Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jun 2019
Export Licences: High Court Judgment
"The Government’s position is, frankly, inexplicable, because the Secretary of State referred to all the careful analysis that has been done, but anyone else undertaking an assessment of future risk—this goes to the heart of the point that the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) just raised—would look …..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Feb 2019
EU Trade Agreements: Replication
"The past two and a half years have been a very painful process, as the wild and optimistic promises about what could be achieved from the Brexit process have collided with reality. That includes what the Secretary of State said to the Conservative party conference in the autumn of 2017. …..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jan 2019
EU Free Trade Agreements
"I want to ask the Minister a very simple question, to which I would appreciate a direct answer. How many of the 40 or so agreements on which an arrangement has been reached to roll them over have been signed as of this morning?..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Trade Bill
"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. What is going on?..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 27th March 2018
Asked by:
Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds South)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the UK's potential future trading relationship with EFTA countries; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Greg Hands
As we leave the EU, the UK remains committed to our deep relationships with our partners in EFTA. The draft agreement published by the EU and UK on the terms of the implementation period, will mean that the existing international agreements to which we are a party, will continue to apply to the UK. These include trade arrangements with Switzerland, and the EEA Agreement, which governs crucial elements of our trading and non-trading relationship with the EEA EFTA states. Once the implementation period ends, we will no longer be participants in the EU's international agreements, including the EEA Agreement. We will instead seek to put in place new arrangements to maintain excellent trade relations with these states and continue to have an open dialogue with them about how this can best be achieved.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
European Affairs
"Will the Minister give way?..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
European Affairs
"I apologise for not being able to be present for the conclusion of the debate tomorrow.
We should be very grateful that we have the opportunity over two days to discuss European affairs, but it is a reminder that there is one thing Ministers do not want us to be …..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
European Affairs
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is one of a whole host of examples that Members on both sides of the House are aware of. Businesses in our constituencies are asking how it is going to work, because at the moment we do not know.
Staying in a …..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
European Affairs
"Although I am tempted by the hon. Lady’s intervention to get into my views, which I think are well known, about a second referendum, I hope she will forgive me if I do not do so, in view of the pressure of time.
The other issue I want to mention …..."Hilary Benn - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 17th January 2018
Asked by:
Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds South)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2017 to Question 119231, if he will place in the Library a copy of the analytical work his Department has undertaken examining the implications of the UK leaving the EU on all sectors of the UK economy.
Answered by Greg Hands
In November 2017, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU provided the House of Commons Committee on Exiting the EU and the Lords EU Committee with information covering 58 sectors of the economy, which was published by the committee in December 2017. This analysis was produced by DExEU working with officials across Government, including the Department for International Trade (DIT).
To clarify the answer to 119231, DIT is undertaking a programme of analytical work, looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU, as they relate to the work of the department and the UK’s future trade policy, including the development of a new trade remedies regime, the continuity of existing EU FTA agreements with third countries and the choices for future FTAs the UK will look to enter into negotiations with. The government’s commitment to transparency and inclusivity with regards to the development of trade policy was set out in the Trade White Paper.