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Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Michael Andrew Gove (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend will be aware that sometimes it is very important to pay attention to the liberal elite. He will be aware that, on referendum night, we were told: "I will forgive no one who does not respect the sovereign voice of the British people once it has spoken whether it is a majority of 1% or 20%...When the British people have spoken you do what they command…Either you believe in democracy or you don’t." Those are the words of Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon in the district of Yeovil in the county of Somerset, who is the most elitist liberal I know, which is saying something. I therefore urge my right hon. Friend to be true to the views of Lord Ashdown, the principles of liberalism and the traditions of this House, and to give effect to the British people’s vote. Seventeen million votes were cast on 23 June for Britain to leave the European Union. Attempts by anti-democratic and illiberal voices on the Opposition Benches to thwart the British people’s will will rightly be treated with disdain.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
Owen William Paterson (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the Secretary of State please clarify for the benefit of Opposition Front Benchers this incredibly simple point: independent countries can trade most successfully with the single market without being a member of the single market?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is right that more than 20 countries have had more success in growth terms when trading into the single market than we have had in the past 10 or 20 years. He is absolutely right that it is not necessary to be a member of the single market to trade incredibly successfully inside it.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Bernard Christison Jenkin (Conservative, Centre-right): May I point out, as a director of Vote Leave, that it was made clear in our campaign that leaving the EU meant leaving the single market. My right hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) made that clear in an interview with Andrew Marr. Is it not ironic that the remain campaign spent a lot of time telling us, "Oh, if you leave the EU you will have to leave the EU internal market." Now they are all saying that there must be a way of leaving the EU and staying in the single market, even though all the EU leaders say that that is not possible. I do not expect the Secretary of State to say anything instantly now, but is it not a fact that every advantage is to be taken in moving towards a relationship based on mutual recognition, rather than compulsory harmonisation?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): It was my hon. Friend who got me into trouble the last time I made a statement, so I will not offer him a detailed answer. All forms of free trade are beneficial, whether based on mutual recognition, single legal areas or any other free trade mechanism. We will seek to get the best mechanism of free trade that we can, full stop.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): If I may say so, that is a slight collapsing of what I said in that article, which I remember very well. The simple truth is that on the day we leave the European Union we will be looking to set up a whole series of very beneficial trade deals. That is an enormous benefit of being outside the Union.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Alistair James Hendrie Burt (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the statement from my right hon. Friend, and I welcome what the Prime Minister said last week about triggering article 50. As someone who is alleged to have voted to remain in the European Union I take that as a matter of process on which I accept a mandate from the British people on 23 June. As for the detail of the negotiation, that is rather different. May I press my right hon. Friend on what he meant by engagement with Parliament, and whether that is the same as influence? It is one thing to come to Parliament and be engaged and tell Parliament what the Government are doing. It is quite another to come and be engaged and influenced by Parliament on things that we still need to clarify.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend—my right hon. Friend; I will not hold the allegation against him—makes a very good point. I point to my own history. For a considerable period—four or five years, I think—I negotiated another treaty with the European Union. [Interruption.] It was Amsterdam. The approach was very simple. We did not disclose the upcoming negotiation, but we talked about what was under way and what the priorities were, and that is how I expect this to pan out in future. There will be large numbers of debates in the House, with the first on Wednesday, and even if we did not want to do it— but we will—the Opposition could have as many debates as they liked on the subject. I do not accept the argument that we are simply not going to talk about this Second, there will be a Select Committee whose sole job for the few years for which it will exist will be to scrutinise the Department. As far as I can, I will be open with it, but I will not give away things if that is deleterious to the national interest. This is an important point to remember: it is the national interest that is engaged, whether we want to talk about the outcome, or whether we want to get the outcome.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman has raised a very important benefit of leaving the European Union, but I cannot promise him an early departure on that issue alone. We will obey EU law, and all the policies that go with it, until the last day we are in the EU. Thereafter, we will get the benefits that the hon. Gentleman has mentioned, and they will be very sizeable benefits.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay particular attention to my right hon. Friend’s comments. I know that he was a fierce remainer who fought hard for the cause. He has, however, taken on board the fact that it is now our duty to make the will of the British people come into being in the best possible way. He knows my history, so he must take it as read that I will treat Parliament with respect, but I will not give up the national interest in negotiating terms to that end. I will carry out the balancing act to the best of my ability, and I will leave the judgment of whether that it is good enough with my right hon. Friend.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Macroeconomics
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The majority was over a million. This was, I think, the largest vote gained by any Government ever. [Interruption.] I assume that the right hon. Gentleman voted "remain". It is rather rich for someone like him, who voted the other way, to try to be the arbiter and interpreter of those who voted to leave First, we must obey the democratic instruction that we were given. Secondly, I strongly challenge the idea that this will somehow cause an economic downturn. It will not: it will create economic opportunities on a major scale, and that is what we look forward to.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Andrew Tyrie (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government’s negotiating position will leak as soon as other member states are told about it. Does the Secretary of State not recognise that it would be wholly unacceptable for the British public to find out what the United Kingdom’s position is from our counterparts in the negotiations?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Macroeconomics
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): Had the Chairman of the Treasury Committee read my evidence to the Lords Select Committee, he would have seen that I gave an undertaking that this House and the other House would be at least as well informed as democratic institutions on the continent, including the European Parliament. That has never been done before, but it will be done now.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is exactly right. The words that he used were not "52%", but "the vast majority". The vast majority of the country wants us to get on with this and to make a success of it, and that is what we will do Let me also say to the hon. Gentleman that one of the areas receiving the most attention at the moment is Northern Ireland. We do have issues to resolve on the border, and we will resolve them. We will not return to the old borders—the border style of old. We will maintain the common travel area. Indeed, we will maintain all the benefits that we had in Northern Ireland before we entered the European Union.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
James Gerald Douglas Howarth (Conservative, Centre-right): Frau Merkel is reported to have been cheered by German industrialists for asserting that Britain will not have access to continental markets unless we are prepared to accept free movement of labour. Will my right hon. Friend tell her that securing our borders was a non-negotiable instruction from the British people? Will he also tell her that if she will not make EU markets available to us, industrialists such as BMW, which has its UK headquarters in my constituency, will not be cheering her if tariffs are imposed on German car imports into the United Kingdom?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): I think Mrs Merkel will have read the Prime Minister’s speech last week and will know exactly where our priorities on the control of borders lie. I will not get into tit-for-tat rudeness with our European opposite numbers, because I do not think that that would be successful. I will say, however, that these are the first days of a two-and-a-half-year negotiation, and the first days of negotiations are always tougher than the endgame —[Interruption.] Well, I speak as someone who has done one or two of them, unlike many of the people chuntering on the Opposition Benches. I think we can take it as read that what our European opposite numbers are saying today is not necessarily what they will be saying tomorrow.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): First, the European Union Referendum Bill was passed with a majority of six to one. If that was not a mandate, I do not know what was. Secondly, we have a mandate from 17.4 million people, which is the biggest mandate achieved by any Government in history.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Neil Carmichael (Conservative, Centre-right): The Secretary of State is absolutely right to seek success, but the question is: what does success look like? What will actually happen when Britain leaves the European Union? Is he thinking of applying any tests along the journey of the negotiations that he feels we might need to meet, particularly in relation to the state of our economy?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): It is hard to have tests along the track of the negotiations; it is the outcome that matters. In response to my opposite number, the hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer), I highlighted three of the four main aims that we are after. One is to regain control of our borders. Another is to get back control of our laws. The one I did not list was our aim to keep our justice and security arrangements at least as strong as they are. Finally, and most importantly in this context, the United Kingdom must aim to maintain the best possible open access to European markets and vice versa. If we can achieve all that, there will be no downside to Brexit at all, and considerable upsides.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
Anne Margaret Main (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement. In particular, I liked the section in which he said that he wants to give as much certainty as possible to employers, investors, consumers and workers. Half of St Albans’ economically active population works in London, and many of them work in financial services and the knowledge-based economy. What conduit can they have to input into the process through which we are now going, and what assurances can he give me that London and the UK will maximise free trade with Europe while tapping into the growth markets around the world?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Labor
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My job in the first instance is to bring that decision back to this House. What I have said to those who have expressed concerns about that matter is that we will certainly not be removing employment rights or employment law from British citizens as a result of bringing back that process. That is the situation: we will not be withdrawing employment rights as a result of this process.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Jacob William Rees-Mogg (Conservative, Centre-right): I hope you will forgive me, Mr Speaker, for giving the Ladybird guide to the constitution. Her Majesty’s Government are behaving completely correctly and traditionally. It is for the Government to determine treaties, and it is for Parliament to decide whether to bring them into legislation. If Parliament does not like the Government of the day, it can always hold a vote of confidence in that Government to change the negotiating stance. It seems to me that the Opposition may not want that, as they have a record of losing elections at the moment.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Macroeconomics
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): I recommend the hon. Lady reads the book, "Flash Boys", because the major part of that fall was the flash crash. There are lots and lots of speculative comments that will drive the pound down and up and down and up over the next two and a half years, and there is little that we can do about it.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): May I ask my right hon. Friend to ignore those people on both sides of the House who cannot bring themselves to come to terms with the referendum result? Will he confirm that there are no such things as hard Brexit and soft Brexit? There is either Brexit or no Brexit. It is rather like being pregnant —a person is either pregnant or they are not pregnant. We are either in the European Union or out of the European Union. Being in the single market would mean keeping EU laws and the European Court of Justice making decisions. It would also probably mean free movement of people and paying into the EU budget. Does my right hon. Friend agree that that would be a betrayal of what the British people voted for in the referendum?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, my hon. Friend is right. That is precisely what is driving our negotiating strategy. Beyond that, I say this to him: the words hard and soft Brexit are designed to deceive. They are not meaningful in any way. We are talking about the best possible trade access. The Labour party does not understand the economics of that, but this party does. We are simply going to get the best outcome for this country, and that will be open trade.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, my hon. Friend is correct. More generally, one of the things that I have discovered in the past few months is that in many areas—not just the City, and not just as regards cars—the balance of negotiating advantage is incredibly heavily stacked our way.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman may have had some time to spare, but he has not used it very well. Indeed, he needs some reading lessons, or maybe reading glasses. Ten years ago—not two years ago; he should get his dates right—when I talked about the possibility of a double referendum, in the early days of our discussions on the matter, I said that we should set up a mandate referendum, laying out exactly what our claims would be, and then if we won that, use it as a lever to get good terms and make a decision thereafter. That is not what the Government did; they put a straight question. If the hon. Gentleman went out on the streets of London and asked people, "What do you think you voted for? Did you vote for a mandate, or did you vote to leave?", the answer would be that they voted to leave.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): I need no urging to ignore the party that, after all, gave us the Lisbon treaty. My hon. Friend is right with respect to the viewpoint of nation states. This will take time to play out. Some nation states, including Germany, are at present very committed to making the punishment arguments, but I think that will change. Other nation states are already making the counter-arguments, and we will see that group grow and grow as the next two and a half years pass.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Nuttall (Conservative, Centre-right): Can my right hon. Friend confirm that if the Bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 is blocked in the other place, the Government will not hesitate to use the provisions of the Parliament Acts to ensure that the Bill reaches the statute book?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but I am not sure that he is exactly right about the mechanism for the final decision. He talks about what is effectively the next procedure, which is what has happened to the Canadian treaty. We have not yet engaged in the negotiation process, so we do not know exactly how it will work, whether it will be sequential or parallel—well, it will be parallel—and how the linkage between the various components will work. At that point, I will be in a better position to answer his question.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Macroeconomics
Oliver James Dowden (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend take this opportunity to reassure business leaders around the world that, contrary to what is said in some of the commentary, the Government will grasp the opportunity of Brexit to create a low-tax, lightly regulated, open economy that is ready to seize growing economies around the world and create prosperity for our nation?
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is exactly right. Indeed, the Prime Minister has already said that we will become world leaders in free trade. That is the best signal we can give that we are creating an opportunity society for business.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Technology
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): First, the Treasury has already made some underpinning promises over the summer about research funding, and they apply to Scotland, so I suggest that the hon. Lady looks carefully at that. As for the concerns of her constituent’s French partner, I have already said that we are doing this as fast as we can, consistent with our responsibilities to not only people in that position, but British citizens abroad.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng (Conservative, Centre-right): I wonder whether my right hon. Friend shares my interest in and gratitude for the fact that the Opposition are speaking the language of markets, currency and the FTSE, and showing incredible interest in that. Speaking of markets, I would like him to assure the House and my constituents that if we were to leave the single market, we would be an open, welcoming, friendly and dynamic free trade area.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The point that I have made time and again is that we are seeking the most open, most barrier-free trade in goods and services that we can possibly achieve. Like my hon. Friend, I think it is good to hear those words from across the Floor, even if they are not well understood by those saying them.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): We have said in terms—principally after the Japanese letter—that we are absolutely determined to make sure that we guarantee, or acquire, access for all companies in the UK to the maximum possible number of markets. That is what we are doing.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: Transportation
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, the Department for Transport is on that issue as we speak. They were some of the people I was thinking of when I said that there are many areas where we have a very strong negotiating hand because of our current position. Britain is the strongest target, as it were, for flight arrivals in the entire European Union.
Next Steps in Leaving the European Union — House of Commons, 2016-10-10
Topic: International Affairs
Ben Howlett (Conservative, Centre-right): As a remainer, let me gently say this to the remainers on the Opposition Benches: scupper or delay triggering article 50 at your peril. Workers will not respect you for it; nor will businesses. We must respect the democratic will of the British people. I appreciate the pragmatism surrounding the decision not to involve Parliament in every single minute detail. However, does the Secretary of State agree that Parliament must, constitutionally, be involved in setting out the principles of negotiation—that is, on single market membership and free movement rules—to ensure that when things like the great repeal Bill are put before this House, they receive full support?