EU Exit: End of Transition Period Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU Exit: End of Transition Period

Andrew Mitchell Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd September 2020

(3 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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They have been developed. They are in operation now. We are refining with business exactly how they should operate for businesses’ benefit.

Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) (Con)
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I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his “Spitting Image” puppet and on the literary prowess visited on him in recently published diaries.

I remind my right hon. Friend of his considerable generosity in coming to the west midlands to attend a roundtable with manufacturers some 12 months ago. He did that with our outstanding west midlands Mayor, Andy Street. As my right hon. Friend discharges his most important duties as set out in his statement, will he remember two of the points that were raised with him at that roundtable? The first is concern about just-in-time supply chains and the second is the importance of removing tariffs on finished goods and components in those supply chains.

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. I was not aware that there were any diaries being published this week.