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Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): A small business in my constituency that employs 180 people is part of the Airbus supply chain, so this matters very much to the good people of Broxtowe. I congratulate the Secretary of State on his statement and welcome it, but Airbus is not alone in having grave concerns about what the Government’s position will be on Brexit and seeking clarity. Will he assure people first that the Conservative party remains the party of business, and secondly that when British businesses speak out, they should be able to do so without fear or favour and be listened to with respect?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): If the right hon. Gentleman had read what Airbus said, on which my right hon. Friend was commenting, he would know that it gave a forensic analysis of its requirements when it comes to imports and exports. The import of that was that it needs to avoid frictions and tariffs, which is precisely what the Prime Minister has committed to.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The supply chain of Airbus and indeed of every company in the sector is pervasive right across the UK, and many employers—small and large—across many of our constituencies contribute to it. The hon. Lady asks about the impact of leaving the single market. The purpose of the negotiations in the months ahead is to make sure, as we leave the European Union and as we leave the single market—she knows that it is not possible to be a member of the single market and to be leaving the European Union—that we have an agreement that allows us to trade without frictions and without tariffs. That is our purpose, and it is what the Prime Minister has very clearly set out. It is within our grasp, and I am confident we will be able to achieve it.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is right that any negotiation of course involves give and take. That is true on both sides, and it is important to remember that these observations have been addressed to the European Union as well as to the UK. My right hon. Friend talks about the time. As I said to the Chairman of the Exiting the European Union Committee, the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), now is the time when we are moving on from discussing the terms of our withdrawal to what our future economic partnership looks like. This is precisely the time at which we will set out and agree, I hope, a long-term future in which Airbus and many other companies can prosper.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I think the hon. Gentleman would be more productive if he engaged with the substance of the negotiation. We are leaving the European Union, and what is required is to reach an agreement that avoids frictions and tariffs. It is perfectly possible to agree such an accord with the European Union. That is our purpose, and we will faithfully implement it.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Antoinette Geraldine Sherratt (Sandbach) (Conservative, Centre-right): Thousands of jobs in the north-west depend on Airbus and its supply chain there. Does the Secretary of State agree that close regulatory alignment is also a requirement to help to ensure that trade is as frictionless as possible?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: International Affairs
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): Article 50 provides that the withdrawal negotiations should take into account the framework for the future relationship between the departing member state and the continuing EU. Does my right hon. Friend not agree that the lack of clarity, about which Airbus is quite reasonably complaining, is a consequence, at least in part, of the flat refusal by the European Union to discuss that future relationship?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): One of the things that Airbus has set out is what it regards, correctly in my view, as the serious consequences for it of a Brexit without an agreement. It is in all our interests, on both sides of the channel, to have an agreement that avoids that. My right hon. Friend is right that Airbus and the various trade associations, some of them international, to which it belongs, have made the same points to other member states and to the European Commission. I hope that it will be heard in Brussels as well as in every other part of the European Union.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman should be more constructive. Given that the whole country—the United Kingdom—voted to leave the European Union, we should be engaged in making sure that we have the best deal possible. I talk regularly with colleagues in Wales about what is required in the terms of that agreement. He should contribute to that, rather than wishing away the results of a referendum that clearly he did not want.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Technology
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I disagree with my hon. Friend. I think that the company has set out what it requires to be agreed in the negotiations so that it can continue to prosper. It is true that the company, like most companies in the aerospace sector, has been part of a successful investment with the Government in innovation and training. That is one foundation of our success, and I very much want that to continue.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Technology
Laurence Anthony Robertson (Conservative, Centre-right): The aerospace industry is important to my Tewkesbury constituency. Did the Secretary of State notice, on the day of the announcement, that American company GE Aviation announced that it was going to rebuild its propeller business, which supplies a significant proportion of the world’s propellers, in my constituency of Tewkesbury, here in the United Kingdom? Is that not a vote of confidence in what we are doing?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend takes too pessimistic a view. We do not want Airbus to be located in this country because it is too difficult for the company to go elsewhere; we want it to be here with enthusiasm because this is a good and profitable place to invest. I am determined that the deal we secure and the investment we make through our industrial strategy will add to our strengths and make us even more attractive. We should have a counsel of optimism rather than defensive pessimism.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The company has good relations with the trade unions and meets them regularly, as indeed do I. The hon. Lady should reflect that when the country took the decision to leave the European Union, there was always going to be a period before the negotiations were concluded when anxieties would be felt. Our purpose and determination is that those negotiations should be concluded so that there will be confidence to invest in the future and we can create many more jobs for her constituents.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: International Affairs
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): Given what my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) said, and given Boeing’s £40 million investment, is it not important that we listen to all voices in this argument, rather than concentrating on one voice, which may have a different view about Brexit, disproportionately more than others?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): Given that the clear aim of the Government, and indeed Airbus Group, is to achieve a frictionless and zero-tariff exit agreement, has not the statement from Airbus generated more heat than light? Is not the simple truth that we make the engines, wings and landing gear for the Airbus, that it is incredibly important that we continue to do so, and that there is no reason for us not to arrive at an agreement that enables us to do so?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Technology
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): Airbus is also a key player in the space sector, which is important for many jobs in my constituency. Can the Secretary of State confirm that the partnership that we are looking for will cover co-operation on standards and a deal on services, so that maintenance contracts and the like can continue to be fulfilled?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Technology
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right that there is no hard and fast distinction between manufactured goods and services, and that is especially illustrated in the aerospace sector. If, for example, Rolls-Royce sells an engine, the money that it makes in the years ahead is from maintaining and servicing that engine. That involves skilled engineers being able to travel, so it is very important—again, as part of our agreement—that such services should continue to be supplied uninterrupted.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): Is it not the case that the United Kingdom has attracted more foreign direct investment than most, if not all, our European partners, and is it not the case that today, two years on from the referendum, there is more foreign direct investment in our economy than there was in 2016?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He will know that I spend time travelling around the world to encourage overseas investors to invest in our country and our economy. One of the reasons why they choose to do so is that we are a place of skills and ingenuity. We are also a place from which it is possible to export around the world, and we want to be able to maintain that. That is my purpose.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Labor
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend. If one has the privilege, as I and many of us do, of visiting the shop floors and workforces around the country, one sees how important these jobs are. These are good jobs providing careers and opportunities, as well as decent incomes for workers and their families. It is important that we have that always in mind as we approach these negotiations. If we do, a sensible outcome will, I believe, prevail.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Iain Aitken Stewart (Conservative, Centre-right): I declare an interest, having visited the Airbus headquarters recently. Airbus has a manufacturing facility in Alabama, USA, which is outside the customs union. It exchanges products, parts and labour without impediment. Does that not give us hope for the future?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): In the context of Europe, the company’s arrangements are remarkably effective. It combines products from neighbouring EU countries and, in many cases and in many markets, beats the competition hands down. Why would we want to disturb something that works?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Macroeconomics
Robert James MacGillivray Neill (Conservative, Centre-right): May I welcome the Secretary of State’s firm restatement of a properly Conservative position that respects business and puts pragmatism above ideology? Will he make sure that the same applies to negotiations on our key services sector, which represents 80% of the economy?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right. It is important that services, which make such a good contribution to our economy, can continue to prosper. That means that, whether in financial and professional services, or in the oil and gas sector in which we have such expertise, we can fly people into other countries, have them ply their trade and give advice and help, and then have them come back again. We can do that at the moment; we need to be able to do it in the future.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I am not, but if the hon. Gentleman wants to talk about job losses, he should refer to the periods when his party has been in power and the devastation to the economy that that has caused. We are determined that industries that are successful now will be successful in the future. The policies of Labour Front Benchers, which are seemingly predicated on the idea that if it works, it has to be subsidised, and if it still works, it has to be nationalised, will attract no confidence in this country.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): Given my hon. Friend’s constituency, he knows the importance of having no frictions at the border. As he describes, there is a common interest between the two sides of the negotiations, which I am sure will lead to a successful outcome.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): As I think I made it clear throughout my statement, I do not agree—unusually—with my right hon. Friend on this point. I think that businesses have a right to speak out if they pay taxes and employ people, and we are determined that they will be able to continue to succeed in the future.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Transportation
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): Having visited the Airbus facility in Bristol, I am pleased to note the tone and nature of the Secretary of State’s remarks. Will he confirm that the aviation industry is increasingly working on a global basis—there are even direct flights from here to Australasia now—and that that will not change after Brexit?
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Foreign Trade
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We want to be able to take advantage of increasing global opportunities, but to do so without losing the advantages that we have from what have been very successful trading relationships within Europe.
Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): When a matter is complex and requires a forensic attention to what companies require, there will of course be discussions, and sometimes people will not agree with each other. What is important is for those discussions to be concluded in a way that is productive for the whole economy.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Technology
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, and may I thank the Chair of the Select Committee for the work she has done on this? Ever since we came into Parliament together she has been championing this issue—long before it was fashionable, I might add—and she has really led the line with her Select Committee inquiry on it, to which I and other Ministers joining me on the Front Bench today, including the Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Margot James), gave evidence. With most, if not all, of the consultations we are not hanging about; they will be getting under way this year.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Technology
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the Government’s multi-pronged approach, but will the Minister bear in mind the fact that, when it comes to calls for banning advertising before 9 o’clock, such a measure would do huge damage to the economics of the commercial broadcasters, just at a time when fewer and fewer young people are watching scheduled television? Instead, they are now watching the on-demand services that are the direct competitors of commercial TV stations.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Government Operations
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): I will work with local authorities on a new pathfinders programme, which the hon. Lady may not have had a chance to look at as it was published only this morning. We want to work with them to model solutions and barriers to action through the pathfinders programme. There are already some good examples, some of which are set out in the plan, including in Blackpool and at Derbyshire County Council, which are doing good things. Many local authorities already have a number of substantial levers and powers. We want to model the best so that others, such as Liverpool, can follow.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): It could be that, but it is a job of education and about helping their parents make sensible choices, because it is the poorest in society who miss out when we get this wrong. It is about what the Prime Minister described as a "burning injustice" when she was first elected, and I agree with her.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): There is no mention of breastfeeding in the plan, but that does not mean that I and my colleagues do not see it as a very important part of the early years programme. In areas that I represent, as well as, I am sure, in other areas represented by colleagues, local authorities are often actively engaged in making sure that breastfeeding is a very important part of a child’s start in life.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): May I urge the Minister not to get into some nanny state, socialist claptrap arms race with the Opposition parties, which will never be satisfied, as we heard earlier from the shadow Secretary of State? May I remind the Minister that he is actually supposed to be a Conservative and urge him to think about this from a Conservative standpoint, which focuses on things like parental responsibility and not seeking to ban anything that moves?
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes. I am absolutely clear that there are three parts to this particular puzzle: there is Government, and using the power of Government for things like a sugar tax, which clearly only the Government can do; there is business, and the reformulation we are seeing from many, many businesses is impressive and helpful; and there are parents. Parental responsibility is central to this—we cannot do it without them—but we are going to give them information to help them do it.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Macroeconomics
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): At a time when families are struggling with the cost of living, I urge my hon. Friend to make sure that these measures do not increase prices, which hit those on the lowest incomes the most.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Transportation
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes. The Daily Mile happens when children are in school, but getting to school is important. I work with Sustrans, a charity, quite a lot in my constituency, as I am sure many Members do. It works to help children to cycle and scoot to school. That is very important, and the hon. Lady is right to raise it.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Robert Alexander Courts (Conservative, Centre-right): As the father of a two-year-old, I am increasingly concerned about the sedentary lifestyles that children lead. Will the Minister join me in praising Middle Barton, Great Rollright, Queen Emma’s, Clanfield and Stanton Harcourt primary schools in West Oxfordshire, which have signed up to the Daily Mile programme? Will he encourage others to do the same?
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend will have enjoyed that contribution; I suspect his office are clipping it as we speak. We have a national ambition for every primary school to adopt an active mile initiative, such as the Daily Mile, as a result of this plan. I visited Western Church of England Primary School in my constituency recently, which has good plans to do that. This week is National School Sport Week. I will be at my sports day on Friday, taking part—as I am sure you will be at some point, Mr Speaker.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): The education team are working very closely on this, and the Minister for School Standards wrote a very good piece in The Sunday Times about it. [Interruption.] Indeed, the children’s Minister, the Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi), is right here on the Bench with us. We are encouraging all schools to take part in the initiative and we have a national ambition for it. There is no reason why schools in the right hon. Gentleman’s constituency cannot do it, as is the case for schools in my constituency and those of other Members.
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Rebecca Faye Clark (Pow) (Conservative, Centre-right): I, too, want to welcome the Daily Mile initiative. We should not be arguing about who was first to introduce it; I know we are competitive, but this is competitive for the schools. Does the Minister agree that any sporting activity in schools should be encouraged? Does he also agree that the social prescribing of sporting activities could also play its part in tackling this obesity crisis?
Childhood Obesity Strategy: Chapter 2 — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Government Operations
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes. Some of the measures in this strategy relate to reserved matters, such as the advertising proposals that I have spoken about. I have been speaking to my officials, who are already talking to officials in Stormont and will be helping them to develop their own plans. I know they have been very interested in what we are doing, and I hope they can copy and follow some of this locally.