Order, question to the Secretary of

State for Exiting the European

Union.

Number one, please, Mr

Speaker.

With permission I will answer

question one and three together. We

have been working closely with the

Secretary of State for Environment,

Food and Rural Affairs on support

for farmers. The Government will

provide the same total in cash funds

for the support until the end of

Parliament. We continue to work

closely with a ranges of

stakeholders as well as the devolved

assemblies.

I recently met with

local farmers in my constituency and

represents from the NFU and

understandably Brexit was one of

those things we discussed could my

honourable friend assure farmers

across the West Midlands and across

the UK that he's given consideration

to the supply of adequate seasonal

labour that many farmers rely upon?

Yes, Mr Speaker. The migration

Advisory Committee has gathered

patterns on migration and migration

in the wider economy, ahead of our

exit from the EU. The workers on the

UK labour market closed on 27th

October but they will continue to

engage with organisations to gather

further evidence. The Government is

clear that the UK is open for

business.

Thank you. On a similar note, West

Oxfordshire has a successful

agricultural economy, particularly

in the field of poultry farming.

Whilst my businesses in my

constituency are looking forward to

the opportunities that open up as we

leave the European Union, what

assurances could be given about

labour supply, even they have access

to workers from the European Union

or for training for British

equivalents?

Every step of these

negotiations we will work to ensure

the best possible outcome for the

British people, including our farmer

community, who play such a vital

role in constituencies such as ours.

No decisions have yet been made on

our future immigration system. We

are considering very carefully a

range of options, taking into

consideration the need of different

sectors of the economy, including

agriculture.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Farmers in

Wakefield, Yorkshire and across the

country face a triple whammy, the

loss of capped subsidies and changes

to the regime. Tariff and non-tariff

barriers and potentially a flood of

cheap imports in any new trade deal.

What steps is he taking to mitigate

those risks?

Well, Mr Speaker, as I

said in my original answer, we are

protecting the total cash payments

to farmers.

As I said in a previous answer to a

question, is the longest guarantee,

right across the European Union. So,

I don't accept the premise of her

question. Of course we will continue

to support farmers.

With special reference to the global

export can you outline what

decisions have been held and how the

department has sought the

established trade rights for my

constituency, in which there are

many

The UK farming sector enjoys a

quality for animal welfare, strong

dedication and the protection of

owners and growers across the UK. We

hope on that reputation we will

flourish within the world market.

There's been a lot of focus on the

question of uncertainty for banking,

which have contingency plans for

relocation. For many farmers the

question is not one of relocation,

it is whether they stay in the

industry at all. We need good

farmers to stay in the business. Can

I urge my honourable friend to work

with colleagues at DEFRA and the

farming communities to develop a

strong Brexit plan.

THE SPEAKER: Can I say he's been in

the House seven-and-a-half years he

shouldn't be standing for a

supplementary on question two, not a

supplementary on question one.

Leaving the European Union means

leaving the CAP.

45 sector of Welsh production by

value. Evidence from the Welsh meat

marketing board suggest under WTO

rules tariffs of 47% could be

levelled on carcasses and 21% on

cuts of lamb. Does the minister

recognise that securing tariff-free

access is vital for Welsh's

agriculture sector?

It is our policy

to seek to do so.

Number two,

please, Mr Speaker.

As you notice the questioner at

least is clever, if I am not. There

are three main reasons why an

implementation period is in the

interest of the UK and the European

Union. Number one, it allows the UK

Government with time to set up any

new infrastructure. Number two, it

allows European Union Governments to

do the same. We should not forget

that while we are planning for all

scenarios many EU Governments may

not put plans in place until the

deal is struck. Number three and

perhaps most importantly it avoids

businesses in the UK and the

European Union having to take any

decisions before they know the shape

of the final the deal. I welcome the

recommendation that talks on the

implementation period are agreed as

soon as possible.

I am very grateful to my Right

Honourable friend for the answer.

With regards to the implementation

period it is necessary it is finite

and that it will not preclude us

from engaging with third party

discussions with other countries who

would like to do free trade deals

with this country.

Yes. I agree with

my honourable friend on both counts.

It is important it is finite for a

number of reasons. If we try to go

for an extended period we will run

into all sorts of procedural

problems, mixed approvals and so on

which we won't if it is part of a

withdrawal. We still need to do the

negotiation. Is the right to

negotiate and sign free trade deals

during the course of that

implementation period. It doesn't

mean they will come into force but

it means we can sign them.

Thank you very much Mr Speaker. The

Secretary of State told the Select

Committee that it is the

Government's intention to conclude

free trade agreement with the EU by

March 2019. Last Friday, however,

the Environment Secretary told the

Today programme that ironing out the

details of a free trade agreement

and moving towards a new

relationship will take during the

transition period K The Right

Honourable gentleman confirm this is

now the Government's new position?

The negotiation that we will carry

out... The first thing to say is

implementation period is most

valuable if companies know what the

final outcome will be. It allows

them to prepare for it. To that end

we will seek to conclude the

substantive portion of the

negotiation before it.

There's talk of a two-year

implementation or transition period.

What's to stop that simply being a

two-year extension to our membership

of the European Union?

Well, one of

the reasons is if we stayed in the

European Union completely we would

still be subject to the duty of

corporation which is what constrains

us from carrying out free trade

negotiations. That is one reason at

least.

Mr Speaker, does the Secretary of

State believe that the prospect of

being granted an implementation or

transition period by the European

Union has been improved by the

Secretary of State saying the past

six months of negotiations have only

led to a statement of intent by the

Government? Would he like to restate

the Government are committed to

developing what they have secured in

the last six months of negotiations

with the European Union?

Well, as

usual the honourable gentleman takes

a very partial quote and tries to

make something of it. I have said in

terms that the withdrawal agreement

will be a treaty and treaties are

binding on this country. What I said

also in the interview I think he's

referring to, it is our intent,

whatever happens, to protect the

status of Northern Ireland, both in

terms of being within the United

Kingdom but the bored. It would be

very good if he didn't miss

represent what I said.

Negotiations

on the implementation period include

members to do with the UK's

membership of the agencies of the

European Union.

I think it is

unlikely they will continue beyond

the period of departure and March

2019.

That's something which we have

accepted from the beginning, I

think.

Mr Speaker, how will the

implementation period affect the

devolved institutions? Will the

powers bonanza promised be I the

Secretary of State for Scotland be

devolved during or after an

implementation period?

Well the

timetable on that will be decided

within the framework which is being

discussed now. Between the first

secretary and Mr Mike Russell.

It is me again.

With permission, Mr Speaker, I will

answer four and 15 together.

Last week we took an important step

in these go yaesh exes, as the Prime

Minister confirmed on the morning of

Friday 8th December, the Government

and European Commission published a

joint report on progress during the

first phase of the negotiations.

Following this last week the

President is recommending to the

European Council progress has been

made to move on to the next stage

and start talks between the feature

relationship between the UK and

European Union. There is much work

to do.

Essential to our ambition for

an excellent deal is preparation for

no deal, isn't it?

That's one

perspective. I will say one things

about no deal - it has become

massively less probable after the

decisions of last Friday. That is a

good thing, because the best deal is

a tariff-free, non-tariff barrier

free arrangement with the European

Union. He is right, we do continue

to prepare for all contingencies and

will continue to do so until we are

certain that we have a good free

trade deal with the European Union.

Thank you. Does the Secretary of

State agree these trade talks give

us the opportunity to built on the

successes of the great British food

programme, which enable British

producers to increase exports around

the world and showcase some of the

finest products including cheeses

and ales made in the South-West?

He

promotes his constituency well. As

we, the more general point as we

exit we want to ensure that UK

producers have the maximum freedom

to trade with and operate within

European markets and let European

producers do the same as n the UK.

At the same time, leaving the EU

provides us with a unique

opportunity to support a thriving

and self-reliant farming sector

which is more productive and

profitable, to protect the

environment for future generations

and to deliver on the manifesto to

provide stability for farmers as we

exit the EU, as my honourable friend

said earlier.

Could I ask him, when he's talking

to a commission, to actually go

through, as is being suggested, a

longer implementation period, could

he give the House a reason for the

extended implementation period,

would it cause difficulties we don't

understand? What research has he

done on that?

I'm surprised he

doesn't think I am bright eyed and

bushy tailed, but it is the

extension on European coal, which is

having an extension in my head! The

point I made earlier was, if we try

to go beyond two years, a lot of

European national parliaments have

said that it would require a mixed

procedure. That is the first reason.

The second reason is, we have been

given instruction by 17.5 million

citizens, and extending the

transition period indefinitely would

be seen as a breach of that promise.

Keir Starmer.

Mr Speaker, what ever

comes out of negotiations, last

night, this House voted that

Parliament should have a meaningful

vote, enshrined in law at the end of

the process. That was a humiliating

and entirely avoidable defeat for

the government. This house, now

having spoken, can the Secretary of

State give an assurance that the

government will not seek to

undermine or overturned last night's

result at the report stage was Mac

let me first make an observation on

last night's outcome.

The effect of it is to make the

powers deferred until after, as we

see it, we get Royal assent to the

withdrawal agreement and increment

Haitian Bill, which means a

compressed timetable. Those that

want to see a smooth and orderly

exit on the European Union,

hopefully want to see a working

statute book. We all have to think

about our response, but we take the

House of Commons's view seriously

and will continue to do so.

Keir

Starmer. Mr Speaker, that was not

the basis on which the debate was

conducted yesterday. The next thing

waiting to happen is government

amendment 381, which seeks to put a

fixed exit date on the Bill, rather

than repeat last night's debacle,

will the government now commit to

dropping that ill-conceived gimmick?

Unlike the right honourable

gentleman, I do not view votes of

this House of commons as accidents,

they decisions taken by the House.

That decision was respected, as will

the next one.

And a Subaru.

Mr

Speaker, nobody on these benches

that voted against the government

took any pleasure in that, but we

had... Nobody drank champagne. Not

on these benches. Let's nail that

one. These are serious matters. Can

I say to the Secretary of State, it

was avoidable if the but that was

made by my right honourable and

learn it friend from Beaconsfield

had been taken up, and he had at

least one meeting since Monday.

There was no meeting with any

minister, any which, since Monday.

But we are where we are. Turning

that to the withdrawal and increment

Haitian Bill, which the Secretary of

State has told us about, when does

he anticipate that that will be laid

in this place and produced? When

will the first reading B?

Firstly I

will say to her, there have been

meetings with various members of the

backbenches since Monday with other

ministers, as well as me. Putting

that to one side, the withdrawal and

implementation Bill...

Order. I'm

not to take point of order in the

middle of question Time, but can I

say to the Secretary of State, I

understand his predicament, but he

must face the House, because there

are members saying they can't him. I

am sure he would not want to mumble

deliberately.

Good lord, what a

terrible thought! The withdrawal and

implementation Bill cannot be

brought to the House until we have

agreed the withdrawal agreement, the

conclusion of that. The European

Union negotiator is expecting that

in September, October of this year,

which is probably right, so it will

be after that date.

Sectors such as the automotive and

aerospace sector have succeeded in

the UK because of the close

regulatory alignment that exists

with our European partners. Is it

the Secretary of State's intention

to seek as close alignment as

possible in the future, or does he

like some of the backbenchers, wish

to break free from this regulatory

regime?

One of the fundamental

components, possibly the most

fundamental component, the decision

was the decision to bring control

back to this Parliament. That's what

we will do over all sectors. It will

then be for Parliament to decide

whether it wants to continue

parallel, to have mutual

recognition, to have mutual

agreement is, or whether to copy

European Union law. We will seek to

put in place mechanisms, whilst also

allowing maximum access.

Owen

Patterson.

Mr Speaker, we all wish

the Prime Minister the best of luck

today, and we hope she agrees a

reciprocal free trade deal with zero

Tarus. Would my right honourable

friend agree that the Bath success

is that the deal has got to be

better than WTO terms, the terms on

which we trade with huge parts of

the rest of the world and other very

large economies. Should they be an

wise enough not to grant the

supercool free trade with zero

tariffs, we will move to WTO terms,

and the government has no fears

because they will have taken all the

contingency measures.

The Prime

Minister said earlier this week that

she still and he had to the view

that no deal is better than a bad

deal. He has defined what a bad deal

would amount to. He is right in that

respect. As I said earlier, we

continue to prepare for all

outcomes, all outcomes, because you

can never be 100% sure what the

outcome will be. I appeal to

colleagues fall shorter questions, I

want to get through the bulk. Kate

Green.

Our overall programme of work is

commented and continues the updated,

but has never been a series of

impact assessments.

Kate Green.

Last

week, the Chancellor of the

Exchequer said the Department has

modelled and analysed a range of

potential structures between the UK

and EU, and these analyses inform

our negotiating position. Given it

is this team of ministers

responsible for our negotiations,

can the Minister say if he has read

the analysis.

We work very closely

with our colleagues at the Treasury,

and of course, we make sure that we

have information shared between us,

and information is informed by a

range of analysis, and much of it is

in advice to ministers.

Mr Geoffrey

Clifton Brown.

The Italian Prime

Minister said this week, and called

on the EU to give the UK a

tailor-made trade deal. Isn't it

precisely that sort of sentiment

that would help all sectors if we

concluded a trade deal?

My

honourable friend raises an

interesting point. We need to

reflect on the fact that the UK is

uniquely aligned. There is a real

opportunity for the EU to do a very

good trade deal with what will be

its biggest export market.

Briefing

quarries. Peter Grant.

The member for East Ham queried the

impact assessments, the Prime

Minister said, no, it is not the

case that no work has been done. How

does the Minister reconcile that

statement which directly contradicts

other statements from the Secretary

of State?

I don't think it does in

any way that all. We have always

been clear that there is a wide

range of qualitative and

quantitative analysis. We draw on a

range of work across government. We

have released that information to

the select committee on the sectoral

analysis that has been done by our

department. What we will not do is

to release information that is

either market sensitive.

Could I

gently remind the Minister that the

new ruling is the department must

provide to the select committee any

impact assessments that have been

done. The question from the

honourable member from East Ham was

not about sectoral analysis, it

expressly used the phrase, exiting

the European Union. Could the

Minister explain what the difference

is.

My honourable friend, the

Secretary of State made this clear

in the evidence to the select

committee. What I would say is, the

information that has been shared

with the select committee and is

available to members of the House

includes assessments of the impact

on regulatory matters, assessments

of the importance of EU trades to

different sectors.

My constituency

is heavily dependent on to a risen

revenue. Would my honourable friend

inform the House of any recent

discussions he has had with this

important tourism sector.

Tourism is

a hugely important part of the UK

economy, and we have had regular

discussions with the tour with them

sector, with the aviation industry

that supports it, and it is good to

see tourism numbers in the UK

hitting record levels this year.

His sectoral analysis might tell him

that the food sector in Northern

Ireland depends entirely on an open

border, which is to be secured on a

promise of regulatory alignment. The

Environment Secretary has

contradicted the Prime Minister,

saying this is a perpetually open

and ongoing discussion placing

future regulatory alignment in

doubt. Isn't he inflicting a

lifetime of uncertainty on the food

sector and people of Northern

Ireland? The answer to that question

shortly is no. We are trying to set

out in the joint agreement that the

first priority for delivering on the

soft border will be in a strong

future trade deal between the UK and

the EU. Of course, it is right that

we ensure, where it is necessary to

meet obligations, there will be

regulatory alignment so that we can

ensure the continuing free new front

of people and goods across that

border.

Mr Speaker, we continue to work

closely with the Department of

Health, reports that large logs of

EU nationals leaving the NHS are

untrue. The latest figures from NHS

digital show that there were over

3000 more EU nationals, including

470 more doctors working in the NHS

in June, 2017, than before the

referendum result. That is an

increase of 5.4%. The overall share

of the NHS workforce that are EU

nationals also increased over that

time from 5% to 5.2%. I believe this

proves that EU nationals recognise

that we value the enormous

contribution that they make to the

NHS, and I hope that gives the

agreement on citizens rights even

more certainty.

1700 are considering leaving and one

in five have made further plans to

go, many after 30 years. The message

isn't reaching doctors and nurses.

What more will he do to convince

them to stay?

Mr Speaker, I am

happily married to a doctor, and I

have read the article online, and

would recommend to anyone that they

read the entire article to put all

of those things in context. I

respect he is a doctor, of course,

but what I would say to all members

of the House, we must celebrate

where we have reached, and everyone

of us, without exception, to send

out the message that we value people

from they may come.

Somerset Kerry my constituency in

point 172 EU workers and they are

vital to caring for those that

really need it. The whole health

care sector in the south-west

already struggles with getting

enough staff. Could you reiterate

the insurances, but also what they

will want to know is how they stay

and what will they do?

The agreement we have reached is one

we have every intention of carrying

forward to a successful conclusion

and that agree includes provisions

to ensure the process of registering

for settlement status is a smooth

one.

Question number one.

The latest

figures show the UK has the highest

number of participation with 8z056.

Higher and secondary state education

is doing well. The majority of E

students who study in Europe choose

to in the UK. The number of

international students wanting to

high was higher than 2016. While

there was a dip in application for

2017, EU domicile applications were

higher in 2015, 2014 or 2013.

Can

the minister confirm the Government

will seek to secure arrangements for

horizon 2020 but made up to the end

of the programme for their full

duration?

I would refer the

honourable lady to the positive news

in the joint statement that was

agreed last week which reflects the

fact that we have agreed to work

together on this and that the length

of the horizon 2020 programme we

will continue to be able to bid into

that scheme.

When we discussed this

last month, the minister brushed

aside concerns over the falling

participation rates of UK

researchers in 2020 projects. Since

then he will know that it has been

confirmed in figures published and

if that rate in falling

participation continues by March

2019 we would have dropped by

two-thirds, a significant blow for

UK research. What assessment has he

made and what will he do about it?

I

would that the figures show the UK's

funding share is holding up went it

shows how competitive we... He says

it has fallen. From 15.3 to 14.7%.

That is 15% either way. We want to

ensure and I think the joint

statement will reassure people that

they can continue to bid. They

continue to participate and the UK

will continue to benefit. Of course

we want to explore the potential for

a strong future relationship with

the EU in this place.

Can I suggest

two things he could do - could he

confirm that applications not fully

signed off at the point we depart

from the European Union in March

2019, will be fully supported for

their entire duration and could he

also say that he will put

participation and framework

programme nine and successor

programmes at the heart of the

ambitions for negotiating our future

with the European Union?

I think to

the second part it is very clear

from our science and research paper

that is our ambition we want to

explore all potential for working

the European Union on these issues.

And the first part I refer him back

to the Joint Declaration last week.

The Government is conducting these

negotiations with our commitment to

keep Parliament and the public

informed. We have been clear that we

will be as open as possible,

subjected to not revealing any

revealing.

We expect the Government to be open

in negotiations. Is my Right

Honourable friend aware of any

member opposite asking the EU to be

more open over their negotiating

process? We always hear criticism of

our own, we never hear criticism of

the European Union's openness. To

help with that, understand that, the

European Union's own fact sheet sets

out and I quote "a level of

confidential is necessary to protect

European interests and to keep

chances for a satisfactory outcome

high. No-one starts to reveal the

strategy to his counterpart from the

outset. This is the case for the

European Union." That is their

approach. Therefore I think it is

right we take a similar approach. We

saw with the debackal of T-tip that

people were unhappy with the lack of

transparency. Does he agree we need

a much more democratic process for

approving trade deals and

scrutinising negotiation as they are

going on?

I do in principal. That is

why when we made the central

allowances available to the Select

Committee, both Select Committees,

the Commons and the Lords, we also

set up an arrangement for Members of

Parliament - confident reading room

for them to read those briefings to.

That generally speaking is our

approach. I report back to this

House, if the Prime Minister doesn't

after every round of negotiation and

that is much more than the European

Parliament gets, for example.

Thank

you. With your permission I would

like to answer nine and 19 together.

As the Prime Minister set out to the

House earlier an agreement has been

reached which will secure the rights

of three million EU citizens living

in the UK. This agreement will

enable it is Seines to live their

lives as they do now in the country

they have chosen to live in.

I

welcome both that answer and the

agreement which has been reached.

Does my honourable friend agree with

me that agreement not only delivers

on the pledges and reassurances we

have made to EU citizens living in

this country but in delivering for

both EU citizens in this country and

British citizens abroad it is a

vindication of the sensible approach

taken by this Government?

I do agree with him. The Prime

Minister has always been clear we

wanted an early agreement and any

agreement must be resiplial to

protect four million people. The

agreement will mean that UK citizens

in the EU can have confident they

can live their lives to the full. It

will provide them with certainty

about health care and pensions. The

same goes for EU nationals in the

UK.

I recognise the huge

contribution that the three million

EU nationals living in the UK have

put forward, particularly in the

NHS. My efficiency Stefan Gagan has

brought that forward to me. Can the

minister confirm this will remain

front and centre in any difficult

negotiations going forward?

My

honourable friend is right to raise

the case of one of her constituents

who has made a significant

contribution. We all recognise that

from our own constituencies. I trust

you join me in welcoming the

cost-free exchange of the documents

for the new settled status documents

- just one part of the agreement we

have reached. We must continue to

take this issue seriously.

Unfortunately the three million EU

27 citizens living in this UK

Could the Government not commit now

to putting an amendment down on the

face of any of the forthcoming bills

to give that certainty?

I think the

honourable lady will recognise that

certainty has to be delivered

through the withdrawal agreement. We

have been clear that we want to

protect the rights of citizens and

make sure they can continue to live

their lives as before. That is a

commitment on which we delivered

through the joint resolution last

week.

Due to the staffing crisis in

the NHS, the trust has spent

thousands recruiting EU citizens to

work in the service. In York, they

recruited 40 Spanish nurses. Only

three remain because of the

uncertainty they have. What

assessment has the minister made of

this situation?

I refer the

honourable lady to the answers from

earlier, which show there are more

NHS citizens working in the NHS than

a year ago. We have to continue to

send the message that we welcome the

work they are doing and that these

people make a significant

contribution to our country and the

NHS.

Mr Speaker, number ten.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. In assessing

the options for the UK's future

outside the customs union, by these

three objectives ensuring that it is

as frictionless as possible avading

the hard border between Ireland and

Northern Ireland and an independent

trade policy.

I understand the

minister to have said in answer to

an earlier question that some

quantitative assessment has been

undertaken in relation to leaving

the customs union. Last week the

Secretary of State admitted the

Government has undertaken no

quantitative assessment. Why it is,

Mr Speaker, that every time we ask a

question in relation to Brexit we

get a different answer depending on

the time, the day or the minister?

If Government simply cannot or won't

say whether leaving the customs

union will make Britain poorer, does

the minister not agree...

THE SPEAKER: Questions need to be

briefer. There are people lower down

the paper who will not get reached

and it is not fair.

The Secretary of

State emphasised there wasn't a full

judgment made on the range of a

basis of... ...

Is

Is the minister agree whether or

not the commission is making an

assessment on the economic effect on

the remaining member-states of not

reaching a trade deal with the UK?

I

am sure there's plenty of work going

on both sides. The EU Commission

doesn't share all of its analysis in

public.

Quantitative assessments of

the impact of leaving the European

Union on the sectors of the UK

economy should have been basic spade

work for these negotiations?

Well,

as the honourable gentleman will

know, as we debated at great length,

there's been a huge amount of

analysis on these issues. These were

discussed at length in the Select

Committee with the Secretary of

State why quantitative assessments

were not appropriate.

One of the

assessments the Government has made

is how much money we will save by

not having to pay into accessing the

customs union, but also the impact

on all sectors of industry in this

country by the fact we will be able

to do our own trade deals around the

world.

My honourable friend is right

to draw attention to the

opportunities for wider trade deals

around the world. As the Prime

Minister has said we will not make

the same huge payments to the EU we

have to date. That will mean more

money for services within the UK.

Thank you. The Government has agreed

a number of important principals

with the European Union but will

arrive in due course, that includes

taking account of all assets.

The European Union has a wine cell

cell lar of 42,000 bottles and

artwork £14 million. Some may say

loted from the capitals of Europe.

After we leave, will the minister

promise to take back our fair share

of art and wine and not leave it to

Mr Juncker to enjoy?

It is a very

interesting question. The legal

basis of assets and liabilities has

been analysed in details and

accounted for. The scope of the

settlement is laid out in the joint

report.

As the first advisory

referendum was conducted in

ignorance of the contents of the

wine cellars and everything else and

was a choice between operation fear

and operation lies, isn't it

appropriate that we listen to all

those independent bodies who have

looked at the prospects and decided

that Brexit, no Brexit would be

better than any Brexit. Isn't it

time to think about a second well

informed confirmation referendum?

The answer I give to him is the same

one I gave them. The referendum

debate we had didn't come out of the

blue, after 30 years of debate in

this country. The Government at the

time wrote to every household in the

country setting out the impact of

the referendum. I believe we should

respect the decision of the British

people.

Mr

I will answer 12 and 18. The UK

has a proud record of protecting

rights. As we leave the EU to

provide a smooth exit. The bill will

ensure that laws and bills we have

now will as so far as possible

continue to apply as they did before

Brexit.

The Prime Minister said the

full regulatory alignment with the

Republic of Ireland is part of the

deal negotiated last week. Can he

give a guarantee that product safety

and working place practises will be

guaranteed after we have left the

EU?

There are a great range of

rights for which we do not rely on

the European Union to meet the

standards we do. What I would say is

that trade deals are always founded

on WTO principals and that includes

a wide range of measures in relation

to trade, and other matters.

The charter of fundamental rights

has protected human rights. Does the

minister agree with the liberty,

Amnesty International and oh theirs

that banishing a charter from the UK

because we have other sources of

rights would be like hammers because

spanners can also strike bales?

Those EU fundamental rights are, in

any case, only applicable within the

scope of EU law. The government has

now published its analysis of the

Charter, which clearly sets out how

each substantive right, reaffirmed

in the charter, will be reflected in

the domestic law of the UK.

We worked intensively with European

partners to settle issues in the

first phase of negotiations, and as

the honourable did when those, we

published a joint report. We want to

focus on agreeing the detail of an

increment patient period to give

certainty to people and businesses.

As has been emphasised, we enter the

next phase and we want to work

closely with the European medicines

agency, in the interest of public

health.

The high costs of not maintaining

regulatory alignment were recently

laid bare in evidence to the select

committee. Can the Minister tell us

how much prescription charges would

have to go up, and can he tell us

whether it is the objective, in

which case, what is the point in all

of this?

As part of our except

negotiations, we want to discuss

with the EU and when the state how

best to progress in the interest of

businesses, citizens, but what we

cannot do is prejudge the outcome of

the negotiations.

Number 14, sir.

I can confirm to my

honourable friend that the

government is working closely with

the aviation sector to make sure it

is a success story for the UK

economy, we have met widely with

representatives within the sector

since the referendum in 2016,

covering the full spectrum of issues

affecting the industry.

Given that

the European aviation safety agency

is very important to the aerospace

and aviation industries, when will

EAS AB discuss in Brexit

negotiations because we all want

clarity.

My honourable friend is

absolutely right. The UK is

important.

We are considering carefully all the

implications arising from our exit

from the EU, including the question

of continued participation. This is

a matter for negotiations and we

look forward to opening discussions

on the future partnership as soon as

possible.

The commission has made

clear that UK carriers will now

enjoy flying right under any

agreement towards the EU

enjoy flying right under any

agreement towards the EU. What is

the garment doing to protect

hundreds of thousands of aviation

jobs? Either take to the Honourable

gentleman, working closely with the

aviation industry, we look forward

to discussing the issue as part of

discussions.

It isn't right to rule

issues out in that way.

Our exit from the EU is a result of

a long democratic process.

Parliament has passed the referendum

act and passed a decision over

whether to leave all remain to the

people of the United Kingdom. The

referendum saw a clear majority of

people, and we will respect the

result.

Parliament is now debating the EU

withdrawal Bill. There has been a

long democratic process, and they're

competing news to be one. There will

not be a second referendum.

Recent polls now show there is a

clear majority in favour of a

referendum on the deal, and is it

any wonder this government has lost

control. Yesterday, Parliament took

back control, and now the public

want to take back control from the

Tory party and the DUP. Can the

Minister please explain to my

constituents how a referendum on the

deal, the first referendum on the

facts would be anti-democratic. Does

he not trust them...

Order. Order.

The Honourable Lady must resume her

seat. We have the thrust of it, but

what is required, I am trying to be

helpful, in these situations is a

question, not the development of an

essay theme. Sorry, but she must

learn to appreciate the difference.

The question was too long and it

shouldn't happen again.

I am tempted

to point out the polling results to

the Liberal Democrat party, but the

simple point to her is this, no

opinion poll comes anywhere near the

votes of 17.5 million people, which

we will respect.

Following events in

the chamber last night, some

prominent members of the remaining

campaign took to Twitter, saying

this was another step towards their

aim of preventing Brexit. With the

Secretary of State please confirm

and reassure the 17.4 million people

that voted to Leave, that this

covenant is absolutely committed to

delivering a positive Brexit for

this country.

Let me start by saying

that I do not agree with the people

who tweeted that. I'd think the

people that voted last night did it

in good faith. He is right. The aim

of the governor is to take is out of

the European Union.

Daniel Rowe Lee.

Mr Speaker, the primaries and I sat

down with the president of the

European Commission and chief

negotiator to agree that enough

process had been made to move

negotiations forward to our future

relationship. The deal has involved

Coppermine is on both sides, but

adds up to a clear settlement that

provide certainty for both the

United Kingdom and European Union.

It will allow our country to leave

the European Union and grasp the

opportunities that exist outside it

while maintaining a close

partnership with European

neighbours. I believe this is a step

forward that all sides of the House

can support and my friend the

primaries double travel to Brussels

today to seek to confirm it with her

fellow leaders.

Last night, the

government suffered an embarrassing

defeat, but not one Scottish

Conservative past through the lobby

and voted for that amendment. Can

the Secretary of State tell me what

representations he had from the

Scottish Conservatives on the

amendment.

As far as I am aware, I

have to be careful, because things

don't come immediately to the

Secretary of State when they arrived

at the department, but as far as I

am aware, none.

Recreational boating

is a vital part of my constituency's

leisure facilities around Campbell

and Netley. Can the Minister

outlined what assessment is made on

the impact of leaving the EU on

recreational boating and the impact

on the Solent.

As a former fast

catamaran sailor in the areas of the

CEO around which she refers to, I am

happy to say the report sets out a

descriptor of the sector, the

current EU regulatory regime,

existing frameworks for how trade is

facilitated between countries within

the sector and sector views. This

has been available to both houses

and the UK will remain a great

maritime nation.

Matthew Pennycook.

The house will be aware that

yesterday the European Parliament

had a vote on a resolution to

endorse the agreement reached last

week. Can the Secretary of State

tell us why, unlike Labour MEPs,

Conservative members would abstain

not vote in support of the joint

report.

Very interesting, but I

don't think it compares anything

like the 18 that voted against the

Labour Party in the past.

Can my right honourable friend sure

the people that voted overwhelmingly

for Brexit that we won't pay a penny

to the EU if we don't get a free

trade deal.

The withdrawal agreement

is written in light of Article 50,

which takes into account the future

relationship. If that doesn't

happen, the whole deal falls away.

What plans does the Minister had to

write the tobacco products directive

into EU law, and what about TPD?

As

the honourable gentleman will know,

the purpose of the EU withdrawal

Bill is to bring EU law into UK law

in the state it is in at our point

of Exeter. Beyond that, in the input

in patient period, things are a

matter of negotiation.

Doctor Sarah

Wollaston.

I recently booked an

appointment in the Reading room, and

I thought it would be like an inner

circle of hell and I would be

trapped in there the days to read

the sector analysis. Indeed, I was

with the Honourable Lady opposite.

There are only nine pages on health

and social care, and the entire

document is relevant to the select

committee and took me less than an

hour to read. I feel, in the

interest of transparency, these are

straightforward documents, and they

should be in the public domain. With

the Secretary of State published

them.

It has been made available to

the select committees, as per the

motion of the House, through the

reading room. They contain a range

of information, some of which would

be of certainly great interest to

the other side in these

negotiations.

Mr Speaker, following

yesterday's today, will the

Secretary of State now publish a

timetable of the decision-making

process, so Parliament will given

absolute clarity when the

parliamentary vote on the deal will

take place.

It would all be fine if

I could commit the European

Commission to do the same.

Unfortunately, it depends on how

long the negotiation takes. And as

she will have seen in the last 6-7

months, that hasn't been an entirely

predictable process.

Does the

Minister share my passion for

environmental protection, and does

he agree that leaving the EU gives

us the opportunity to go further and

faster.

We are a country that has

been a world leader on the

environment, and we must ensure we

take all the opportunities from the

process, to strengthen our

environmental connections.

The Secretary of State knows very

well be portents of the renewables

industry to the Humber. And how

important it is to trade

competitively when we leave the EU.

Will he support new clause 83,

calling for a full impact assessment

on the particular industry.

Mr

Speaker, the UK will continue to

play an active role internationally

as demonstrated by the UK ratifying

the Paris Agreement on climate

change, will continue to hold up

obligations under international

environment or treaties, the clause

itself we will return to indicate.

We are leaving the EU, the common

agricultural policy and Common

fisheries policy, as we do so, will

my right honourable friend worked

closely with deaf wrap to ensure we

support farmers and food producers

in having an agricultural system,

but also the environment as well.

We

will absolutely continue that work.

My honourable friend is right, the

British countryside is an asset for

the entire nation and we want to

continue to support both the

environment and productivity in the

future.

Yesterday, the EU warned

that the Secretary of State risks

damaging trust in the negotiations

with his contradictory statements. I

wonder if he could reclaim some by

telling us what is the difference

between an impact assessment and a

sectorial analysis.

The first thing

I would say to the honourable lady,

she voted against the second reading

of the Bill, so she clearly doesn't

want to make progress with it. She

perhaps ought to put in her

Christmas list at -- and a

dictionary. It outlines the

components of a problem, which we

will be doing. The regulatory

structure, the markets, the size and

so on. And impact assessment is

played out in the Whitehall

guidelines, and involves a forecast.

China is a massive market, does the

Secretary of State agree with me

that the open skies policy, recently

agreed with China, increasing the

number of flights by 50% to 150 a

week, will be a great boost to

business in the country, as well as

doing trade deals with China.

He is

absolutely right. According to the

European Commission itself, 90% of

world growth will come from outside

the EU by 2020. It points to the

importance of the UK turning

outwards to be a global nation, a

global trading nation, enjoying

productive prosperous relations with

the whole world.

The Secretary of

State claims that the phase one

agreement gives security to EU

nationals, but this is constantly

undermined by the reference to a no

deal Brexit, which would rip that

up. Does he not accept that there is

a need to give legal standing to EU

citizens rights now, not put them

through another year of anxiety.

The

first thing I would say to the

Honourable Lady is that the

government has made clear from the

beginning the values, 3.2 million

citizens that are here, the

primaries has written to the ones we

have records for, and it is our

clear intention, and it will be

legally binding within the

withdrawal Bill that they will have

the rights we have laid out.

Does my right honourable friend not

agree that just because we are

leaving the EU doesn't mean to say

we can't cooperate with them at the

very closest level on the

environment to lead the rest of the

world.

My honourable friend is

absolutely right. We leave the EU,

not leaving Europe. The primaries

that has been clear that we want to

work together on shared talent, such

as global warming and the

environment.

Does the Secretary of State agree

that the worst place to be in any

negotiation is when you are fixed

and declared your own deadline and

that in tabling amendments 381 the

government has effectively put a gun

against its own head?

Mr Speaker,

the House voted overwhelmingly for

the Act of Parliament which

triggered Article 50. The terms of

Article 50 were well-known to this

House and they have a fixed duration

of two years.

Can the Secretary of

State tell us what recent

discussions he's had with

representatives of the UK financial

sector on the effect of the UK

leaving the single market, as there

are increasing reports of jobs being

transferred to other EU countries.

Since the creation of our department

we have engaged closely with the

financial services industry and

received representations from UK

finance for city UK, Association of

foreign banks and investment

Association as well as many firms in

Edinburgh which is a global leader

in the asset management and

insurance industry. We'll continue

to work closely with them and

colleagues at the Treasury to ensure

our financial services industry

thrives.

Will the government

consider negotiating our continued

participation in Erasmus?

The Prime

Minister said we will continue in

areas of culture and education. I

believe this is something we will

explore in the next phase of talks.

Last week's agreement recognise the

rights of Northern Ireland citizens

in line with the Good Friday

Agreement. All the government be

seeking the same rights for my

constituents in Bristol to work,

travel and live in the European

Union?

The issue of onward movement

in the European Union is an issue we

wish to continue to press. It's

interesting that the European

Parliament made resolutions

yesterday that it would support the

right of UK nationals to have

movement within the EU. This is

something we will continue to take

forward into the next phase of the

negotiations.

On financial services,

how hopeful ministers that through

the negotiations the UK will retain

a passport for service providers to

trade across the EU?

We are at the

start of negotiations on the future

relationships but I think we should

explore all the possibilities to

make sure the UK and the EU continue

to benefit from the fact we have a

global financial services Centre in

London and the UK.

Mr Speaker, B

Secretary of State for Scotland said

the government would bring forward

amendments to close 11 of the EU

Bill, well these amendments be

published and shared with the

Scottish Government had Welsh

Assembly before being tabled?

The

honourable gentleman is ingenious in

raising the topic of amendments. Of

course we will want to insular as we

take forward our engagement with the

devolved administrations this issue

of clause