Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Hammond and Liam Fox

Thursday 17th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Dr Fox]

We regularly ask our investors why they put money in the UK and the answers are very similar. They say that the British legal system provides certainty and predictability. We have a skilled workforce. We have a good, predictable regulatory system and a low-taxation economy. We speak English. We have some of the best universities and some of the best access to tech, and we are in a good time zone for global trading. None of those, incidentally, depends on our membership of the European Union.

[Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con)]

6. What assessment he has made of the potential benefits to the UK arising from third-country trade deals after the UK leaves the EU.