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Graham P Jones Excerpts
Thursday 26th January 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Jones Portrait Mr David Jones
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My hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of the two-way tourism industry in Europe. These are issues that we are considering, but I can assure him that our aim is for frictionless arrangements.

Graham P Jones Portrait Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab)
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What settlement have the Government made with the Crown dependencies in their relationship with the EU via protocol 3? When we exit the European Union, does it mean that the Crown dependencies will also exit the customs union?

Robin Walker Portrait Mr Robin Walker
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I met the Chief Ministers of Crown dependencies only yesterday as part of a formal process of ongoing meetings that we are holding to take their views into account. Following the Prime Minister’s speech, I also spoke to each Chief Minister, and they are very pleased with our direction of travel.