Oral Answers to Questions

Ged Killen Excerpts

Wednesday 25th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[David Mundell]

The hon. Lady is right. It is very important that everyone is clear that financial services are not just in the City of London but are hugely important in Scotland and the other constituent parts of the UK. That is why we are fighting for a good deal from the EU on financial services.

[Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (Lab/Co-op)]

7. What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Scottish economy of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement in place.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Stuart Andrew)]

We want our future relationship with the EU to be a deep and special partnership that takes in both economic and security co-operation. We are confident that this is in the interests of both sides, so we approach these negotiations anticipating success. We do not want or expect a no deal outcome.

[Ged Killen]

In its year-end report, the Fraser of Allander Institute pointed to uncertainty over Brexit as one of the principal drags on the Scottish economy. The people of Scotland are fed up with the ongoing pantomime that is the relationship between the Scottish Tories and the SNP. What meetings has the Secretary of State had with the Scottish Government on clause 11, and how does he intend to bring this farce to a close?

[Stuart Andrew]

I think my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made it very clear that we want the Scottish Government to agree to the clause 11 amendment as the Welsh Government have. The Welsh Government have accepted that the UK Government have gone a long way, and I hope that the Scottish Government are listening and will take part.