"I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for focusing attention on manufacturing. Is it his assessment that this deal would lead to new rules of origin checks and other red tape on UK manufacturers exporting to the EU?..." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"I think that the Minister is seeking to assure us that there will not be any customs posts, checks or controls anywhere at or near the border...." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"But the Prime Minister has said this morning that Irish customs checks will be the reality after Brexit. So where will the checks envisaged by the Prime Minister take place?..." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"1. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on a public vote on the terms of the UK’s future relationship with the EU. ..." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"I am sorry to hear that. Brexit was supposed to deliver frictionless trade, the exact same benefits as the single market and the customs union and an extra £350 million a week for the NHS, but the Prime Minister was not able to deliver and any actual Brexit deal will …..." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"The hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) is absolutely right. The Prime Minister failed in her aim to secure a continuing place for the UK on the European Data Protection Board, which oversees GDPR. Is it not a profoundly unsatisfactory aspect of the Prime Minister’s deal that, in that area …..." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"Next month, it will be three years since the referendum. Does the Minister regard the referendum choice as binding for all time? Does he not recognise that at some point it will be necessary to go back to the people and ask whether they still think leaving the EU is …..." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"Is it not now inconceivable to pass a meaningful vote before the EU Council next Thursday and therefore unavoidable to seek a lengthy Brexit delay and to hold European Parliament elections?..." Stephen Timms - View Speech
"I am very grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend. He is making a powerful case. The motion that the House agreed made it clear that, if there was not a deal by today, the likelihood would be that the European Council would require a longer extension. Is it …..." Stephen Timms - View Speech