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Ronnie Campbell Excerpts
Thursday 7th September 2017

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Norman Lamb Portrait Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD)
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6. Whether the Government plan to continue to apply the Dublin III Regulation after the UK leaves the EU.

Ronnie Campbell Portrait Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab)
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20. Whether the Government plan to continue to apply the Dublin III Regulation after the UK leaves the EU.

Robin Walker Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Mr Robin Walker)
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The Prime Minister has been clear that we will continue to co-operate with our European partners on migration and asylum as we leave the EU. In our negotiations, we will discuss the exact nature of this co-operation as part of our future partnership, but as the Secretary of State said in his statement to the House on 5 September,

“We are a country with a strong tradition of tolerance and generosity, and if anything, I expect that to grow after we leave, not diminish.”—[Official Report, 5 September 2017; Vol. 628, c. 64.]