UK Plans for Leaving the EU Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

UK Plans for Leaving the EU

Diana Johnson Excerpts
Monday 9th October 2017

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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I would hope that the European Union would recognise the benefit of our security relationship and the relationship we have on matters of counter-terrorism, as well as on law enforcement and criminal justice more widely. That relationship is in both our interests, and I hope the EU recognises its importance.

Diana Johnson Portrait Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
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Will the Prime Minister say which particular elements of full membership of the single market she thinks should not apply in any transitional arrangements?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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As I have said, being a full member of the single market is indivisible from full membership of the customs union, free movement and the complete jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. We will be negotiating an implementation period and the arrangements on which we are able to operate. We will negotiate those as a country that will no longer be a member of the European Union.