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Written Question
UK Trade with EU
Monday 30th January 2017

Asked by: Calum Kerr (Scottish National Party - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to secure access to EU markets for (a) UK exports and (b) Scotch whisky in negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.

Answered by George Eustice

Retaining market access between the UK and the EU will be a significant benefit to the food and farming sectors in both the UK and Europe. In 2015, the UK exported £11 billion of agri-food and drink products to the EU, and imported £28 billion. We aim to secure a mutually beneficial deal that delivers market access for the benefit of food and drink producers both in the UK and the EU.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Happy birthday from these Benches, too, Mr Speaker.

Given that lamb as a product is facing large tariffs in its most important market, farm payments will become more important than ever. Long term is not just the three years to 2020. The farming Minister, the hon. Member for Camborne and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"I beg to move,

That this House is concerned at the possible impact upon the rural economy of the Government’s aim for the UK to leave the EU; and calls upon the Government to present to Parliament a clear statement of its aims for the rural economy in negotiations with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"If the hon. Gentleman spends a little more time with us, he will find that we are optimists at heart, but this debate is about the realities and the implications for the rural economy. I will, with great delight, return to fisheries later in my speech...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"No; I would like to make a little more progress, but I promise to give way in time.

As the many complex challenges of Brexit pile up, we need to remember that real political leadership is about finding solutions, not soundbites...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"I promise I will in one moment.

This debate is necessary to ensure that the Government do not overlook or downplay all the possible outcomes of Brexit. They must not walk away from the policy vacuum that is opening up before our eyes...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"The right hon. Gentleman, who is highly respected, usually makes excellent contributions, but I am afraid that that was a poor one. There are many ways in which we would be delighted to improve agricultural policy, so long as his Government do not make a power grab as powers are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"I thank my hon. Friend for that excellent contribution, which brings me on to one of the first areas that I want to look at. Nowhere is the policy vacuum more apparent than on the issue of farm payments. Whatever its flaws—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"I wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Lady. It is something on which I would like us to focus in this debate. I am talking about the importance of these support payments to the prosperity not just of farming, but of the whole rural community...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy

"I wish to make a bit more progress. We have two debates squeezed in today.

As I was saying, nowhere is the policy vacuum more apparent than on the issue of farm payments. Whatever the flaws, the moneys invested in Scotland and indeed in all the rural communities in the …..."
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