Helen Goodman
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Leaving the European Union
Helen Goodman Excerpts(5 years, 3 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I know—given his previous ministerial position and his interests—that my right hon. Friend has considered this issue with great care. However, it is not simply a question of the tariffs that we set for items going across our border. Questions of the WTO requirements in relation to customs declarations at the border, and other issues which are referred to in the political declaration, such as issues relating to data, are also relevant to this matter.
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)
If the House votes to take time to consider options other than those that the Prime Minister has been presenting to us, will she accept that that is not an attack, but a sign of the strength of our parliamentary democracy?
The Prime Minister
If the hon. Lady is referring to the issue of an extension of article 50—