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EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Macroeconomics
Peter James Guy Aldous (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has worked tirelessly over the past 18 months to achieve this draft agreement. My constituency voted for Brexit for many reasons. Chief among them was to reverse 40 years of economic decline. In her opinion, does this agreement provide the framework within which we can revive the economy in coastal towns such as Lowestoft, whether in trade, manufacturing or fishing?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, I believe that it does. Crucially for fishing, we will be out of the common fisheries policy and will be able to work to enhance the fortunes of our fishing industry. Alongside this agreement, it is important to look at what the Government are doing elsewhere—for example, through our modern industrial strategy—to ensure that we are delivering an economy that works for everyone in all parts of the UK.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Agriculture
Sheryll Murray (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend please confirm that, after 31 December 2020, other nations will not have access to anything other than the surplus fish stocks in British waters that the UK fleet cannot catch, even if the implementation period is extended?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have not changed our position, which is that, as of December 2020, the UK should be an independent coastal state able to negotiate the issue of access to its waters for the following year and, obviously, for thereafter.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): What will happen over the next few days, and before the special European Council takes place, is the final negotiation on matters relating to the future relationship. We will fill out the details and show a future relationship that will indeed be good for the UK economy.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Indeed, and that is the point of the "best endeavours" and "good faith" references in the document May I just say that this is the first opportunity that I have had in this Chamber to say a heartfelt thank you to my hon. Friend for the work that he did for the commemorations of the armistice and the centenary of the first world war? He can be truly proud of all the events that took place My hon. Friend referenced the issue of alternative arrangements for the border in Northern Ireland. One change that has been made recently in relation to the backstop issue, which we got into the protocol in the joint statement, is precisely the ability to look at alternative arrangements rather than just at the binary choice of the future relationship coming into place or the backstop coming into place. We have, of course, got the extension of the implementation period as an option, but what is also important is that, if the future framework is not in place, it is possible to have alternative arrangements for the border that satisfy the requirement and the desire that we all have to ensure that there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I say to my hon. Friend that the answer to both of his questions is no. I have worked with my Brexit Secretaries and with officials and the negotiating team throughout this process, and the deal that we are proposing does deliver on the instruction of the British people.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Philip Martin Dunne (Conservative, Centre-right): Millions of people up and down this country and hundreds of thousands of businesses want this House to get on with it. As my right hon. Friend looks to develop the future framework, I recognise that we will remain within the EU procurement rules during the course of the implementation period. The future framework protocol refers to mutual opportunities to go beyond the WTO Government procurement agreement. Will she give some indication to the House as to whether that will include taking back control of our own procurement in this country?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): The draft agreement states: "Under no circumstances may the United Kingdom: apply to its customs territory a customs tariff which is lower than the Common Customs Tariff for any good or import from any third country" Does my right hon. Friend agree that that is a severe limitation on our sovereignty and will limit the opportunities that Brexit offers?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is talking about the circumstances in which the backstop and the UK-wide customs territory would come into place. As I said earlier, that is not a situation that either side wants to see happen. Even in circumstances where the future relationship is not in place at the end of December 2020, it is not necessarily the case that the backstop would come into place. If he looks at the future relationship, he will see that there is specific reference to independent trade policy for the United Kingdom. We are working to ensure that that is precisely what we are able to have for our trade deals around the rest of the world. That was one of the questions that we looked at when we put forward our proposals for the free trade area with the European Union, and we have gone forward confident that we will be able to make free trade deals around the rest of the world.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We will have a vote in this House on the final deal that is negotiated with the European Union Council. As I have said, although we have the outline political declaration at the moment, we will be filling that in with further detail, which will be available to Members when they come to that vote.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Macroeconomics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When people come to look at their decision in relation to this deal, it will be important for individual Members of this House to weigh very carefully a number of factors, and the impact of their decision not only on our financial services sector, but on the economy more widely will be one of them.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Margaret Ann Throup (Conservative, Centre-right): Taking back control of our borders was one of the big issues that influenced my constituents’ votes at the referendum. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that leaving the EU on the terms proposed will finally allow us to fully control our borders again?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Rachel Helen Maclean (Conservative, Centre-right): It is impossible for any of us in this House to know exactly what was in our constituents’ minds when they voted to leave or remain. It was a binary choice on the ballot paper. By that logic, it is therefore absolutely impossible for everybody to get what they want. Certain compromises are necessary in the national interest, as the Prime Minister has said. Will she therefore assure us that she will exert every effort to outline the benefits of a future trade deal that will be in the national interest and protect jobs and the economy?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to give that reassurance to my hon. Friend. She is absolutely right: the nature of this negotiation is that both sides make compromises. That is what happens when two sides come together to negotiate arrangements such as this, but I am happy to assure her that we will make clear the benefits of the future trade relationship and future trade deals that we will do around the rest of the world.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have made it clear in the outline political declaration in relation to fishing opportunities that the United Kingdom will be an independent coastal state and that we will be ensuring that we take control of our waters. It will be the United Kingdom that will be negotiating access to United Kingdom waters.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): Given that there is clearly unease about our inability to leave the backstop unilaterally, surely we have to discuss what credible circumstances could arise where we would wish to leave it and the EU would not wish us to. The only scenario I can see is where we had entered into trade talks with another country and were discussing, for example, lower standards. Does the Prime Minister agree that that is highly unlikely and would not be supported by the public? Although it is not impossible, the likelihood of our being in that circumstance is remote.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that it is highly unlikely that we would be in that circumstance. He is right, first of all, that we will not be wanting to lower our standards in any decisions we take in relation to trade deals, but also that the backstop is an uncomfortable place for the European Union. It believes that the backstop has advantages for businesses in the United Kingdom, particularly those in Northern Ireland. These are advantages that it will not want to see continuing. The European Union has an interest in this being temporary, should we be in that position, just as we do.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No, that is not the case. Throughout this discussion and these negotiations, the interests of Northern Ireland have been one of the key issues that we have put at the forefront of our mind, because of the particular geographical circumstances of Northern Ireland and its land border with Ireland. Northern Ireland will leave the single market with the whole of the United Kingdom. There will be specific regulatory alignment, which I recognise is uncomfortable. It will be in that portion of the single market acquis that relates to matters that ensure that a frictionless border can take place between Ireland and Northern Ireland As the right hon. Gentleman will know, there are already some regulatory differences between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There is a question in the future, which I know has raised a concern, as to whether there will be regulatory divergence between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is possible for us, and we will make unilateral commitments to Northern Ireland in relation to that issue—because we are talking about a temporary period—of no regulatory divergence. The checks and controls actually relate to the degree of regulatory divergence, so if there is no regulatory divergence, obviously, that has an impact on reducing the necessity for any checks and controls. Crucially, the EU wanted to say that it would determine whether a good that was produced in Birmingham could be sold in Belfast. We were very clear that the EU could not determine that in the future. It will be the UK Government who make those determinations.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (Conservative, Centre-right): As I stand here, I think hard about what this means for my constituents—many who voted passionately to leave, but many others who are worried about the impact of leaving on their livelihoods. I thank my right hon. Friend for all the work that she is doing to reconcile those two positions in a workable Brexit. As a Kent MP, I have a particular interest in avoiding delays at the border at Dover and gridlock in Kent. Can she say more about the progress made in the future relationship plans for our trade in goods?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I thank my hon. Friend for her comment and recognition that, by definition, in looking at these issues, there will be compromise. Obviously, people on both sides of the argument voted in the Brexit vote. I think the overwhelming view of the British people now is that they want to see the Government getting on and delivering Brexit for the British people My hon. Friend asks specifically about goods. We have expressly within the outline political declaration—we will flesh this out in the fuller future framework document—put as a key element, at the forefront of our thinking, the need to ensure we have a continuing good trading relationship, with seamless transfer of goods across borders.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The decision on the deal will come before this House in a meaningful vote, and every Member will have the opportunity to exercise their vote according to their conscience, the need to deliver for the British people, and consideration of the impact that their decision will have on their constituents’ future.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Agriculture
Simon James Hoare (Conservative, Centre-right): I hope that my right hon. Friend agrees that we would be extremely unwise to sacrifice the good on the altar of theological perfection. If she does agree with that principle, can she tell me if this is a good deal for the farmers and food producers of my constituency and for the country as a whole?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): It is important that in approaching the deal and the vote, hon. Members look at it in the light of the realities of the impact and the practicalities of the deal that we will put before the House. My hon. Friend asks specifically about farmers in his constituency and elsewhere. I can reassure him that I believe that this deal delivers for them in two senses. First, we will be able to come out of the common agricultural policy and develop our own policy for agriculture that meets the needs of farmers across the United Kingdom. Secondly, although people often think of manufactured goods when talking about a frictionless border, fresh produce going across borders is equally important.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Labor
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I have answered the question on the people’s vote on a number of occasions. I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I have given previously The employment figures we saw earlier this week show that employment in this country is now at a record high. In recent years, including since the referendum, jobs have been created in this country.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Lee Benjamin Rowley (Conservative, Centre-right): I have a huge amount of respect for my right hon. Friend and it gives me no happiness to say this, but nothing I have heard in the past two hours suggests that this is anything other than a bad deal. When will she realise that this is not the deal that people in places such as North East Derbyshire voted for, that they want, or that they will accept?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend will have an understanding of the reasons behind his constituents’ vote. I think that, if we look across his constituency and others, we see that among the key things that people wanted to achieve from leaving the European Union was an end to free movement, and we will deliver an end to free movement; and an end to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and we will deliver that as well. We will no longer be sending vast amounts of money to the European Union every year. We will come out of policies that have been of concern in this country for a long time—the common agricultural policy and the common fisheries policy. We will ensure that we have delivered on what I believe are the key elements of the vote that people cast. While we do that, it is right that we think of people’s jobs in North East Derbyshire and elsewhere, and that is why it is important that we seek a good future trading relationship with the European Union—one that is based on a free trade area and enables manufacturing to continue to operate as it can today.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): All the speeches I have made and the decisions the Government have taken are compatible with the Lancaster House speech. What that speech, at its core, set out was that in the new relationship with the European Union, we had to have a new balance of rights and obligations. That is exactly what we are delivering.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
David James Duguid (Conservative, Centre-right): My constituents and I welcome my right hon. Friend’s repeated and consistent commitment that we will be leaving the CFP. Of course, being out of the EU means that we are out of the CFP in the same way that being in the EU—the policy of the Scottish National party and others—means being in the CFP. [Interruption.] You know it does. Will my right hon. Friend also commit that unfettered access to UK waters by EU fishing vessels outwith our ability to have control as an independent coastal state will not be part of any future trade agreement with the EU?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are very clear that we will be an independent coastal state. There have been attempts to link fisheries and access to fishing waters to the trade aspect of the negotiation. We have been very clear that we will not accept that. We will be an independent coastal state so that it is the United Kingdom that determines access to UK waters.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Simon Richard Clarke (Conservative, Centre-right): I commend the Prime Minister for what she has said to Members on both sides of the House who have called for a politicians’ vote on a second referendum. It simply would not be appropriate at this time. However, it must be said that "no deal is better than a bad deal" are the words that govern my position today. I cannot support the deal. Does she appreciate that she has placed many of us in a simply impossible position, where our loyalty to her and to our party is set against our loyalty to our constituents?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): This deal does not create a border down the Irish sea. The outline political declaration on the future relationship takes the interests of people’s jobs into account by ensuring that we are negotiating a free trade area that will maintain a good trade relationship with the European Union that enables jobs to be not only maintained but created here in the UK.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I do believe that that is the case. In developing this future relationship with the European Union, one of the key issues we have been considering is the need to ensure that trade across borders and those just-in-time supply chains can continue, because many jobs in constituencies around the country depend on that. I can give my right hon. and learned Friend that assurance.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): If the hon. Lady is concerned about businesses in Croydon, she should look carefully at the future relationship that we are developing with the European Union. We will fill out further details in relation to it, but that future relationship will deliver for businesses in Croydon, will deliver on the issues that they have expressed concerns about and will deliver in a way that ensures jobs can be kept in her constituency.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this deal. There is much in it that will please my constituents, who voted strongly to come out of the EU, for reasons including taking control of our borders and ending the free movement of labour. Her task of bringing the deal to the House for a meaningful vote will be much helped if she can flesh out the future relationship—that is critical. If her friends in Europe came to her aid and made it clear that they really do want a future relationship to be secured before the backstop comes into place, she would have a real chance of carrying the House.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): I believe that those in Torbay who voted leave did so because they wanted to see a global trading Britain. That will be epitomised by us joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has been signed by some of our oldest allies, including the one that gifted the very Dispatch Box at which my right hon. Friend stands. Can she reassure me that the deal she is proposing will facilitate British membership of that agreement?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I can give my hon. Friend that reassurance. When we were looking at this proposal, we specifically looked at whether it would be possible to join the CPTPP. I can assure him not only that it would be possible for us to join it, but that members of the CPTPP such as Japan and Australia are keen for us to do so.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We will negotiate the remaining details of this deal. There will be the EU Council on 25 November, and the deal will then be brought back to the House. Information will be made available to Members. It is at that point that Members of this House will determine whether they wish to support the deal.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The financial settlement has a trajectory in terms of payment, some of which would be beyond the periods to which my hon. Friend refers. There is no specific financial obligation in relation to the backstop, should that backstop come into play.
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2018-11-15
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am tempted to refer the hon. Gentleman to answers I gave earlier to that question. We had a vote. The overall vote was that we should leave the European Union, and that is what we will deliver.