EU Withdrawal Agreement Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU Withdrawal Agreement

Marco Longhi Excerpts
Wednesday 9th December 2020

(3 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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We have been working with supermarkets and other traders to ensure that their supply lines and the provision of all the goods that consumers in Northern Ireland currently enjoy, which I hope in future will be enhanced, can remain. The Trader Support Service is there, alongside other support that we are giving to businesses in Northern Ireland and indeed across the UK, to make sure that a fully integrated part of the UK internal market enjoys the same access to the same goods as the rest of us.

Marco Longhi Portrait Marco Longhi (Dudley North) (Con)
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Can my right hon. Friend assure me and all my constituents that, should we strike a trade agreement with the EU, we will not compromise in any way on our fishing waters, our borders and our laws, and, most importantly, that any governance arrangements that may flow from any trade agreement are completely consistent with those of a fully sovereign country?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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My hon. Friend is bang on.