New Partnership with the EU Debate
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Main Page: Tom Elliott (Ulster Unionist Party - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)Department Debates - View all Tom Elliott's debates with the Department for Exiting the European Union
(7 years, 3 months ago)
Commons ChamberThere is little point in modelling what is not going to happen. For many of the most important deals for us, the expectation is that we will get, as it were, an immediate transfer, and then we will start talking about improving the deals between us. Not all EU trade deals have been that beneficial for Britain, and we could certainly improve some of them.
I noted the Secretary of State’s assertion about controlling our own laws and ending the authority of the European Court of Justice in the United Kingdom, and I want to put it on the record that I support that proposal. When that takes place, what will be the authority or standing of any decision relative to the United Kingdom that has already been taken by the Court?