EU Exit Negotiations Debate

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Department: Department for Exiting the European Union

Henry Smith

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

EU Exit Negotiations

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Tax Avoidance and Evasion
Monday 13th November 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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That is precisely why Government policy is to deliver a frictionless trade arrangement between us and the EU27, most importantly the Republic of Ireland.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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My right hon. Friend rightly says that he is negotiating with pragmatism. Has he detected any growing pragmatism in the unelected EU Commission as it—hopefully—realises that the trade surplus that the EU27 have with us could be under threat?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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I made an undertaking to the House about a year and a half ago that I would be more polite than hon. Members have ever seen me in my comments about the Commission, and I will stick to that.

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