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EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course, what we have seen from the European Union is that a Canada-style deal is not available or on offer for the whole of the United Kingdom; it is only on offer for Great Britain, with Northern Ireland effectively carved out from the rest of the United Kingdom. The proposals that the Government have put forward following the discussions that the Cabinet had in July at Chequers are focused on a free trade deal with frictionless trade at its heart. A Canada-style deal does not deliver on frictionless trade and therefore does not deliver the absolute guarantee of no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland or, indeed, frictionless trade at our other borders.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Nicky Morgan (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister is right to say that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the United Kingdom. She is also right to say that protecting the Union is of fundamental importance to Members on all sides of the Brexit debate on the Government Benches. But as we just heard from my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood), there are people who disagree with what she said in her statement about the "no-deal outcome that no one wants" There are people in this House and on the Government Benches who want a no-deal outcome.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Nicky Morgan (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is nodding. People in this country are now really concerned and worried about no deal, including businesses, EU citizens living here and British citizens living in the EU. I urge the Prime Minister to ensure that we do not slip into any kind of no-deal scenario, because I believe that this House will not support it and therefore would have to step into the negotiations.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier in response to a question, I am clear that we are working to get a good deal for the whole of the United Kingdom, but it is also right that we continue our preparations for no deal because we do not know what the outcome of those negotiations will be. I think it is right that we ensure that the deal we bring back is a good deal for the whole of the United Kingdom.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said both in my statement and in response to other questions, one of the issues that we are discussing with the European Union remains this issue of ensuring that the backstop is a temporary arrangement and that we cannot be kept in a permanent relationship of that sort with the European Union. The backstop is intended as an insurance policy for the people of Northern Ireland. I do not want that backstop ever to be put in place; I want to ensure we negotiate a future relationship that can start at the end of the implementation period.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No. I am going to repeat what I have said, in response to the right hon. Gentleman. The people had a vote in 2016. It was in a referendum. This Parliament gave the people that vote. The people voted to leave, and that is what we will deliver.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): Whether leave or remain, we can all agree that in the past Britain may have pooled its sovereignty, but we have never just given it away. Does the Prime Minister accept that the common rulebook represents a unique loss of sovereignty for Britain, but that for the first time we will have tied the hands of future generations, to be bound by rules they will have had no chance to write?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Government Operations
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No, I am afraid I do not agree with my right hon. Friend on the definition she has set out, precisely because the proposal that we have put forward involves a parliamentary lock. It will be this Parliament that will decide on those rules—whether we adopt those rules and whether we adopt any further changes to those rules.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Owen William Paterson (Conservative, Centre-right): What are the cross-border transactions between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland that so threaten the integrity of the European single market and customs union that they cannot be resolved by existing techniques or existing processes under existing law, none of which requires hard infrastructure on the border?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): First of all, the hon. and learned Lady is making an assumption about the date of the meaningful vote, and we are still in negotiations. Secondly, no, because the point about whether article 50 can be revoked is that this Government will not be revoking article 50—we are going to keep article 50.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Damian Howard Green (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government were clearly right to reject that part of the Commission’s proposals that would have threatened the integrity of the United Kingdom, but it is salutary that what the European Commission produced was a deal that would have been worse than no deal. Despite that, can my right hon. Friend assure me and the House that she will continue to work very hard to make sure that we get a deal? I believe that, apart from a relatively small number of people who genuinely believe that no deal would be a good thing for this country, and apart from a few people who would vote against a deal for purely partisan reasons, there is an enormous majority in this House for a negotiated settlement to this procedure.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve (Conservative, Centre-right): I wish my right hon. Friend every good thing in this negotiation, but I do point out to her that we are heading towards a conclusion where we are going to be in an at least two-year relationship with the EU—which is a condition of vassalage, because we have absolutely no say in the rule making, but we are tied to it—and we are going to be bound by a common rulebook afterwards, even if she is successful. I have to say to her that, in those circumstances, I will not be able to support the Government in this, unless this matter is put to the British people again. It is entirely different from what was discussed and negotiated during the referendum in 2016.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I say gently to my right hon. and learned Friend that I think I recall the time when he was in favour of the Government negotiating an implementation period for our withdrawal from the European Union, to bridge the point between our leaving on 29 March 2019 and the point at which the future relationship would come into place. We have set out the reasons why it is important for us to ensure that at the heart of our future relationship is a free trade deal that has frictionless trade at its heart—that is a good trade deal for the United Kingdom, but also enables us to undertake good trade deals with others around the world.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The point about not having a customs border down the Irish sea is not one that has escaped negotiators. We have been very clear: we were clear when the proposal was first published by the European Union earlier this year and we have consistently been clear that such an arrangement was one that the UK Government could not accept.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We continue to negotiate on the basis that the best deal for the future is one that has frictionless trade at its heart. That would be good for businesses here, and good for jobs and livelihoods here, but it would also deliver on the vote of the British people.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have a very clear negotiating objective in relation to the deal we are getting from the European Union. Sadly, what I see from the Labour party Front Bench is not a consistent approach in relation to that. The Government set out our approach in Lancaster House and we have followed that through at every stage of the negotiations.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Stephen Crabb (Conservative, Centre-right): When it comes to signing the political declaration on the future relationship, will my right hon. Friend confirm that it will be clear, specific and binding, so that business has more certainty and that we do not just begin another period of Brexit fog and uncertainty?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): This is precisely why we want to ensure that there is a proper linkage between the withdrawal agreement and the future relationship, so that certainty can be given on what the future relationship is and that that is going to come into place. I think that that is what the House will want to see as well when it comes to look at the meaningful vote.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said to others, the British people made their decision on our leaving the European Union. If the hon. Lady wants to know how to deliver frictionless trade, she should read the White Paper.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory William Hands (Conservative, Centre-right): I am delighted that my right hon. Friend has rejected the Opposition proposal to be in a customs union in the EU, which was of course rejected by this House only in July. Apart from the most important reason—having our tariffs and trade policy determined by Brussels without our having a seat at the table—it would also mean we would have no control over trade defences, dumping, unfair trade practices or trade preferences for the developing world. Does she therefore agree with me that it would illogical to agree to be in a customs union with the European Union beyond December 2020?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I commend my right hon. Friend for the work he did on our trade policy when he was a trade Minister. I absolutely want to see that we are able to put those new trade arrangements into place at the end of the implementation period. I want to see that future relationship coming into play at that point, which of course would be 1 January 2021.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am quite happy to repeat what I have said in answer to all those Members who have proposed a people’s vote. We had a people’s vote. It was called the referendum and the people voted to leave.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very happy to give that reassurance to my right hon. Friend. I am pleased to say that we are making good progress in our discussions with the European Union on both internal and external security matters.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Oliver Heald (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister spoke about the need to take a cool and calculated approach to the negotiations and that everything that has been achieved so far in the negotiations has been a result of that approach. But does she agree that to have the sort of free trade that we want, it must be frictionless, or as frictionless as possible, with the EU so that our manufacturers can continue to have those very important businesses and all the jobs that go with them? With that in mind, I hope that she will send our Brexit Secretary over the channel as often as possible to achieve the result we want—that is, a good deal for Britain.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Like my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Sir Oliver Heald), I absolutely agree on the importance of the point about frictionless trade, because what we want to see in the future is a United Kingdom that not only is able to have good trade deals around the rest of the world, but has a very good trading relationship with its near neighbours in Europe, so that manufacturers here are able to continue to operate on the basis that they have done so far.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to say that discussions are continuing in relation to the matter because it will of course be part of the withdrawal agreement that we will look to enter into. There have been positive and constructive negotiations taking place, but they are still in progress.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Peter William Bone (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has always said that the United Kingdom will leave the EU on 29 March next year and that any agreement will be based on ending the free movement of people, not sending billions and billions of pounds to the EU each and every year, and making our own laws in our own country, judged by our own judges. Does she still believe that that is possible?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I think that both of these are important. That is why the Government, as we negotiate the terms on which we are leaving the European Union and the terms of our future relationship, are very clear that we remain fully committed to the Belfast agreement.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Heidi-Suzanne Allen (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not wish to labour the point, but like my right hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Nicky Morgan) my businesses and constituents in South Cambridgeshire are terrified of a no deal, too. If that comes to pass and the Prime Minister will not entertain an extension of article 50, but accepts the reality that there is no way that no deal will pass through this House, I ask with the greatest respect: what option does that leave us other than going back to the people? What else can we do?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend’s question involves a number of assumptions. We are working to get a good deal with the European Union. If, at the end of the negotiation process, both sides agreed that no deal was there, that would actually come back to this House, and then we would see what position the House would take in the circumstances of the time.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): That is not the case. We have been negotiating with the European Union on the structure and scope of the future relationship, and we have been doing that on the basis of our proposals in the White Paper.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Mark James Harper (Conservative, Centre-right): In trying to come up with a constructive solution, will my right hon. Friend remind the EU of what it signed up to in last December’s joint report? It signed up to unfettered access for Northern Ireland’s businesses to the whole of the rest of the UK, and also to her commitment to follow only those rules that would be necessary for that north-south co-operation. If she reminded it of what it signed up to, we might make some progress.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend confirm that when she meets her EU counterparts later this week, she will tell them that although we are a patient people, our patience is not inexhaustible, and that if it continues to maintain its present negotiating stance of seeking to divide the United Kingdom internally, we will have to assume that it is not serious about achieving a negotiated settlement and therefore be obliged to prepare for no deal?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are all operating to a timetable—we will leave the European Union on 29 March next year—and we are clear that to get legislation through the House, we must follow a timetable and the negotiations need to end to match that timetable. I have said—I am very clear; the Government are very clear—that we cannot accept Northern Ireland effectively being divided from the rest of the UK.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): Next spring, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are having their first baby, I want this country to be at a time of economic stability, and no deal is unpredictable. May I encourage my right hon. Friend to continue to press the case for innovative customs solutions that will deliver frictionless trade while listening closely to the concerns of other EU member states about the risks that they face? Only when we make progress on finding a long-term solution will the difficulties of the backstop disperse.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend’s question gives me an opportunity to say what I am sure was said earlier in the Chamber and give my personal congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on the great news that we have heard today I assure my hon. Friend that, absolutely, concentrating on the long-term solution will not only deliver a good economic future for the partnership with the European Union for this country, but ensure that we deliver on our commitment to the people of Northern Ireland.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have indeed been listening to British business. We have put forward a proposal for frictionless trade and a free trade area between the United Kingdom and the European Union that would deliver for British business and meet its concerns.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Andrew William Murrison (Conservative, Centre-right): Last month, Michel Barnier very helpfully said that the border that he envisages down the middle of the Irish sea would be heavily reliant on innovative technical solutions. If that is true, why is he so dismissive of the same solutions, approved and endorsed by the European Parliament, in respect of the land border on the island of Ireland?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier, a number of comments have been made about issues relating to the border and the possibility of technical solutions. We have made it very clear to the European Union—including, obviously, Michel Barnier—that any suggestion that there should be a customs border down the Irish sea is one that this Government cannot accept.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We continue to negotiate in relation to our future economic partnership. We have put forward proposals that would enable that frictionless trade to continue to take place across the sea between the hon. Gentleman’s constituents and Ireland. We continue to work on those proposals, and we are making good progress on that future relationship.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Anne Margaret Main (Conservative, Centre-right): I heartily welcome the Prime Minister’s firm assurances that any backstop will be temporary. Businesses that wish to trade outside the EU would like to plan for that event, and, in my opinion, they need to have an idea of how long the backstop would last. If the Prime Minister is not prepared to specify a date, will she tell us how we can shore up the fact that nothing can derail the temporary nature for which she wishes? May I also ask her to update the House on the future of British citizens in the EU during that temporary period?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said to other Members, we are very clear that this should be temporary. As I said earlier, when we published the proposals for a UK-wide customs backstop, we included the expectation that it should end by December 2021, because the future economic relationship should be in place at that point. We are also clear about the fact that we cannot be in a position in which we would be potentially trapped in a permanent backstop, for a number of reasons, one of which is that we want to negotiate trade deals around the rest of the world and gain the economic advantage for this country of doing so.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (Conservative, Centre-right): There are no hardcore Brexiteers on this side of the House; there are only those who want to honour the referendum and do the best for their country. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this is now a question of trust and that, on the backstop, there is deep unease that somehow we will be left in the EU indefinitely? May I ask her this again: if we have to fall back on a backstop, will the UK have the sole right—the sole right—to pull out of it?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-10-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The point about the backstop is that it is an insurance policy for the people of Northern Ireland. I am clear that, first, it must be temporary and, secondly, we must be able to ensure that there is no way in which we can be left within that backstop as a result of a decision that the European Union takes in relation to this issue. There is a concern, I know, that somehow this will be an arrangement in which the EU does not negotiate the future economic partnership—the future relationship—and therefore we are left in limbo. That is why it is so important that we get a number of things, not least the linkage between the withdrawal agreement and the future relationship, and also reassurance in the withdrawal agreement about the temporary nature of the backstop.