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Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Samuel Phillip Gyimah (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister is right to say that the House needs to honour the result of the 2016 referendum, and that need was why many of us in this House voted to embark on the article 50 process. The Prime Minister then set her red lines in January 2017, after which we went into a general election. The direct consequence of that general election was the loss of our Conservative majority and the gridlock that we see in Parliament today. If there is no majority in this House for any option and the Prime Minister, having gone back to renegotiate, has not got anything that the House can accept, we should not be boxed in again by our own red lines. Parliament is not frustrating the will of the people; the general election produced an outcome that cannot lead to a clear decision, so we should not be afraid to give the choice back to the people.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): I respect the Prime Minister’ efforts to try to get the reassurances on the backstop to deliver on the referendum, and let us remember that delivering on it was a manifesto commitment for Conservative and Labour Members. Does she agree that those Members who hope that this situation leads to no deal should realise that the House will not support that outcome and that any other deal will not honour the referendum in a meaningful way? Snatching parliamentary defeat out of the jaws of referendum victory would be bad for trust, but not impossible if enough Members fail to get behind the Government’s proposals.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: Government Operations
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend has put the facts clearly to the House. In my statement I spoke of the responsibility that the House has to deliver on the referendum, to do that in a way that protects people’s jobs and futures, and to recognise the importance of the vote that people will take and its impact on people’s trust in our politics.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No, and hon. Members of this House who do not wish to have no deal need to recognise that the only way not to have no deal is to have a deal and to agree a deal. There is no agreement on any alternative deal in this House.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Alberto Castrenze Costa (Conservative, Centre-right): There is one part of the agreement that it is incontestable must be legally binding sooner rather than later: the issue of citizens’ rights. Will the Prime Minister reassure the House that if the ugly spectre of no deal arises when she speaks to EU leaders, she will reinforce her efforts to ensure that a legally binding agreement on citizens’ rights can be brought before the House as soon as possible?
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for his question. He has consistently championed the rights of EU citizens living in the UK throughout this process. I assure him that we have been stepping up to the plate in relation to citizens’ rights and a no-deal scenario. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has reminded me that a notification was issued last week on that matter, but we should also remember that there are 1 million UK citizens living in EU27 member states, and that we should encourage those member states to extend the same generosity to them.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I have answered that question previously. We are going into negotiations with the European Union. We have negotiated a deal with the European Union. We are looking at ways in which it will be possible to provide the necessary reassurance for Members of this House, and we will explore the options.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Matthew Robert Warman (Conservative, Centre-right): My constituency voted more heavily to leave the European Union than any other. When I talk to constituents, the feeling that I get is that more people now would vote to leave than when they first had the vote in 2016. For the sake of democracy, I would be one of them now as well. Does the Prime Minister agree that it should fill our constituents with horror when Members of Parliament who stood on manifestos to deliver Brexit now talk of a second referendum?
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Indeed, I receive messages from across the country from people who voted to remain who say, exactly as he has, that they would now vote to leave because they believe in the importance of recognising and honouring the result of the referendum.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I have been very clear that we are looking at one aspect of the deal, and that we had negotiated ways of addressing it within the withdrawal agreement. What has been proved is that the way that we negotiated it in that withdrawal agreement has not been sufficient to give confidence to Members of this House. The European Union has been clear that the backstop is only temporary, but people want further confidence that it will be only temporary and that it can be brought to an end. That is what we will be negotiating and discussing with the European Union.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the general tenet of the Prime Minister’s remarks today. When she meets European leaders, will she be making it clear that this is not about anyone wanting to return to the borders of the past in Ireland, but that it is about ensuring that we will have the sovereign ability to choose our own trading destiny and that we will not be subject to potential vetoes on extraneous issues that are nothing to do with keeping a border open in Ireland?
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman talks about legislation. The meaningful vote is not in itself legislation. The legislation follows with the withdrawal agreement Bill that we will put before the House. [Interruption.] He says he did not mention it, but he did use the term "legislation" for what the Government are doing. We are ensuring that we have listened to Members of this House, and we are holding further discussions with the European Union to deliver on the views on this House.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): I would like to speak up for something that seems to be going out of fashion—that is, compromise and pragmatism to bring the country back together. Does the Prime Minister agree that Opposition Members need to respect the manifesto that they stood on, which was to deliver the result of the referendum, stop playing party politics with their own constituents and back the deal, because they say they do not favour a no deal—[Interruption.]
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: Macroeconomics
Andrew Campbell Bowie (Conservative, Centre-right): Earlier on, the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Owen Smith) spoke about his concerns for the economy and what has happened to the pound today. Does my right hon. Friend not agree that this is as nothing compared with what would happen to our economy under the economically illiterate, destructive and chaotic policies of a Labour Government propped up by the SNP?
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: Macroeconomics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. The flight of capital and the run on the pound that Labour Members themselves accept would be the impact of their economic policies would be the worst damage that could be inflicted on this economy.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): It is that long-term peace and prosperity not only of Northern Ireland but the whole United Kingdom that has underpinned the approach the Government have taken to the whole of these negotiations. We remain firmly committed to ensuring that the peace process that has been so important to the lives of people in Northern Ireland, the peace that has been achieved and the development in Northern Ireland that has been achieved can continue into the future and give the people of Northern Ireland the bright future that we can also give to people across the whole United Kingdom. Having no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is an important part of maintaining that process into the future.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Alexander John Gervase Chalk (Conservative, Centre-right): Are not the public entitled to a grown-up acknowledgement across this House that the issue of the backstop affects both policies? Whether it is the Prime Minister’s proposal or, indeed, the Opposition proposal to stay in the customs union or outside the single market, both require a backstop. Does she agree?
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Any of the alternative arrangements that are being put up by contrast to the Government’s deal also require a backstop. The backstop is there in the circumstances where the negotiations fail to achieve the future relationship in time at the end of the transition period, and that could happen in the negotiation of any of the agreements.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have negotiated the deal with the European Union that covers many aspects over and above the issue of the backstop. The one that Members of this House have raised concerns about is the particular aspect of the backstop in relation to whether or not it can be indefinite or is only temporary. It is that specific point on which we are seeking these reassurances.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti (Conservative, Centre-right): Like many other colleagues, I was hoping to speak in the debate and outline my reasons why I would be opposing this deal and voting against it. Can the Prime Minister clarify this specific point for me? She has talked about manifesto commitments. May I refer her to page 36 of the Conservative party manifesto, which says: "As we leave the European Union, we will no longer be members of the single market or customs union" How does that reconcile with the deal that we have and the Attorney General’s advice at paragraph 7 on the customs union and the single market?
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): It is indeed reconciled with the fact that the future relationship we will have with the European Union will ensure that we are not in the single market and not in the customs union. Indeed, in the withdrawal agreement, in relation to the backstop in Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland will not be in the single market. The point about the backstop is that it is only intended to be temporary. Coming out of the single market, coming out of the customs union and coming out of all the other aspects of the European Union membership that people voted against and wanted to see us come out of is delivered in the future relationship we have with the European Union.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right; the withdrawal agreement now references the possibility of those alternative arrangements that can deliver on no hard border, which is so important for the peace he references, and could mean that the backstop genuinely does not need to be used. There has been a lot of focus on the backstop, but the possibility of extending the transition period and the existence of alternative arrangements both make it even less likely that the backstop would ever come into force.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): First, we are not trying to foment division between this House and the people. [Hon. Members: "Yes you are!] No. Every Member of this House has a responsibility to understand the duty to deliver on the vote of the referendum. A number of Members are indicating that they would prefer to follow a different route than delivering on the referendum vote. I believe that we have a duty to deliver on the referendum vote. As I have explained, I believe the deal that has been negotiated is the right deal for the UK. There is the aspect in relation to the backstop, on which we will be going back to the European Union.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We do indeed want to deliver on leaving the European Union, but in doing that, I want to ensure that there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. I believe that that is important, as I am sure the hon. Gentleman does, for his constituents and for the future of Northern Ireland. That is one of the commitments we have given, and it is one that I intend to deliver on.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): This is not a backstop designed by the United Kingdom. The one aspect of this backstop that was required by the United Kingdom was that the customs territory was UK-wide and that we did not see a Northern Ireland customs territory, which was what the EU wanted. We stood up against it, and we delivered.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have not suggested that. Ireland is currently a fellow member of the European Union. We, in the future, will not be a member of the European Union. One of the things that I have discussed with the Taoiseach is how we can ensure that our bilateral relations, which have been growing much stronger in recent years, continue to grow, in the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): One of the important elements of the deal that we have negotiated is being able to give EU citizens confidence about their rights, even should there be no deal. What is important for certainty for the future, and what will deliver all these things, is this House agreeing a deal.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): That is what I am doing. I am getting on with finding a way through—[Interruption.] I am listening to Members of this House and then going back to negotiate on that basis. The deal has been negotiated with the European Union. If the hon. Lady wants to avoid no deal, she has to accept a deal. This is the deal that is on the table.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Hon. Members of this House will need to face the fact that there will be a choice between a deal, no deal and no Brexit—[Interruption.] Between a deal—a deal—no deal and no Brexit. There is no majority in this House for any of the alternative arrangements that have been put forward by Members of this House.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The political declaration makes it very clear that what will be negotiated will give effect to what is in the political declaration. If you like, it is instructions to the negotiators. What is also clear within the deal that has been agreed is that both sides will use their best endeavours, acting in good faith, to achieve that negotiation by the end of December 2020.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: Environment
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I have given earlier. I also point out to her that if she wants the Government to be able to get on and focus on the issues that she is talking about—we have representation in Katowice, and we are still working on the issues of climate change and other things—going back for a second referendum will not help that process.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Two of the things that will be delivered by this deal are coming out of the common agricultural policy and coming out of the common fisheries policy. Those are both important, for our agricultural sector and for our fishermen, because we will be able to deliver improvements for both those sectors in the future.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No. What we are doing is ensuring that we can have a deal. For the confidence and certainty that the hon. Lady’s constituents want, I believe that it is important that this country agrees a deal that delivers for them on their jobs and livelihoods in the future, and that is what this deal does.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): It is a responsibility of Members of this House, when they come to look at the deal that the Government put before them, to recognise what the potential alternatives are in relation to no Brexit or no deal.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I have given an answer in relation to the people’s vote on a number of occasions. Some 17.4 million people voted to leave the European Union. She cites her constituent; there are many other constituents who, having voted to remain, would now vote to leave the European Union, because they believe it is important for Government and Parliament to deliver on the referendum.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady started her question by saying that this House respected the result of the referendum when it triggered article 50. What triggering article 50 did was start the process of negotiation. We will honour the result of the referendum when we leave the European Union.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have triggered the article 50 process. I believe that we have a responsibility to deliver on the vote in the referendum. This Parliament put the exit date into legislation, and we will be leaving on 29 March next year.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady seems to have misunderstood what I said in my statement and appears to think that we are abandoning in total the legally binding aspect of the deal that has been agreed. She talks about protecting jobs, and that is exactly why we have negotiated and set out clearly the ambitious free trade agreement for the future and the free trade area that would enable us to protect jobs up and down the country.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): There are a number of alternatives that Members of this House have already put forward in debate, and not just in the debate that has taken place during the three days so far. But so far there has clearly not been any consensus across the House for any alternative arrangement. The House will have to come to a decision about whether to go forward with a deal or not in due course.
Exiting the European Union — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I explained in the statement, we are deferring the vote so that we can have these further discussions with the European Union. But as I have pointed out to the hon. Gentleman and to his right hon. and hon. Friends on a number of occasions, from the point of view of the economy of Scotland and jobs in Scotland, the most important element for Scotland’s economy is to stay within the internal market of the United Kingdom.
EU Exit: Article 50 — House of Commons, 2018-12-10
Topic: International Affairs
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the judgment issued by the European Court of Justice this morning on the Wightman case Today, the European Court of Justice has delivered its judgment on the question of the revocability of an article 50 notice. The Court has found that the UK has the right, in accordance with its constitutional requirements, unilaterally to revoke the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU. We note the judgment from the European Court, the role of which is to provide rulings on the interpretation of EU law. The judgment clarifies the law, but it does not in any way change our policy. That the Government know this course is possible, just as many undesirable actions are possible, does not change the fact that such an approach is hypothetical and the Government have no intention of doing so The Government’s firm and long-held policy is that we will not revoke the article 50 notice. That position has not changed. To do so, or to hold a second referendum, would be to undermine the result of the 2016 referendum and the professed will of this House to give effect to that result. The House voted to hold the referendum and promised to deliver it. Five hundred and forty-four Members of this House voted to give the British public their say, with just 53 opposed. Almost three quarters of the electorate then took part in the 2016 referendum, resulting in 17.4 million votes to leave the European Union. That is the highest number of votes cast for anything in UK electoral history, making this referendum the biggest democratic exercise in our history. The House then voted again to empower the Prime Minister to notify under article 50, and voted yet again to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 The Government remain focused on their task, on their mandate and on delivering a deal that honours the 2016 referendum result. We will be leaving the EU on 29 March 2019. I commend this statement to the House.