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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Conservatives are already arguing about what promises were made, or not made, at the Dispatch Box on Tuesday night; the Cabinet cannot agree a position on the EU; and the Brexit Secretary threatens to resign every other week. What message does that send to the international business community?..."
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Written Question
Customs Unions
Monday 14th May 2018

Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 3 May 2018, Official Report, column 459, if he will name the countries that have stated that they will not enter into a free trade agreement with the UK if the UK remains in the Customs Union.

Answered by Suella Braverman

If the UK were to remain part of the EU Customs Union, our trade policy would, as a consequence, be determined by the EU.

Some third countries have highlighted this issue. For example, in March 2018 the then Australian High Commissioner publicly said that if we were to the leave the EU but remain within the Customs Union, “all Australia’s trade negotiating would be done through Brussels and the capital cities of the major EU member states” as a result.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"In order to demonstrate that Scottish fisherman will not be treated as expendable once again, have the Minister’s discussions focused on control of Scotland’s waters being given wholly to Scotland?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Can the Secretary of State name one country that has said, “As long as you leave the customs union, we’ll give you a much better free trade agreement than you have or could have had?”..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Farmers need to know what a transitional deal is going to look like, what a trade deal is going to look like and about labour constraints. To go back to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray), why will the Minister not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is launching a new customs declaration service, which is due to go live in January 2019. Has it been designed to deal with the fourfold increase in customs declarations that will be required post Brexit?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
EU Exit Negotiations

"Despite trying to cave in on every EU ask so far, the Government have not been able to conclude the preliminary negotiations in 18 months, yet we are to believe that they will conclude the substantive negotiations in 15 months. They have not been able to agree a good deal …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Exiting the EU: Sectoral Analysis

"I actually want to commend the Minister, as I thought it was impossible for this Government to get more incompetent but they are doing a very good job of it. When they release the data, will they explain why, if they have undertaken all this analysis, none of it is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"In the event of a no deal, why would the EU agree to a transitional period?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
Leaving the EU: Parliamentary Vote

"The Secretary of State’s pledge is that a meaningful vote will be taken and that we will have full knowledge of all the facts. When will he issue the UK Government’s impact analysis showing the possible detriment to Scotland, so that I can explain to my constituents the reasons for …..."
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