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Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Anne Margaret Main (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend refers to negotiations. Of course, negotiations are about give and take, and some people may think we have given rather too much, but I am actually not sure that the European Union will take it—I think it will want us to give a little more, and a little more. Will she recall Parliament over the summer if, in those deep and pacey negotiations, we are asked to give even more? [Interruption.]
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The Cabinet has agreed the position that the Government are taking forward. The right hon. Gentleman asks about the ability to achieve in negotiations. I simply point out that that is exactly what we have been doing at every stage in these negotiations.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): That is exactly what this deal does. By ensuring that we have frictionless trade across the border with the European Union and in the facilitated customs arrangement we have put forward, we are ensuring that those businesses that currently only trade with the European Union will have no extra requirements in terms of customs, and therefore that we are not increasing the burdens on those businesses.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very happy to answer my right hon. Friend’s question. In a customs union, it would be necessary to be part of the common commercial policy, which would not enable us to sign trade deals with other countries around the world. In the arrangement that we have put forward, we will be free to sign trade deals around the rest of the world.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister knows my constituency well, and my constituents know her to be a lady of integrity who puts the national interest first; she has done that in this deal, and I commend her for it. Many of the businesses in my constituency are concerned about non-tariff barriers. Can she confirm that this agreement overcomes their concerns and that they will be free to trade over those non-tariff barriers?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The point of the deal that we have put out and the proposal that we will be presenting to the European Union is that we can have the ability for free trade between the United Kingdom and the remaining EU27. That is partly about frictionless borders, but it also about the standards and regulations to which those businesses will continue to operate.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Kenneth Clarke (Conservative, Centre-right): May I warmly congratulate the Prime Minister on the progress that she made at the weekend at Chequers? I wish her well during the difficult few days that no doubt lie ahead before we see, I trust, further details in the White Paper Is the Prime Minister now confident that the leaders of the other 27 European Governments involved will accept this as a reasonable starting position for negotiations, based on the realities of business and trade in the modern world? Will she ask them to speed up as far as possible the serious negotiations that must now begin, with no doubt some modest compromises on both sides before we reach a successful conclusion?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I reassure my right hon. and learned Friend that the responses I have received so far from other European Union leaders have been positive about the proposals we have put forward. Indeed, at the June European Council, the European Council at 27 agreed that we needed to increase the pace of the negotiations in the future.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): May I say to the right hon. Gentleman that that is not correct? We are ensuring that we have flexibility in relation to services. As we look around the rest of the world, it is services that will be a significant element of our trade agreements with the rest of the world, and it is in services that we will be able to benefit. We want that flexibility, and that is precisely what we are negotiating for.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has always been very clear that she seeks a bespoke relationship between the EU and the UK. There are only nine meetings of the European Parliament in Strasbourg before we will have left. May I urge the Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet to keep focused on the timetable and deliver that deal?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for pointing that out. We will indeed be focused on the timetable, both in negotiations with the European Union, and also in recognising the role that the European Parliament will play, because it will need to agree to the withdrawal agreement when it has been finalised.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
John Charles Baron (Conservative, Centre-right): It is generally accepted that the EU has a poor track record on trade deals, in large part because of its protectionist rules and regulations. Does the Prime Minister accept that, in pursuing a common rulebook and promising harmonisation, we would be obliging imports from third countries to abide by those same regulations and therefore make trade deals more difficult to achieve?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier, we could of course tear up the regulatory standards we have in the United Kingdom, but I do not believe that that would be the right thing to do. I also do not believe that the House would support it. When we look at trade deals around the rest of world, we see that there are decisions to take, as in any trade deal, about the basis on which trade goes forward, and about the standards that both sides will apply in those deals. However, I believe it is right that the United Kingdom maintains high regulatory standards in a number of areas.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt (Conservative, Centre-right): It is just over 16 months since the Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously—leavers and remainers together—concluded that "the previous Government’s decision not to instruct key Departments to plan for a ‘leave’ vote in the EU referendum amounted to gross negligence. Making an equivalent mistake would constitute a serious dereliction of duty by the present Administration." Does my right hon. Friend understand the relief that the no-deal preparations will be overt, and will she ensure that the resources and commitment that may have been absent from the preparations are given to this important task to show the steel in our position?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I am sure my hon. Friend knows, we have allocated a significant amount—£3 billion over two years, £1.5 billion of which has already been allocated to Departments—for Departments to do their work on preparing for leaving the European Union. Some of that work will relate to what might be necessary in getting a deal, and other work will relate to what would be necessary if there were no deal. Work has already been undertaken by Departments, but we are now stepping up the pace and intensity of that work.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right that small businesses form the backbone of our economy. It is right that we have heard from businesses large and small about their interest in maintaining frictionless trade across our EU-UK borders. That is exactly what we will be delivering in this proposal.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Through all of these decisions, I have had people complaining that I have taken the view of this side of the argument or taken the view of the absolute opposite side. What I have done is put forward what is in the national interest for the best Brexit deal for Britain.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Andrew Richard Rosindell (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the Prime Minister explain to the House how the new UK-EU free trade agreement will ensure that London retains its status as the global trading capital of Europe? To do that, is it not best that the rulebook is made in Britain?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): If we look at the two areas of goods and services, what is very clear is that those who will be trading with the European Union will continue to operate according to that rulebook in the European Union. Where we need to ensure we have that flexibility—particularly to protect one of the key areas for London, which is the City of London as a global financial centre providing a significant proportion of the debt and equity that underpins business across the European Union, with the risks that that entails here in the United Kingdom—it is right that we have regulatory co-operation with others, but that we are able to have rather more flexibility on services. That will be good for London.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): What is important to keep at the heart of the negotiating process is our duty to deliver on Brexit for the people of the United Kingdom, and to do that in a smooth and orderly way that protects jobs and livelihoods while ensuring our commitment to our precious Union of the United Kingdom. That is exactly what the Government will be doing.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Heidi-Suzanne Allen (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Prime Minister recognise the overwhelming support she has for the pragmatic and collaborative approach she has taken in outlining these Brexit proposals, taking the lead to find a way forward that shows us the compromise needed to bring a divided country back together and, crucially, to safeguard our economy? One of the qualities we expect in a Prime Minister is to lead and not quit when the going gets tough.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): It is absolutely the case that on such issues it is important that we come to a decision that I and the Government believe is in the UK’s national interest and will deliver a good Brexit deal for the United Kingdom. That is where our focus is and will continue to be.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman is right in that we are looking to maintain those agreements. Of course, once we are out of the European Union, it will then be possible for us to enhance and improve those agreements in negotiation with those countries. Discussions have been held with a number of countries, and also with the European Commission, which itself has indicated its recognition that this is the right way forward.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown (Conservative, Centre-right): Further to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate (Crispin Blunt), every single Government in every single particular will need to be ready when we leave the European Union, which could perhaps be as early as 29 March next year. Will my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister agree to publish more information so that Parliament can be reassured in this respect?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have always been clear that we will keep Parliament informed. One of the things I said at Lancaster House was that we would provide information generally as and when it was possible to do so. My hon. Friend said, I think, "if" we leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. Let me just confirm that we will be leaving on 29 March 2019.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Mark Gino Francois (Conservative, Centre-right): The Brexit Secretary has unfortunately resigned. He, at least in theory, was leading our negotiations with the European Union. For months, his Department had been working on a detailed White Paper, but that was not presented to the Cabinet at Chequers; it was presented with a different plan. I echo the call made earlier by my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), which was that that DExEU White Paper should now be published so that the House and the country have a chance to see the alternative options that DExEU had proposed.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I think that I have covered this point on a number of occasions. It remains unfortunate that the Labour party is not willing to rule out a second referendum. This House—this Parliament—overwhelmingly gave the people of this country the decision and the choice whether to leave the European Union. They voted. I think that the vast majority of the public out there want their Government to deliver on that—not to have a second referendum, but to have faith with the British people and deliver on their vote.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): Seventy per cent. of my constituents voted for Brexit. In the past two years, they have become increasingly frustrated at the progress and concessions that have been made. That frustration is now turning into anger. What can the Prime Minister say to reassure them that there will be no further concessions?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I believe that the important message to my hon. Friend’s constituents and others is that we are delivering on the key issues that led to people voting to leave the European Union—an end to free movement, no more vast sums of money going to the EU every year, and our coming out of the common agricultural policy and the common fisheries policy and out of the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. He talks about their concerns about the timetable. It is precisely to ensure that we are able to reach the end of our negotiations this autumn—such that, where we have a deal, we have those proposals in place by 29 March 2019— that we are presenting this proposal to the European Union. His constituents will see us leave the European Union on 29 March 2019.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Paul Masterton (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the agreement that the Cabinet reached last week and urge the Prime Minister to hold firm in the national interest. Does she agree that what we have forms the basis for a good deal for Scotland—frictionless trade with the European Union, out of the common fisheries policy and maintaining and preserving the integrity of the UK’s internal market?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This will be a good deal for Scotland. Crucially, it does deliver on what I believe Scotland wants, which is to come out of the common fisheries policy, and of course it maintains the UK’s internal market, which is of significant benefit to Scotland and is indeed of more consequence to Scotland than its trade with the European Union.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are clear that as we go forward in these negotiations we will look at how we could operate the various operational capabilities in the security arrangement to the benefit of citizens in both the UK and the EU. Our position on the European Court of Justice remains, however, and of course changes were made to the operation of the EAW when I was Home Secretary, not under the jurisdiction of the ECJ but under the laws of this country as determined by this House.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Anne Marie Morris (Conservative, Centre-right): Prime Minister, I have listened very carefully to everything you have said today, and I have read very carefully everything you have circulated. I even went to one of the briefings you organised today, and I was struck by the reply from your presenter every time there was a question about why we could not have something better than what was on the piece of paper presented: we were told that the EU simply would not agree. I have gone carefully through everything, and I cannot see how what was agreed at Chequers will deliver Brexit, either hard or soft. There is much use of "indirect" instead of "direct", but it will not deliver Brexit. Please, Prime Minister, the people would like you to stand up to Mr Barnier and say "No." I would like you to bear that in mind when you consider what to put in the White Paper to make Brexit deliver the economic dividend it should.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): It is precisely because we are saying "No" to the proposals put forward by the European Commission that we are putting forward our own proposal, which is much more ambitious and comprehensive than those from the EU and, I believe, is in the best interests of this country.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier, £1.5 billion has already been allocated, and the Chancellor has made £3 billion available over two years for the various preparations, which include the no deal preparations. The new Brexit Secretary will take on the task of ensuring that we step up those no deal preparations. I know from previous discussions the concern my hon. Friend has about the potential lorry park in Kent in relation to the port of Dover. He champions the rights and needs of his constituents very eloquently in this House.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Macroeconomics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The route that we are taking is a route that delivers on Brexit and delivers on the vote of the British people, but does so in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods and maintains the other commitments that we have made. My hon. Friend is absolutely right: people talk about things in this House, but it is the jobs of our constituents that we should be concerned about.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Macroeconomics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The agreement that we have reached, which will be reflected in the White Paper to be published later this week, will set out our intentions across the whole of our economy. We made some very specific proposals in relation to industrial goods, but we will cover the other aspects of our economy and the flexibility that we believe is right in those areas for the future.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): That is precisely the approach that the Government have taken. We want a smooth and orderly Brexit. We want a Brexit that protects jobs and livelihoods. However, we also want to keep faith with the British people and deliver on what they voted for, and that is exactly what we will do.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier, we have rejected the European Union’s proposal in relation to the protocol. The expectation is that there will be a protocol in the withdrawal agreement, but we have always made clear our belief that the best resolution of the issue of the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland will come within the overall trading relationship that we develop between the United Kingdom and the EU, and that is exactly what this plan delivers.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have put forward the plan that we believe is the right plan for the United Kingdom. By virtue of its going into negotiation, there are elements of this that we will be negotiating, but we have put forward the plan and the basis on which we believe we can deliver the best Brexit for Britain.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman refers to the issue around services; some of his hon. Friends are complaining that we are going to provide ourselves with flexibility in services precisely to be able to deal with this issue on that more international basis, so I am really not sure why he is taking this position. It is right that we will have greater flexibility in relation to services for the future, and many of the issues we are dealing with in services are dealt with on that international basis, rather than the European basis.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Labor
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Constituents across the country can have confidence in a Government who have been very clear that we will not reduce workers’ rights standards. Indeed, this Government have pledged to enhance workers’ rights, which is precisely why we asked Matthew Taylor to do the report on new forms of employment, so we can ensure workers’ rights and legislation around employment are keeping pace with the changing employment market.
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Nigel Martin Evans (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not religiously read every tweet that emanates from the hands of President Trump, so I do not know what his views are on the Chequers deal, but the Prime Minister is meeting him later this week. Will she be discussing the exciting potential for trade deals with the USA, and does she believe there is anything in this Chequers deal that could possibly inhibit that trade deal?
Leaving the EU — House of Commons, 2018-07-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure that trade will be one of the issues I discuss with President Trump, as indeed other key issues will be, such as security and defence; as my hon. Friend knows, the United States is our longest-standing and deepest security and defence partner. The proposal we are presenting to the EU enables us to sign trade deals around the rest of the world, but I would caution hon. Members that of course, when any trade deal is being signed, the United Kingdom will take a decision on what standards it wants to continue to abide by and will make decisions on whether those standards will be changed or torn up, possibly affecting that trade deal. But that will be a decision for us here in the UK.