Oral Answers to Questions

Owen Thompson Excerpts

Wednesday 16th June 2021 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I thank my hon. Friend, and I know that the whole House will be in sympathy with Noel Conway’s family and friends. There are very deeply and sincerely held views on both sides of this matter, and a change in the law would obviously be one for Parliament to consider.

[Owen Thompson (Midlothian) (SNP)]

Over the course of this question session, the Prime Minister has been presented with the views of stakeholder after stakeholder expressing real fears and concerns over these bungled trade talks. Why is the Prime Minister willing to put the livelihoods of farmers and crofters across Scotland in peril for a shoddy trade deal with Australia, which will not even cover 1% of the lost opportunities to Europe’s markets that we have lost through Brexit?

[The Prime Minister]

We have not lost opportunities to Europe’s markets through Brexit.