Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Martyn Day and Steve Baker

Thursday 1st February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP)]

T8. The chemicals industry is the largest sectoral employer in the Grangemouth area of my constituency. It exports 60% of its goods to the EU and imports 75% of them from the EU, and it is rightly concerned about frictionless and tariff-free trade coming to an end. Will Ministers tell us what the EU exit analysis projects for that sector?

[Mr Baker]

We have met representatives of the chemicals industry on several occasions. At the most recent meeting, we had constructive conversations that ended positively. We will ensure that we carry through the positions that we have set out, particularly in relation to goods on the market, and we hope to preserve continued registration of chemicals under REACH. We will of course seek to ensure that our deep and special partnership covers the chemicals industry, so that it can flourish after we leave the EU.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Martyn Day and Steve Baker

Thursday 2nd November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Baker]

In due course, when we have left the European Union and we are fully free to operate our own independent trade policy, I look forward to the debates in this House on all these matters.

[Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP)]

4. What assessment he has made of the economic effect on Scotland in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.