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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jun 2022
EU Retained Law

"It was widely reported that the right hon. Gentleman wanted to introduce a sunset clause under which all EU retained law would disappear after four years unless Government Departments had decided that they wanted to keep it. However, having listened carefully to his statement, it seems to me that he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2022
Achieving Economic Growth

"This morning, the Foreign Secretary said:

“We are in a very, very difficult economic situation”.

We all recognise that that is true. Although there are some things that no Government can control, I encourage Ministers to reflect a little more on some of the difficulties that they have brought upon …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2022
Achieving Economic Growth

"I can only report what I was told by the farmer on Monday. He has relied over the years on workers who have come from eastern Europe, and he says, “They’re just not coming in the same numbers, and that’s why I can’t pick my crops.” That is the point …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2022
Achieving Economic Growth

"Undoubtedly, disentangling the impact of the pandemic and other factors is continuing work; the Office for National Statistics makes that point when it publishes the statistics. However, there is no doubt at all that the change in the visa regime being operated by the Home Office now is having an …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2022
Achieving Economic Growth

"Very quickly, because of the time constraints...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2022
Achieving Economic Growth

"There is no doubt that if we put more costs, bureaucracy, red tape and increased transport costs on businesses, prices will increase. That is one of the ways businesses cope. Those things need to be sorted out but, as long as there is no trust between the European Union and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jan 2020
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

"My hon. Friend will be aware that the Brexit Select Committee in its former incarnation recommended a physical document. Many Members will have had this experience: constituents apply for further leave; employers say, “Prove you have leave”; they are told by the Home Office, “Apply to the checking service”; lots …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Do the Government’s plans for the end of this month still include the abolition of the right hon. Gentleman’s Department? If so, which Department and which Minister will take responsibility for the very important negotiations that are about to begin?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jan 2020
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

"The Secretary of State has expressed enormous confidence that a deal will be done by December; may I test that confidence a little further? Will he give the House an assurance today that there is no prospect whatsoever of the UK leaving without an agreement in December this year?..."
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Written Question
Customs: Northern Ireland
Monday 4th November 2019

Asked by: Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds South)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list the international obligations which will require declarations in respect of goods moving from Northern Ireland to GB under the Irish protocol of the Withdrawal Agreement.

Answered by James Duddridge

The deal negotiated by the Government with the EU explicitly allows the UK to ensure unfettered market access for goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain. The UK does not therefore intend to carry out checks on such movements of goods.

There will be a minimal administrative process which is designed to prevent, for example, trade in endangered species. We will work with the EU to eliminate this limited process as soon as possible after Brexit.

These arrangements automatically dissolve after four years unless a majority of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Stormont votes to keep them.