Future Relationship with the EU: Negotiations Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Future Relationship with the EU: Negotiations

Jason McCartney Excerpts
Tuesday 19th May 2020

(3 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Yes, it is the case that we want to have access to all the crime fighting, law enforcement and criminal justice tools that the EU has in order to be able to deal with crime. It is also the case that we cannot accept the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice as a precondition for so doing.

Jason McCartney Portrait Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con) [V]
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The UK is a world leader in workers’ rights and environmental standards. Does my right hon. Friend agree that they should be maintained in any future trading relationship with the EU, and in fact with the rest of the world?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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