Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment

Chris Leslie Excerpts
Monday 25th June 2018

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. We have very little time left for this, I am afraid, so we will need short questions and short answers.

Chris Leslie Portrait Mr Chris Leslie (Nottingham East) (Lab/Co-op)
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Apparently it was at a Foreign Office reception in honour of the Queen’s birthday that the Foreign Secretary applied his four-letter expletive to the concerns of Airbus and business about leaving the single market. I can think of a few suggestions myself, but what four-letter word comes to mind for the Secretary of State when he thinks about the Foreign Secretary?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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For all of us, it is “jobs” that we want to secure from our negotiations—good jobs—and we are determined to do so.