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October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I think there is a misunderstanding about the process that I thought I had explained in response to my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg). We cannot finalise and sign the legal text of our future relationship and trade partnership with the EU until we have left the EU, but we can know what that future relationship will be, and that is exactly what we are negotiating and will be part of the final deal.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (Conservative, Centre-right): I ask this question on behalf of those of us who support the Prime Minister and want to go on supporting her. Will she confirm what the Brexit Secretary has just said—that the procedures of the House are quite clear and that if there is no deal, there will be a vote on a neutral motion, and if there is a deal, the House will indeed be able to reject it? Will she make it absolutely clear that only the Government can initiate legislation and that while she is Prime Minister, on her watch, deal or no deal, deal accepted or rejected, she will deliver Brexit on 29 March?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, I am very happy to do that. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union set out the position in relation to the procedures of this House in response to questions following the urgent question earlier, but I can absolutely guarantee to my hon. Friend that we will be leaving the EU on 29 March 2019.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): No, it is not right. It has been clear from the very beginning that it is not possible for the legal treaty, free trade agreement and other aspects to be signed until we are outside the European Union. However, I have also said that we need to ensure that when Members come to vote on the overall package—the withdrawal agreement and the outline of the future relationship—they have sufficient detail to have confidence in the nature of the future relationship. An important aspect is the link that there will be between the withdrawal agreement and the future relationship, because, as the EU itself has said, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am absolutely clear that when we leave the common fisheries policy, we will become an independent coastal state. We will have to sit round the table with others, and negotiate with others, as an independent coastal state, but we will be doing that on our own, for our own purposes. Of course, if the Scottish National party had its way, Scotland would stay in the common fisheries policy, which would be bad for Scottish fishermen.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have said, the purpose of the backstop that we are negotiating is to ensure that if there is a period between the end of the implementation period and the future relationship coming into operation, we can still guarantee no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The best solution to the issue of no hard border—and this has been said publicly by the Taoiseach as well—will be achieved through that future relationship. That is why it is important for us to work on ensuring that the future relationship will be in place for 1 January 2021.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Lady for her comments about the language that was used at the weekend What we will seek to do is bring to the House a deal that incorporates the withdrawal agreement, but, alongside that, sufficient detail about the future relationship so that everyone is able to see what the future relationship will be. That will cover more than trade, but trade will of course be a key element of it.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Agriculture
Sheryll Murray (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend please confirm that UK fishermen will not be subjected to an additional 12 months in the common fisheries policy, with the crumbs that Europe throws to us, during any extended implementation period?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The interests of fishermen throughout the United Kingdom, and their concern to be out of the common fisheries policy, is one of the key issues that are at the forefront of our thinking as we look at the different options that are being put forward. I also recognise that the timing of negotiations on fishing has a particular impact here. Access to waters for 2021 will be determined in December 2020, and that is an aspect that we have already taken into account in our negotiations with the European Union.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Simon James Hoare (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend has my full support in dealing with these complex issues through the prism of the national interest. She will know that when we joined the European Economic Community all those years ago, we did so on a cross-party basis comprising women and men of good will. Should we not now seek to replicate that, to deliver a people’s parliamentary Brexit?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend. When it comes to Members across the House voting on the deal that we bring back from the European Union, I hope that all Members will recognise the importance of delivering on the vote of the British people and delivering a deal that will be good for the UK.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are working to get a deal in the interests of the country. As I recall, at last year’s general election 80% of Members of Parliament were elected on the basis that they would deliver on the referendum.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Peter William Bone (Conservative, Centre-right): This morning I received a text message from Steven North, a leading councillor in my constituency and a stalwart of the Conservative party who has been delivering leaflets and knocking on doors for more than 20 years. His text read: "How can we drag a bad deal on for a year, so that it is watered down even more? Better off sticking to the date, be firm and have no deal" Prime Minister, I agree with Steve. Do you?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Let me first thank Steve for all the work he has done for the party over many years—as a former councillor, I know how hard councillors work to represent their local communities. One of the problems is that there is an assumption that we are suddenly saying that we have signed up to extending an implementation period by a year; we have not done so. What we are saying is that we need to ensure that we have a backstop in the withdrawal agreement. On the proposal we put forward on a UK-EU-wide customs territory, there has been a substantial shift from the EU. We are now working with the EU on that proposal. The other proposal that has emerged is for us to have the option, as an alternative, of choosing to extend the implementation period for a short period of time, were that to be necessary. I want to work to make sure that neither of those is necessary.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Alberto Castrenze Costa (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister understandably repeated that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. May I ask her equally to repeat tirelessly that it is her decision, and this Conservative Government, that will guarantee the rights of EU nationals, deal or no deal?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that this is an issue that my hon. Friend has campaigned on in particular. I am very happy to reassure him that it is this Conservative Government who will guarantee the rights of EU citizens, deal or no deal.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that delivering on the referendum is a matter of trust and honour, and that some of her backstop delays could erode that trust? Worse, it plays into the hands of the EU, whose tactics are delay and duplicity.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We have indeed made good progress, as I have said, on transport, services and other elements of the economic partnership, and on the security partnership. We are still in the process of negotiating those details so that we can bring them to the House at the point of final agreement.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Caroline Elizabeth Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): If the transition period is made longer, my understanding is that it will take us into the next EU budget period. If that happens, how much would we need to pay in? Given that we would already have left the EU, how much say would we have over what we pay in?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): First, as I have made clear, I do not want, intend or expect us to have to go into a further budget period. However, were it the case that a gap appeared between December 2020 and the full start of the future relationship, I am looking at a proposal that would give the UK a choice on which of the backstop options we took forward. Obviously it would be necessary to look at the precise arrangements that would apply in both circumstances so that a clear choice could be made.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I repeat what I said earlier: what we are looking at is an amendable vote. If members of the public are told, "Parliament is going to vote on the deal that the Government bring back from the European Union," I think that they would expect Parliament to be able to vote on the deal that the Government bring back.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Macroeconomics
Mark Julian Francis Pawsey (Conservative, Centre-right): Many businesses are continuing to invest, including Meggitt, with its £130 million supersite in my constituency, but a lack of certainty in the negotiations is causing many projects to be put on hold. What reassurances can the Prime Minister offer to encourage businesses to continue to invest and provide jobs for the future?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Macroeconomics
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I fully recognise that we are continuing to see investment decisions being made and jobs created by businesses in this country, as we saw in the excellent employment figures last week. We want to bring about that certainty as quickly as we can, which is why we are working to ensure that we can end the negotiations and present the deal so that businesses know where they stand for the future.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Law and Crime
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I am well aware of the impact that the European arrest warrant had on the ability to extradite between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which is one of the reasons—there are others—why we have been working with the European Union, and made good progress, on that and other aspects of internal security.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Like the businesses that my hon. Friend refers to, I do not want a permanent backstop either. I want to ensure that we can move to the future relationship, and I do not want the backstop to have to be used at all.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): When Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was negotiating the handover of Hong Kong, the final agreement did not see all her starting goals realised, but she did sign a settlement that all sides could live with and that allowed Hong Kong to flourish thereafter. Will my right hon. Friend draw courage from that precedent and ignore some of the outrageous things in the media about her and the negotiations?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Any negotiation is about two sides coming together and reaching an agreement that they can both sign up to. Does that mean that both sides get 100% of what they started off wanting? Actually, no, by the very nature of the negotiation. What is important is that we get a good deal out of this and that we work hard to get the sort of deal that we think is in the interests of this country.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has said that she does not want to extend the transition period. Will she make it clear to the EU that if the transition period is extended, we are not going to pay any more money?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
James Spencer Cleverly (Conservative, Centre-right): I utterly condemn the violent misogynistic language that has been used, whether it be threats of stabbing from voices on my own Benches or threats of lynching from voices opposite. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the United Kingdom Government would never demand that a European Union member state carve off a part of itself as part of any agreement? Does she also agree that it is therefore completely unacceptable to suggest that Northern Ireland should be carved off from the rest of the United Kingdom as we go through this negotiation?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I would not require any other EU member state to do that, and it is unacceptable for the EU to require us effectively to carve Northern Ireland away from the United Kingdom with a customs border down the Irish sea. I have made that very clear, and that is why we are looking for alternative backstop proposals.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (Conservative, Centre-right): Negotiating a good deal is hard; anyone who has negotiated anything will know that it is hard to get a good deal and none of us has tried to negotiate anything like this. May I urge my right hon. Friend to continue to hold her nerve and not to capitulate, as some would have her do? I urge her to hold her nerve and negotiate the best possible deal for my constituents and our country.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): I urge my right hon. Friend to pay no heed to the vile comments in Sunday’s papers, but instead to remain focused on the prize of delivering frictionless trade between Northern Ireland and Ireland, between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and between the UK and the rest of the EU, because so many jobs and livelihoods depend on getting that right.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Foreign Trade
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for her comments. I can give her the assurance that we are absolutely focused on getting that good deal and that good trading relationship that will protect jobs here in the United Kingdom.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Indeed, we fully recognise the concerns about the way in which the fishing industry was treated in the negotiations when we entered the European Economic Community back in the 1970s. I am clear that we will become an independent coastal state and that we will be able to take back that control. We will be able to make those decisions and negotiate on our own behalf on those issues, rather than it being done by the European Union. Also, we want to see how we can enhance our fishing industry around the United Kingdom in the future.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Agriculture
Douglas Gordon Ross (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend said that an extension to the implementation period was undesirable. I urge her to use far stronger language when it comes to the common fisheries policy and confirm that we will no longer remain tied to the CFP beyond December 2020.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: Agriculture
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said earlier, the interests of fishermen across the whole United Kingdom are among those at the forefront of our thinking as we look at all the arrangements and proposals. As I have said, I recognise that there are timetabling issues in relation to our ability to negotiate as an independent coastal state once we leave the European Union. I assure my hon. Friend that we will put those concerns at the forefront of our thinking.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman will have heard at the beginning of my statement of my deep concern about what happened to Jamal Khashoggi and what has been revealed. We need to ensure that we get absolutely to the truth of what happened. The original proposal was that Secretary of State would attend that event, and we have been very clear: it was right that we decided that there would be no ministerial attendance.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Andrew Campbell Bowie (Conservative, Centre-right): On Thursday, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said from the Dispatch Box that he was invincibly confident that we would be an independent coastal state by December 2020. Does the Prime Minister share his confidence and will she make the same commitment?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Chris Ian Brian Mynott Philp (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has been clear today that a second referendum is not on the table because we must respect the views of the 17.5 million who voted to leave, but is there another reason why it is inappropriate to have another referendum with remain on the agenda: it would prejudice our negotiations by creating an incentive for the European Union to give us an extremely bad deal?
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right not only that we owe it to the 17.4 million people who voted to leave the European Union, but that it needs to be very clear to the European Union that we will be leaving and that there is no question of that second referendum. That was why I was surprised that the shadow Foreign Secretary has said today that, if there were a second referendum under Labour’s proposal, remain could be on the ballot. That is going back on the vote that people gave in 2016.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman asks whether that was discussed at the European Union Council. It was not, but a number of other security matters were. We continue to believe that it is important for that treaty to continue, but the parties to it must abide by it.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): We are very well aware of the obligations and commitments we have as a result of the Belfast/Good Friday agreement. We are working to ensure that we maintain all of them because we recognise the importance of the agreement.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): I reassure the hon. Gentleman that if he looks at the joint report that we agreed with the European Union last December, he will see that that matter was covered and that we are guaranteeing the continuing rights of those citizens.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman has found an ingenious way of asking the same question that some of his colleagues have asked. I answered that question earlier. This House will have a meaningful vote on the deal and, obviously, following that meaningful vote, if that deal is agreed, we will put the withdrawal agreement and implementation Bill in place. It will be this Parliament that will determine that Bill and progress it through Parliament. I return to the point that it is so important that politicians on both sides of the House recognise that, having given the vote to the British people, we deliver on the vote of the British people and that we in no way, as the shadow Foreign Secretary and the Labour party are suggesting, attempt to go back to the people and try to tell them that they got the first decision wrong. No, they have made their decision and we are delivering on it.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman will recognise that the geographical position of Gibraltar is a particular issue, and obviously arrangements have been put in place over a number of years with Spain. That situation is different from that of Scotland, which of course, as part of the United Kingdom, will be leaving the European Union. Gibraltar will be leaving alongside the United Kingdom and we will ensure that the arrangements are in place to protect its economy.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady will have seen the various arrangements that are being put in place, which are mentioned in the technical notices that we have issued. We are making preparations for no deal, because we have not come to the conclusion of these negotiations. I believe that coming to a good deal is the best outcome for the United Kingdom, and I think the European Union side recognises the importance of coming to a good deal with the United Kingdom. A good deal for us will be a good deal for them.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): Geographical indications are one of the issues we have spent considerable time considering with the European Union, because we recognise their importance. The hon. Lady says I said that 95% of everything is agreed, but 95% of the withdrawal agreement has been agreed.
October EU Council — House of Commons, 2018-10-22
Topic: International Affairs
Theresa Mary May (Conservative, Centre-right): If we followed the position that everybody, in any year, who becomes eligible to vote should be able to vote on this issue, we would end up with a never-ending set of votes on Brexit, rather than doing what the British people want, which is to leave the European Union and to do it on good terms.