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UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I recognise the importance of the automotive industry, but there are also a number of other industries here in the United Kingdom that are very important for our jobs and future prosperity. We have set out the framework for the implementation period. I have been clear both here and in the Florence speech about the rules and regulations that are required during that implementation period, but they have to be negotiated with the European Union, and that is exactly what we want to start to do.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Oliver James Dowden (Conservative, Centre-right): Businesses in my constituency are concerned about outcomes, particularly the frictionless movement of goods across Europe and the mutual recognition of standards, rather than membership of particular institutions. Will the Prime Minister reassure me that, during the second phase of negotiations, those outcomes will be the Government’s priority?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. That is exactly why we have said that we want to negotiate a new agreement and a new partnership with the European Union. It will be the interests of businesses across the United Kingdom that will be part of what is driving us towards that new arrangement.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): Former New Zealand High Commissioner Lockwood Smith has said that there are few advantages to the UK in leaving the EU without bringing back ambitious responsibility for our own trading arrangements across the world. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, while we all accept the importance of a short period of transition, we should not lose sight of the longer-term goal of pursuing our own trade deals?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are real opportunities for the UK in negotiating those other trade agreements around the world. Although we will have that implementation period, we will be negotiating and ensuring that we can put into place trade agreements that will be of benefit both to this country and to jobs in this country.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Marcus John Hudson Fysh (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend confirm that her concept of an implementation phase will only be enacted if firm plans and a schedule for implementation of permanent new arrangements between the EU and UK have already been agreed?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier, one reason why people voted to leave the EU was to control our money, so we will not be sending huge sums of money every year in perpetuity to the European Union. When we have left the European Union, this Government will be able to decide how we will deploy the funds that are available.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Robert James MacGillivray Neill (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate the Prime Minister on her statement, and the tone of pragmatism in her Florence speech. Does she agree that, throughout this time and the implementation period, it will be right and proper to place our commercial interests front and centre in these matters regardless of any arcane or theoretical considerations, and that patience and pragmatism are not only important in the interests of this country, but most consistent with the spirit of our party too?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): An independent trading nation is one that is able to determine its own trading policy and to enter into trade agreements around the rest of the world. What the hon. Gentleman is talking about is something that depends on having frictionless borders, and, as I have said, we want to negotiate with the European Union as frictionless a border as possible.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Kevin Paul Hollinrake (Conservative, Centre-right): It is good to hear not only the Prime Minister’s optimism about the chances of striking a trade deal, but that we are preparing for no deal. In order to give businesses as much time as possible to adjust, will she consider drawing a line in the sand with a date attached to it by which, if we have not made sufficient progress, we will finally and simply walk away from the negotiating table?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): One of the important points about negotiation is that we keep our hands as free as possible. We do want to ensure that we take business with us. As I have said, there are a number of ways in which we are discussing the future arrangements with business. The implementation period is important, and I hope that we can get on to discuss that as early as possible with the European Union, but we do need to maintain a degree of flexibility in our negotiating positions.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are doing the work that is necessary to ensure that we are prepared for whatever outcome emerges from the negotiations. The hon. Gentleman is right: there have been a number of speeches recently that suggest a more integrationist approach for the EU in future. I am clear that it is important that we are that self-governing nation and that we get that good deal with the European Union because it is in the economic interests of both sides.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Nigel Paul Huddleston (Conservative, Centre-right): Given that the EU has a £70 billion annual trade surplus with the UK, does the Prime Minister agree that the European business community should be far more vocal in its communications with its political leaders, because failure to conclude a deal would not reflect well on its competence?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right: it is important for businesses based in the European Union that we achieve a good trade agreement and a good new economic partnership with the EU, and I encourage them to make that point.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robert Edward Jenrick (Conservative, Centre-right): At times such as this, it is important that Britain speaks with one voice—[Laughter.] The Opposition may laugh, but if that is the case, does my right hon. Friend agree that it was deeply disappointing that British MEPs voted against a furthering of the negotiations, which would have taken them to the crucial stage? Was she as surprised as I was that she was the only party leader to withdraw the Whip from those individuals?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is in the interests of this country that we move forward on those trade negotiations. I was astounded to hear that any MEPs had voted in favour of a resolution saying that sufficient progress had not been made and that we should not move to those trade negotiations. I have acted regarding the two Conservative MEPs who voted against British interests. It is time that the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) did something about the 18 Labour MEPs who did so.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I have referenced the paper that the hon. Gentleman says he read this summer. It sets out a couple of options for the customs relationship overall between the UK and the EU once we have left the European Union. Of course, we need to get into these negotiations so that we can sit down with the European Union and discuss what will work for both sides. I repeat what I have said: we want to maintain the integrity of the internal market of the United Kingdom and we are very clear that there should be no physical infrastructure on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Macroeconomics
David Thomas Morris (Conservative, Centre-right): My local chamber of commerce welcomes the two-year transition period because business is, quite simply, booming in my constituency. The chamber of commerce actually gets that. It also gets that if there is a run on the pound, as the Opposition say there will be if they ever reach government, it will create not just job losses, but interest rate increases. If I am going to criticise my Prime Minister, it has to be on this statement—not what is in it, but the font. My ailing eyes cannot see it. In future, Prime Minister, please put it in large print not just for my ailing eyes, but so the Leader of the Opposition and his Front Bench can understand it.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are always happy to look at any contributions made to the debate around the negotiations, but I repeat that the European Union has been very clear about the indivisibility of the four pillars. If we want to be a full member of the single market and a full member of the customs union, it means maintaining free movement and the overall jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. That is, effectively, not leaving the European Union. The British people voted to leave the European Union.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Michael James Tomlinson-Mynors (Conservative, Centre-right): I warmly welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, particularly her comments about EU citizens and, equally importantly, UK citizens living and working in the EU. She is right that the ball is very much in the EU’s court, but will she ensure that the issue remains front and centre and is resolved as quickly as possible?
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said, being a full member of the single market is indivisible from full membership of the customs union, free movement and the complete jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. We will be negotiating an implementation period and the arrangements on which we are able to operate. We will negotiate those as a country that will no longer be a member of the European Union.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are very clear that the issue of borders and relationships is one that we wish to discuss as part of the overall future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. As I said earlier, we have been continuing to discuss with the Government of Gibraltar their particular concerns and interests to ensure that we can provide a deal that works for Gibraltar as well as the United Kingdom.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are doing a very simple thing. We are putting into place the wishes of the British people as expressed in a referendum and we are negotiating towards that future deal. I suggest that the hon. Gentleman talks to the leader of his party. The Leader of the Opposition says that we are being too slow, but the hon. Gentleman says we are being too hasty.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I implied in my statement and have said in answers to questions, we have put forward a proposal for the implementation period. But this is a negotiation, which means that we need to negotiate the details of the implementation period with the European Union. The European Parliament gave that view, although it is not a binding vote. If the hon. Lady wants us to get on and negotiate the implementation period, she should have suggested to those 18 Labour MEPs who voted against that resolution, not in favour.
UK Plans for Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman cannot have it all ways. The Scottish National party complains to me that I am not making unilateral declarations about EU citizens here. My point is very clear: we have the interest of UK citizens in hand as well and we want to consider that interest. We are working on that. We are actively ensuring the interests of those UK citizens through the negotiations. It is not about standing up and talking about it; it is about doing something about it.
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Government Operations
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. The simple and short answer is that there are questions to the representative of the House of Commons Commission in this Chamber. It is perfectly open to the hon. Gentleman to question the representative of the Commission, and I have every expectation that he will do so I would just add en passant that the House of Commons Commission, of which the hon. Member for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie) is the hon. Gentleman’s party’s representative and, therefore, is well familiar with all this, has considered this matter carefully. We are conscious of our obligations to conduct any tender process fairly, and we expect the highest standards of our contractors. This is the subject of statements by the House authorities, with which I think the hon. Gentleman implied he is familiar, but all matters can be the subject of further questioning and scrutiny, and that is perfectly proper. I am sure he will be in his place to participate in any such exercise.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course I will ensure that I meet the police and crime commissioner, or that a Home Office Minister does so if that is more appropriate. I have seen the piece of work that was produced, and it is an incredibly useful document As I was saying, we want every single child in our country to get the best education and the best start in life, and to fulfil their potential, and that absolutely includes children from the Traveller community I know that in today’s debate we will hear accounts of the damage left in the wake of illegal encampments and a call for local authorities and the police to do more and to move faster in dealing with them. Indeed, many Members have written to me highlighting the impact illegal incursions have on their constituents. I recognise, as I am sure the whole House does, the huge sense of frustration and anguish about the issue that many people feel.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend expresses a view that many colleagues will have experienced in terms of the frustration felt by their constituents Let me talk about the powers the police have and about what we intend to do. As I said, many Members have written to me highlighting the impact illegal incursions have on their constituents. I recognise this huge sense of frustration; indeed, I share it. In recent months in my constituency of Reading West, we have had numerous illegal encampments set up on public land, including nine separate visits to Prospect Park in Tilehurst. These incursions have caused my constituents significant distress, as each leaves behind enormous amounts of waste and cleaning comes at a considerable cost to the law-abiding taxpayers We all aspire to peaceful and integrated co-existence between communities, where we all share the same rights and responsibilities, but there is a perception among the settled communities—our constituents—that the law does not apply equally.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): Obviously, when there are problems we expect local authorities and the police to act. The view of people in the settled community is that if they were flouting the law in the same way as a small percentage of Gypsies and Travellers do, they would be treated more harshly by the authorities.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Caroline Alice Spelman (Conservative, Centre-right): Forgive me for interrupting, but will the Minister give the House the sense that he appreciates that this is not a static situation? In the west midlands, for example, the number of unauthorised incursions has doubled since 2011. This debate takes place against the backdrop of an increasing problem, not a static fact.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend makes an important point. The fact that we have so many colleagues present for the debate makes it clear that this is an issue we feel deeply about. I want to re-emphasise that the law applies equally to everyone, and it must be seen to apply equally to everyone in practice.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): The law is very clear on criminal damage, but I want to talk about the powers the police have and what additional powers they have if there are transit sites or permanent sites available in the local area Let me set out the powers for local authorities in dealing with illegal encampments. First, it is important to put the number of illegal encampments in context. The January 2017 Traveller caravan count indicated that 13% of encampments were illegal, and about a third of those were on land not owned by travellers, yet no matter what the figures say, I know that illegal encampments often cause strife. We have already heard that in this debate.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Transportation
Wendy Morton (Conservative, Centre-right): I will be contributing to the debate later, but as the Minister is talking about statistics and the figure of 13%, will he consider that, although 13% might seem like a small percentage, when a community is repeatedly affected by Travellers, it seems disproportionate?
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): Prevention is, of course, better than cure, but it is also important that all communities abide by the law Local authorities and the police already have extensive powers to take action. Councils have a range of powers available to them. They can very quickly obtain a possession order to remove trespassers from land, and they can apply to the courts for pre-emptive injunctions that prevent unauthorised camping in a defined area. The police also have powers under sections 61 and 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): If I may proceed a bit further, I will give way Under section 61, the police can remove trespassers who cause criminal damage or engage in abusive and intimidating behaviour, or who have six or more vehicles on the land. The police can also seize and remove vehicles from illegal encampments. Under section 62, if transit or permanent Traveller sites are available—I think this is the point that the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green) made—the police can act immediately. We know that local authorities, the police and other agencies can work effectively in a multi-agency approach. There are examples of good practice across the country, and I know that colleagues will raise them.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister says that the police can take action quickly and that everybody should be treated equally under the law, but my constituents had to wait for days and days to have an illegal encampment dealt with. The Travellers trashed the local playground—human excrement was left on the children’s play equipment—but the police could not take action for days. My constituents believe that there is one set of rules for one community and another set of rules for others, and that the police cannot take action fast enough.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Law and Crime
John David Penrose (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister is being very generous in giving way. I want to echo the comments that have just been made. The feedback from North Somerset Council and my local police indicates that, although the current powers are extensive in theory, they do not work in practice. They are too slow, and there are too many loopholes. The miscreant element of the Traveller community that is the cause of these problems understands the loopholes all too well, and we end up playing cat and mouse across county boundaries and authority boundaries. We absolutely need to reword the law, so that it works fast and effectively for the settled community as well as for the Traveller community.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Government Operations
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): Over £200 billion is being made available to local authorities to deal with a range of issues over the next four years. Several colleagues have made the point about cross-agency and cross-authority working, which I am sure we will hear about in this debate, and that is absolutely the way to go.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Transportation
Julian Carlton Knight (Conservative, Centre-right): That did not happen in my constituency, where we had the farce of people parking in the car park and receiving fines—these were legal motorists—which I then had to get overturned by the council. That again emphasises that there is one rule for one and another rule for another.
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Agriculture
Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): On the question of paying taxes, I refer the hon. Lady to what John Grant, the chief inspector at the RSPCA and a Gypsy himself, said about Gypsies and Travellers in a speech—she can watch the video of it on the RSPCA blog—to the world horse welfare conference in 2012: "I would say 95% don’t pay any taxes. A lot of their money is held in new motors, new caravans and good quality horses." That is what a Gypsy and Traveller himself said. Does the hon. Lady know better than he does?
Gypsies and Travellers and Local Communities — House of Commons, 2017-10-09
Topic: Transportation
Mark Gino Francois (Conservative, Centre-right): If I may contradict the hon. Gentleman, Basildon Borough Council has a considerable number of sites for Travellers, yet it still suffers from the sorts of problems I outlined in my speech. He is incorrect to say that if there are sites, we do not get problems.