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Future Relationship Between the UK and the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-18
Topic: Immigration
John Charles Baron (Conservative, Centre-right): There are pluses and minuses with President Trump, perhaps, but I think he is trying to be a very good friend of the UK. Unlike President Obama, who said that the UK would be at the back of the queue, it is quite clear that President Trump does want to do some form of trade deal with the UK. He is stating the obvious when he says that incorporating protectionist non-tariff barriers is going to make trade deals much more difficult Let me move on to freedom of movement. The SNP spokesman said that racism is on the rise in this country. There is a sort of implication that if somebody voted to leave, they were somehow anti-immigration. That is completely wrong. Under the current immigration policy, because we are members of the EU we discriminate against people wishing to come to this country from outside the EU. We cannot say no to immigrants from Europe or from the EU, but we have to say no to immigrants coming in from outside the EU. That, in any language, is discriminatory. One of the main benefits of Brexit will be that we will be able to forge an immigration policy that will be not only controlled but fair—it will not discriminate on the basis of nationality as the current policy does On the second big idea, we are being told that with a mobility framework, freedom of movement will end. However, I worry slightly that it is not being clearly explained how a mobility framework will be any different from freedom of movement. That needs fleshing out by the Government. If I know anything about my constituents and constituents across the country who voted for Brexit, we want a controlled but fair immigration system, and the Government need to better explain how the mobility framework is going to deliver that. Without that explanation, I think they are going to struggle in selling this package to the country, because we no longer want an immigration system that discriminates against the rest of the world I want to make a final point about leaving on WTO terms. There has been a little bit of nonsense spoken about this issue. There have been too many lawyers in this debate and not enough businesspeople. Whoever has been exposed to business will know that one can have frictionless supply chains crossing customs arrangements. It happens right across the globe, particularly in the far east.
Future Relationship Between the UK and the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-18
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. I would like to accommodate a further two Back-Bench speakers, but that will require a generosity of spirit on the part of the right hon. Member for East Devon (Sir Hugo Swire), who I shall call next, and that is up to him.
Road Restructuring: Oxfordshire — House of Commons, 2018-07-18
Topic: Mixed Topics
Alexander John Gervase Chalk (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend agree that what frustrates people across the country, and certainly in Cheltenham, is that contractors are often getting away with poor-quality repairs? If they just did the job properly in the first place, the repair would have a chance of holding and would not leak at the first sign of frost.
Road Restructuring: Oxfordshire — House of Commons, 2018-07-18
Topic: Mixed Topics
John Michael Howell (Conservative, Centre-right): Oxfordshire County Council has been given close to £20 million to solve this problem. Why does my hon. Friend think we are seeing no great improvement, despite the advent of dragon patchers? When the council has that money, why does it not try to fix the problem?
Road Restructuring: Oxfordshire — House of Commons, 2018-07-18
Topic: Mixed Topics
Alexander John Gervase Chalk (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend agree that what is so infuriating for residents is seeing one defect repaired but surrounding defects left or areas that we all know are going to crumble in the next frost left unattended? Do we not have to find a more efficient way of fixing holes and the defects around them?
Armed Forces Veterans: Historic Allegations — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Other
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that we should be looking at this not in isolation but right across the piece. That is why we have set up the dedicated team, but it is also important to look at the evidence and information collected by the Select Committee.
Armed Forces Veterans: Historic Allegations — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Other
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): The reason that we are setting up the dedicated team is to look at all the options. That is why it is so important to work with the Select Committee to try to find solutions to this problem, which has been going on for far too long.
Daesh: Syria and Iraq — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): The UK is as committed as ever to working through the global coalition to eliminate the danger posed by Daesh. We continue to undertake air strikes against Daesh targets, and we have been building the capacity of the Iraqi security forces, including the peshmerga, to deal with a potential insurgency. For as long as they want and need our support, we will continue to train Iraq’s security forces, enhancing their ability to respond to the threat and carrying out security sector reform in Iraq.
Daesh: Syria and Iraq — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend highlights an important element. This is not just about support through the military; it is also about international development support and about building civil law enforcement, which involves the police and, equally importantly, the courts, in order to give people confidence that the courts are fair and just.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Fleet Support Ships — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Guto ap Owain Bebb (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes an important point. Our shipbuilding industry, our businesses and our yards are fully engaged with the process, and they are confident that they can bring forward a successful bid. The key thing is that they will be bringing bids forward knowing that they are competitive on the world stage, not just being protected due to a "Britain First" policy.
NATO Summit — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): We are rapidly approaching the 70th year of NATO, and this alliance has kept Europe at peace with itself and has delivered our security. I will do everything, as will the Government and, I am sure, the Opposition, to ensure that that endures and will last another 70 years.
Former Service Personnel: Amputees — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): I endorse absolutely the On Course Foundation and what it does. Such organisations and the Invictus games have shown us that there is a new chapter to be had and a new direction for those who have been injured in terms of what they can do through sport. Prince Harry is very involved in that. I would be more than delighted to accept my right hon. Friend’s invitation and I pay tribute to the work that has been done by John Simpson.
British Armed Forces: Knowledge and Experience — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Housing
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): I have visited Brize Norton—I was trying to weave that into the end of my answer to the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris)—and with the future accommodation model, we are trying to provide greater opportunity for those who want to live on the base, rent accommodation or, indeed, live outside and get on the housing ladder. I hope that that will lead to greater retention and recruitment.
British Armed Forces: Knowledge and Experience — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Tobias Martin Ellwood (Conservative, Centre-right): I made a full statement to the House on this issue. Capita won the contract fairly and squarely. This is not the first time that the private sector has been used. A number of airfields already have a set up in place. We need to make sure that we provide the best safety for airfields, and I think that Capita will be able to provide that.
Leaving the EU: Defence and Military Aerospace Industry — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Guto ap Owain Bebb (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not think that this Government have anything against the aerospace industry. Indeed, the combat air strategy, which was announced by this Department recently, is a sign of our confidence in a world-beating aerospace sector. I will be very pleased when the completion of that work on our new combat air strategy is announced, as it will highlight what this country has to offer. I can assure the hon. Lady that other countries in Europe are very keen to work with us on that combat air strategy.
Amphibious Capability — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Mark Lancaster (Conservative, Centre-right): Well, this seems to be a monthly exchange on the same subject, with the same question and, I fear, with same answer forthcoming: there are currently no plans to change the end-of-service dates for HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, which are 2033 and 2034.
Defence Exports — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): In answer to the last bit of that question, I am very confident that the answer is no. I had regular discussions with the former Foreign Secretary about exports, and I will continue to work very closely with the Foreign Office. I pay tribute to the way in which the Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, especially the high commission in Canberra, have worked with the Ministry of Defence to land this vital order.
Cyber-attacks — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Mark Lancaster (Conservative, Centre-right): I am delighted to say that it is. My hon. Friend hits on a key issue. We have recognised that many of the skillsets we need sit in the private sector, which is why we have actively recruited reserves into this area, and I am delighted to say that the joint cyber reserve unit is now at 90% strength.
Shipbuilding Contracts: Scottish Yards — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Guto ap Owain Bebb (Conservative, Centre-right): With supporters such as the hon. Lady, I shudder about the future of the Scottish shipbuilding sector. The yards on the Clyde will benefit immensely from this vote of confidence in their design capability. The supply chain will benefit immensely from opportunities that come from this contract, and other export opportunities are available for both the Type 26 and Type 31, which will be built in the United Kingdom. She speaks ill of her own constituency in Scotland with such a negative attitude.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Public Lands
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman outlines a number of examples of where we are doing so much. Personally, I have become slightly cautious of dealing with elephants since my recent involvement with them. We have to do more and more to provide protection and counter the illegal wildlife trade. So much of the money from the illegal wildlife trade goes to fund terrorism and organised crime, and that is why the armed forces are working more closely with organisations involved in countering poaching.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: I very much welcome the Secretary of State’s recent re-confirmation that we are and will remain a tier 1 defence nation—that is very good news, although one or two other people did not recognise that description—but if that is to be the case, will he reconfirm how much more money we need every year even to stand still?
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): Britain always has been and always will be a tier 1 nation. SDSR ’15 set out clearly what we would expect from a tier 1 nation. We are very much looking at the evolving threats to this country to ensure we are best placed to deal with them.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Other
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman has been in this House for quite a long time, and I know that he will have heard many statements. The normal response to a statement is to ask some questions. I do not think that there were any questions anywhere in that; nevertheless I will—[Interruption.]
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. Members on both sides of the House should try to calm down. There is a long way to go and, as is my usual custom, I hope to be able to call everybody who wants to ask a question. People do not need to chunter from their seats when they can speak on their feet.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Immigration
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman refers, as the leader of the SNP did, to staying in the single market and staying in the customs union. We will not be staying in the single market, and we will not be staying in the customs union. To do so would involve keeping free movement, which would not be keeping faith with the vote of the British people. There will be an end to free movement from the European Union into this country as a result of our leaving the European Union.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): I commend the Prime Minister for this plan. In particular, I congratulate her on her leadership in the past few days. She said she would listen to business, and she clearly has listened to business. However, there are concerns that there are no details of the Government’s plan for services. What more detail can we expect to hear in the forthcoming White Paper?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Immigration
John Alan Redwood (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister is right to reaffirm that we are taking back control of our laws, our money and our borders, which I fully support, but will she clear away the ambiguity or contradictions in the Chequers statement that imply we will give the ECJ powers, we might pay money to trade, we might accept their laws and we might have their migration policy?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Immigration
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure my right hon. Friend has read the Chequers statement very carefully but, actually, it did not say that. We will be ending free movement. As in any trade agreement we would strike with any country or group of countries around the world, there will be mode 4 provisions on mobility of investors and businesses, but we will be able to set our own immigration laws and immigration rules for people coming here from the European Union. We will be able to continue to set our own laws in the future It is not the case that the European Court of Justice will have jurisdiction in the United Kingdom—it will not. Businesses and individuals here in the United Kingdom will not be able to take cases to the European Court of Justice. Matters here in the UK will be determined by the UK courts.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Bernard Christison Jenkin (Conservative, Centre-right): May I say to my right hon. Friend how much we are looking forward to the publication of the White Paper on Thursday? Will she undertake to publish the White Paper that was set aside—the White Paper that was months in drafting by DExEU under the leadership of my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) ?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The White Paper that we publish on Thursday will be based on the work that has been done by DExEU over recent weeks and will of course reflect the decision taken by the Cabinet on Friday.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): This is not about ignoring services’ businesses, but about seeing that that sector is one of the areas where we have great opportunities for trade deals around the rest of the world. It is also about recognising the importance and the significance of financial services in the City of London and the importance of ensuring that we can have not just regulatory co-operation, but the freedom to be flexible in these areas.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right: the rulebook in relation to industrial goods has been broadly settled over a number of decades and is not expected to change significantly in the future. Businesses continue to work to that and would do so after we have left the European Union. The position we have taken, which protects jobs, is absolutely right.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you for that endorsement, Mr Speaker My constituency contributes roughly half a billion pounds to the GDP of this nation, mainly through small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the most important thing we must achieve is that those small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the lifeblood of this country, are able to supply the big companies, no matter where they are able to trade, and that this deal allows them to expand in all other parts of the world as well?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): That is one of the areas in which we will be entering negotiations with the European Union. We want to ensure that we see recognition in a number of areas in relation to professionals and professional services but, of course, that is something that we have to agree with the European Union.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have put forward a proposal in the national interest. There are differences across this House, as has been obvious from a number of Opposition Members who want us to stay in a customs union and want us to stay in the single market, which in my view would not be keeping faith with the vote of the British people.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous (Conservative, Centre-right): In South West Bedfordshire, small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. One of my constituents started his four years ago. It turns over £4 million and moves high-value capital equipment across EU-UK borders at short notice on a daily basis. Before Friday, he feared for the future of his business. Friday’s agreement gives him hope. I ask the Prime Minister to maintain her resolve to help him and men and women like him across our United Kingdom.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): This is not the first time that the Government have put something down on paper in relation to proposals for the future, but we have evolved the position since the Mansion House speech that I made about this. The industrial goods rulebook—we have used that term—is recognised and has been stable over quite a number of years, as has been pointed out by Conservative Members. Businesses, including the aerospace industry, were very clear that it was that rulebook that they wanted to continue to operate by, and that that would protect jobs. That is why we have taken this step.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. I allowed the hon. Lady to complete her question, but may I gently encourage her to remember that we do not use the word "you" here? She has now been a Member for eight years, and I look to her to set an example to new colleagues who require leadership.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman does not have to look quite so surprised to be called. He was standing. It is very good to know that he knows his own name. I called him, and the House, and perhaps the nation, wish to hear him.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): The largest employer in my constituency is Philips AVENT, the baby care company, which employs 1,500 people. At the weekend, its chief executive made it clear that in the event of a hard Brexit that plant could close, which would be a massive shock to my local economy. May I say to my right hon. Friend that, although there is a lot of excitement about certain jobs being lost in this place, I will be supporting her negotiating position because it prioritises the jobs that matter—those of our constituents?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Immigration
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to give my hon. Friend that commitment. We will end free movement. As we come to this agreement with the European Union, there will of course be the question of what would, in a trade agreement, be a mode 4 mobility proposal. We will seek to ensure that we offer those mode 4 arrangements in the trade agreements that we reach with the rest of the world as well, but, crucially, we will also put in place our own immigration rules in relation to immigration here from the European Union.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (Conservative, Centre-right): Brexit has divided the country. With that in mind, may I suggest to my right hon. Friend that it is essential for us to pursue a Brexit that is true to the referendum result and supports the aspirations and incomes of people whose jobs depend on trade with the European Union?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Mixed Topics
John David Penrose (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has rightly been consistent from her Lancaster House speech onwards in promising to deliver the three freedoms of retaining control of our laws, our borders and our money. Much of this deal does that, but will she expand on how we will square those promises with a shared rulebook on traded goods and whether we are still delivering on those three freedoms?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Immigration
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I believe we are still delivering on the promises we have made. We will not be sending those vast sums of money to the EU every year; we will be able to use that money—that Brexit dividend as it has been called—to put money into our public services, and I have already indicated what we will be doing in relation to the national health service. The jurisdiction of the ECJ will end in the UK, and we will have control of our borders because we will be deciding—we will be setting the rules for immigration here in the UK.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. I cannot believe that the hon. Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) is standing up; he was absent from the Chamber for some considerable period—but perhaps he is waiting for the next statement. I call Jeremy Lefroy.