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Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Sarah James (Wollaston) (Conservative, Centre-right): Without informed consent, there is no valid consent. Following the publication of the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration, we now have a much clearer idea of what Brexit looks like, which allows people to weigh up the risks and the benefits. That is what informed consent is all about. Does the Prime Minister accept that we have reached an impasse in the House, and that now that we are in a position to ask people for their informed consent, it really is time for a people’s vote on this final deal?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have indicated to a number of Members—obviously I have answered the question about a people’s vote before—I strongly believe that having asked people in this country to determine whether or not this country should remain in the European Union, we, as their elected representatives, should recognise the feeling that was expressed in that vote and should deliver for people on that vote, and that means delivering leaving the European Union.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Peter William Bone (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister had already told the House that we would be giving away a minimum of £39 billion to the EU. We have learnt today that the implementation period might be extended, which would mean billions of pounds more of taxpayers’ money being given away to the EU in return for a wish list. How does the Prime Minister square that with her red line that we are not giving billions of pounds to the European Union?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I did not say that it would be a minimum of £39 billion. The financial settlement that has been achieved in the withdrawal agreement is for £39 billion That £39 billion is less than half what a number of commentators and others were suggesting—including from the European Union—at the beginning of that negotiation It is right that there is a difference between the backstop and the extension of the implementation period, in that in the implementation period I think there would be an expectation of payments, and in the backstop there is no financial obligation. That is one of the reasons why it is not attractive to the European Union for us to be in the backstop. But the decision in relation to those, or, indeed, the alternative arrangements that are developed, would be a decision for the United Kingdom. It would be for the United Kingdom to determine which of those we wished to be in, were it necessary—as my hon. Friend knows, I want it not to be necessary—to cover an interim period before we were in the future relationship.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the substantial progress she has made since last week, not least the inclusion in paragraph 23 of the statement that economic partnership should ensure no tariffs across all sectors, which will be vital to my midlands constituency with its manufacturing industry. A critical issue to my constituents, 60% of whom voted "out", is whether we will truly regain national self-determination by 1 January 2021. Can she reassure me on that point, please?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right: I am sure that is what many people voted for, and that is what this future relationship will deliver. As I have indicated, obviously we have to negotiate the legal text of that future relationship, but there is every commitment and determination to ensure that that is in place by 1 January 2021. This deal will deliver that sovereignty that my hon. Friend looks for.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have explained, we still have the legal text to negotiate in relation to this document. [Interruption.] We still have the legal text to negotiate in relation to this document! What we have is a linkage between the withdrawal agreement in article 184 and the work that will go forward in relation to this. But, yes, there is further negotiation on the legal text of this document. I have been very clear about that in answer to a number of questions.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Michael Penning (Conservative, Centre-right): May I thank the Prime Minister for siding with my constituents, who trusted this Government’s and the Opposition’s manifesto commitments to leave the European Union, as they voted to do? It is obvious that there are concerns about the backstop in this House and across the country. She has done brilliantly well to negotiate more stuff in. May I ask her to press a little a bit harder on Saturday?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my right hon. Friend for reminding the House that something like 80% of Members of this House stood on a manifesto to leave the European Union, to deliver on the vote of the referendum, and I hope all Members will recall that when they come to the meaningful vote. He is right about the concerns expressed in relation to the backstop, and I recognise those concerns. That is why we have been looking at alternative arrangements that could be put in place, and we will continue to work on those.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Paragraph 138 makes it clear that "it is the clear intent of both Parties to develop in good faith agreements giving effect to this relationship" The hon. Gentleman refers to sovereignty. The contents of the political declaration are a recognition that there is a balance between the question of checks at the border and the degree to which rules are accepted and operated on both sides of that border. What we set out in the White Paper we published in July was a recognition of that and a proposal that frictionless trade came with a commitment to a common rulebook, but with a parliamentary lock, so that it would be a decision of the UK—of the UK Parliament—to choose to diverge from those rules I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is aware that divergence from those rules such that products were manufactured not in line with the standards and regulations operating in the European Union would have an impact on access to the market of the European Union, just as it would under any other agreement we made with other parts of the world. We will be sovereign—this deal delivers that sovereignty—but if it is in place, it will be for this House to decide where it wishes to go in relationship to the rulebook that enables access to a market versus divergence and a sovereign decision.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
James Stephen Heappey (Conservative, Centre-right): As the Prime Minister has said, beyond this place people are just desperate that we get Brexit over and done with. I have met many people in my constituency who greatly admire the resolve she has shown in pursuing this deal in recent weeks. Does she agree that they will look very dimly if we grind ourselves to a standstill here by pursuing ideological perfection, rather than accepting the very good and pragmatic?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes an important point. It is for us in this House to look pragmatically at what will deliver for the British people. That is what I have done in this deal, and it is what I believe the deal delivers for the British people. He is right that we should remember the many people up and down the country who want us to get on with this and build that brighter future.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): What people voted for is for us to leave the European Union and to bring control of money, borders and laws back to this country, and we are doing so in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods up and down the country.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): There is much here that is reassuring to my constituents working in the health, aerospace, automobile and nuclear energy sectors. They are people who see, above all, the need for sensible compromise to achieve continuity, rather than disruption, when we leave the European Union. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the big divide now is between them and those who would risk anything for no deal or no Brexit, putting at risk every chance of achieving a deal that few may love but most could live with?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right. Most of our constituents up and down the country will want Members of Parliament to deliver on the vote to leave the European Union by ensuring that we leave the European Union, while also looking at considerations around their jobs, their livelihoods and their futures. It is this deal that does both, protecting jobs while also delivering on the vote.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Law and Crime
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady gives a list of what she thinks are important security arrangements. She left out Prüm and the passenger name records, which are incredibly important in dealing with organised criminals, solving crimes and dealing with terrorists. We are clear that we are working on the arrangements that will enable us to exchange the very type of information that is exchanged in SIS II and ECRIS.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
William David Wiggin (Conservative, Centre-right): I put aside my fear of the backstab agreement and come straight to the point. My right hon. Friend is right that we do not want another referendum; we want to see the benefits of the one we had. To that end, I thoroughly welcome what she said about negotiating deals during the implementation period. Can she assure us all that those deals will come to fruition, even if the implementation period is extended?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Those deals would come to fruition. I think the point is that, in an extended implementation period, there would continue to be an issue about the ability to put those deals into practice, which may be the issue my hon. Friend is raising. That is one of the factors about an extension of the implementation period. Whether we should be balancing the backstop versus that or alternative arrangements, would have to be taken into account.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is right in this sense: the alternative arrangements or indeed the extension of the implementation period could be chosen as a means of ensuring that the backstop was not put into place. I talked about the period of time for which the backstop would be in place, were it ever used, and it is absolutely clear in a number of ways throughout this document that it is only intended to be temporary, because it is intended to cover an interim period before the future relationship comes into place. The best way for us to be able to guarantee our commitment to the people of Northern Ireland on having no hard border is through our future relationship, which will be the permanent relationship and which will ensure that we deliver on that commitment.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Marcus Charles Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): The majority of my constituents voted to leave the EU. Many of those people are among the thousands of workers in my constituency who work in manufacturing or in the logistics industry, which completely depend on being able to move goods across borders. My constituents voted to get control of our money, laws and borders, but I am sure that in doing that they were also expecting that manufacturing industry and logistics would be able to continue to operate properly, so that we maintain their jobs and can create more jobs in the future to go with them. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that that is exactly what she is trying to achieve in the work she is doing on behalf of the British people?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Many people, his constituents and others, voted leave in order to bring back control of our money, laws and borders, but of course they also have wanted to ensure that those jobs were there for them and their children in the future. Our support for manufacturing industry is an important part of that and that is exactly what this deal delivers.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I made it clear in the statement that, obviously, the European Union started from the position that there was a binary choice between the Norway model or the Canada model, but it has accepted that there is a spectrum in relation to these matters, where there is a balance between rights and obligations. That is what is clear within this document. We retain our ambition, our commitment, our objective of having frictionless trade. As I said earlier, not everybody in Europe has accepted that, but we continue to work on that and we continue to maintain that objective, because it is about protecting jobs.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Matthew Robert Warman (Conservative, Centre-right): The overwhelming vote to leave the EU in my constituency was a vote against politics as usual and a vote to bring back control of our money, borders and laws to this country. Like it or not, the reality is that the Prime Minister’s deal is the only practical way to deliver that. So does she agree that voters should be appalled when they see people place narrow party interest above the national interest and risk subverting our democracy itself with talk of a second referendum?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree with my hon. Friend; he is right. He said that many people in his constituency voted against politics as usual. They will be surprised to see politicians playing politics with this issue in this Chamber. Every Member of this House must consider the interests of constituents, the need to deliver on the vote of the people to leave the European Union and to do so in a way that is in the best interests of our constituents.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Agriculture
Kirstene Janette Hair (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister is absolutely right to say that we should take no lectures from SNP politicians about fishing, because we know all too well that they want to drag our fishermen right back into the common fisheries policy. Can she confirm that the UK will be sitting down unfettered at the negotiating table as an independent coastal state by December 2020 and on an annual basis thereafter?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): That is certainly our position. That remains our position. Of course a reference within the fisheries section—I think it is in the fisheries section—refers to the desire to have those arrangements in place by July 2020, such that they are in place for the consideration of fixing access and quotas for 2021 and thereafter.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I have not had an opportunity to look at the transcript of the evidence that was given by HMRC yesterday. It was clear when we published our proposals on customs in the summer that the facilitated customs arrangement within that would be capable of mainly being in place by 1 January 2021, albeit that the repayment mechanism in that system would take longer to put into place. What my hon. Friend will see throughout this document is the clear intent and determination of both parties to ensure that we negotiate these arrangements in relation to customs and the free trade area, and indeed the overall future relationship, such that it is in place by 1 January 2021.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): There are a number of features of that single customs territory that are important in looking at customs arrangements for the future. For example, it has normally been said that it is not possible to have good customs arrangements with the European Union without free movement, but that single customs territory allows us do exactly that—to divide those two freedoms.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Margaret Ann Throup (Conservative, Centre-right): I am pleased that paragraph 24 recognises the importance of our relationship with a number of EU agencies, especially as some of my local businesses have emphasised the importance of the role of the European Chemicals Agency. Will my right hon. Friend expand on how she sees our relationship with the European Chemicals Agency developing as we leave the EU, in order to reassure my local businesses?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): This is important, and we recognise the significance of these agencies, each in their own way, to businesses in the United Kingdom. As I indicated in an earlier response, there is currently no model for third country representation or participation in the European Chemicals Agency, and that is precisely why it is necessary for us to carry on working with the European Union to see on what basis and under what conditions that participation can take place.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend knows that the withdrawal agreement is indeed a legal document and that the legal text around the political declaration has still to be negotiated. There is a linkage between the withdrawal agreement and the political agreement, as set out clearly in the withdrawal agreement. With regard to the backstop, it is clear that, were we to be in it, it would be only temporary, but also that that is not the only option if it is necessary to have an interim arrangement to provide for our guarantees for the people of Northern Ireland prior to the future relationship coming into place.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said in response to a number of other Members who have raised this issue, there is currently no model for the participation of a third country in the European Chemicals Agency or the European Medicines Agency, which is why it is necessary for the negotiation to take place to ensure that we can, because it is in the interests of both sides —the United Kingdom and the European Union—that such participation is available in future.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has repeated yet again today that we will leave the European Union on 29 March. She has also frequently repeated that no deal is better than a bad deal. The 70% of my constituents who voted to leave are even more determined that they want that to happen. Will she assure them that in the event that the agreement was rejected by the House, the Government would hold fast and ensure that we did indeed still leave on 29 March?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I give my hon. Friend the assurance that as far as I am concerned we are leaving on 29 March 2019, and that is what this Government are working towards. My hon. Friend will be aware that some voices around the Chamber would prefer us not to leave on 29 March 2019—[Interruption.] I hear the odd yes from Labour Members on that—but I am clear that we will be leaving on 29 March 2019.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Government Operations
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Actually, the document makes clear what that spectrum is. As I have referred to on other occasions in response to questions, there is a balance between checks and controls and the acceptance of rules and regulations.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: International Affairs
James Spencer Cleverly (Conservative, Centre-right): Hon. and gallant Members on both sides of the Chamber will be familiar with the term mission command. They will also be familiar with the importance of regularly restating the mission. Will my right hon. Friend therefore restate for the House today that any Government led by her will have as its mission that we will take back control of our money, borders, laws and trade policy, that we will honour the result of the referendum and that we will do so without putting our economic growth or the integrity of this United Kingdom in jeopardy?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Law and Crime
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No, what we want to do is ensure that, when we have the legal text in place, we are able to see the co-operation, which I recognise is over a matter of concern—a matter of concern to the families to which the hon. Gentleman refers—and it is a matter that has been raised by the legal sector.
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Agriculture
Peter James Guy Aldous (Conservative, Centre-right): Electric pulse fishing by Dutch trawlers off the East Anglian coast is devastating our fisheries and should stop now. Can the Prime Minister confirm that there is nothing in the political declaration that undermines the cornerstone of the Fisheries Bill that, in future, we will control access to our waters and will be able to stop this abhorrent practice?
Progress on EU Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-22
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier, we will be an independent coastal state. We will be negotiating that access to our waters in our own interests, but, as my hon. Friend will see within the fishing opportunities section of the political declaration, we are very clear that we need to work to ensure that fishing is at sustainable levels. That is in the interests of all fishermen to ensure that the industry can survive and be sustainable into the future.