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Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): I have generally exercised a self-denying ordinance about not attacking the domestic policies of the Scottish Government, because I think that those are matters for them to worry about, and their day job should be their main interest. The aim here will be to secure the best outcome for the whole United Kingdom, including Scotland, and for Scotland not to lose in any way.
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): I think that the Scottish National party needs a bit more originality in its questions as well The simple fact is that no powers that are currently exercised by the Scottish Government will be removed from the Scottish Government. As for other powers coming back from the EU, we will consider—in conjunction with representatives of the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, when they are back in place—what is best for the United Kingdom and the constituent nations thereof. It is very important for us to have as much devolution as possible, but it is also very important for us not to damage the United Kingdom single market, which is four times as valuable to the Scots as the EU single market.
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
George Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I wonder whether, during the discussions and negotiations, my right hon. Friend raises an issue that the Scottish National party is constantly putting on the table, namely a special arrangement for being in the single market. Recently, the Partido Popular in Spain made it absolutely clear—I wonder whether my right hon. Friend has translated this for the Scottish National party and its leader in particular—that its policy, and that of the other parties in Spain, was that there would be no special arrangement for the SNP, and that, should the SNP seek to leave the United Kingdom and rejoin the European Union, it would be vetoed by Spain on both counts.
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend has made his point as well as ever. I believe that this issue will arise again in a later question on the Order Paper. The simple truth is that it is not solely a technical matter within the United Kingdom; it is also something that we must deliver diplomatically.
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
Peter Lilley (Conservative, Centre-right): Is my right hon. Friend as puzzled as I am that the Scottish nationalists appear to oppose any devolution of powers from Europe back to the United Kingdom and Scotland? It seems that they would rather be governed entirely from Brussels than see some of those powers returned to this place, where they have a great influence, and others returned to Holyrood, where, temporarily, they have a near majority.
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend points exactly at the incredible inconsistency at the heart of the Scottish National party: it believes that it is fine to be ruled from Brussels, but not to be ruled from anywhere else.
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
Desmond Angus Swayne (Conservative, Centre-right): Given the huge identity of mutual interests that Scotland shares with the rest of the United Kingdom, will not a good deal for the United Kingdom shower all sorts of benefits that can be devolved on Scotland?
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend highlights an important point: what matters in this negotiation is the outcome, not the mechanism. The Scottish Government have laid a great deal of emphasis on their own preferred policy of separate membership of the single market, but the simple truth is that what we want is a good outcome in terms of access to the single market for everybody in the United Kingdom, and that will achieve exactly the same aim in a different way.
Scottish Devolution — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): I am not familiar with the individual case the hon. Gentleman raises. I will look at it in detail and come back to him, as is my normal approach. I say this, however: the European Court of Justice will not rule over the United Kingdom after the date of Brexit. That does not mean that we will not have a very humane, sensible and straightforward policy with respect to things such as family relationships, which the hon. Gentleman talks about.
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): We will want to have reached agreement on our future partnership within two years of the article 50 process. Article 50 is clear—we did not write it—that it should take two years to negotiate the withdrawal, and any deal must take into account the new relationship. We recognise that a cliff edge for business or a threat to stability would be in neither side’s interest. A phased process of implementation in which both Britain and the EU institutions and member states prepare for the new relationship is likely to be in our mutual interest, and that will be to everyone’s benefit if that is what we agree.
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Oliver Letwin (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend guarantee that the very last thing he is going to do is to accept any blandishments from those on the other side of the House, and that he is going to start discussing in detail—in this House or elsewhere—the transitional arrangements with the EU?
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course my right hon. Friend is right. This is not about some arrangement to extend the discussions or the negotiations; it is about practical implementation issues that may well turn out to be in the interests of both sides, and it is in those circumstances that we would achieve them.
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Macroeconomics
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the ongoing streams of work in Whitehall involves arranging to talk to the regulators, and some of those discussions have already happened. The Governor of the Bank of England has commented on the need to maintain stability after Brexit, and that will be an important part of our negotiations.
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Transportation
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman is partly right. Many of the arrangements for European routes are partly dependent on the EU, but there are also bilateral and other arrangements. He is exactly right to suggest that we will be setting out to ensure that those forward contracts stand.
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Jeremy John Elton Lefroy (Conservative, Centre-right): Further to what the Chair of the Select Committee, the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), has just said, will the Secretary of State tell us whether the transitional arrangements will be discussed right from the beginning of the negotiations? Transitional arrangements cannot be left until the last moment; they need to be hard-wired into negotiations from the very beginning.
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): They will undoubtedly be part of the early discussions, but the need for transitional arrangements will depend on what the final arrangements will be. If we do not know where we are going to end up, we cannot have a transitional arrangement. Also, our overarching offer of a comprehensive free trade arrangement will remove the need for transition in some areas, although not in the highly regulated ones. The Chairman of the Select Committee was exactly right to suggest that aviation is one of those areas, and it is not the only one. The original questioner, the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner), mentioned data, which is another area in which regulation will matter. In many cases, however, such arrangements will not be necessary.
Transitional Arrangements — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
David Michael Davis (Conservative, Centre-right): The reason that we have specified this in detail was that the term "transitional arrangements" meant several different things to different people. For example, some thought that it would be good to have a departure deal and then to spend years in a transitional arrangement carrying on the negotiations. We have specifically differentiated that from what we are talking about; that is not what we want. We want the decisions to be concluded within two years, but implementation might take longer in a whole series of areas, including customs and financial services regulations.
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): One of the core principles guiding our approach to the exit negotiations is to protect our historic ties with Ireland and maintain the common travel area. There is a strong joint commitment from the Irish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive, and the UK Government to deliver a practical solution that allows for the maintenance of the common travel area. I welcome President Juncker’s recent statement that the EU does not want hard borders between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Nigel John Mills (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for that answer. Does he believe that the EU recognises the serious impact that trying to force Ireland to reimpose a hard border would have not only on the tens of thousands of people who cross the border every day for work or healthcare or to study, but on the peace process, in which the EU has been heavily involved?
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but we have seen some welcome comments from the other side in the negotiations. Following a recent meeting with the Taoiseach, President Juncker said: "During the Brexit negotiations, the EU and Ireland must look to minimise the impact" Michel Barnier has also said that the EU must do its utmost to uphold the success of the Good Friday agreement. We remain fully committed to preserving and maintaining the Belfast agreement and its successors, and we will continue to work hard on that with our allies.
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robert James MacGillivray Neill (Conservative, Centre-right): The Crown dependency of the Isle of Man has strong links with Northern Ireland, the Republic, and the rest of the United Kingdom, and when the Justice Committee met representatives of its Government, their No. 1 ask was to ensure that it remains a part of the common travel area between the three. Will the Minister reassure them and us on that point?
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): Absolutely. We greatly value the work of my hon. Friend and his Committee on such issues and look forward to reading the report of his inquiry into the implications of Brexit for the Crown dependencies. The Crown dependencies, including the Isle of Man, have been part of the common travel area for nearly 100 years, and we are committed to preserving that arrangement. We set out in the White Paper that we will work with the Crown dependencies, as well as with Ireland, on improving the CTA.
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman is right about the importance of such issues and that the Good Friday agreement was certainly not just a moment in time—we talk about the Belfast agreement and its successors. We recognise the need to work continually on such issues and to work on them jointly with our friends and allies in the Republic and with the Northern Ireland Executive.
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Transportation
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): The common travel area is of benefit to the whole UK, including Scotland. The people of Scotland voted decisively less than two years ago to remain part of the UK, and we should all work together to make this process a success for the United Kingdom.
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have set out a very clear strategy for establishing a future partnership with the European Union, which is what we should focus on. That partnership includes the concept of frictionless movement across the border.
Common Travel Area: Republic of Ireland — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: International Affairs
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): We are fully committed to ensuring that as we establish our negotiating position, the unique interests of Northern Ireland are protected and advanced. The UK Government have a clear role in providing political stability in Northern Ireland, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is doing everything he can to secure the resumption of devolved government. It is important that everyone engages constructively to reach a positive conclusion as quickly as possible. We are not contemplating anything other than the return of devolved government.
Farming Sector — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Agriculture
Questions: What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): We are listening and speaking to as many farming organisations and institutions as possible as we develop our negotiating position. I have met a range of representatives of the agricultural sector, including all the UK farming unions, and have attended the stakeholder roundtables of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, one of which focused on farming and horticulture.
Farming Sector — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Agriculture
Questions: What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): Louth and Horncastle boasts highly productive farms that produce excellent food. Will my right hon. Friend reassure our farmers that encouraging British food production and maintaining high-quality standards will be uppermost in his mind during the exit process?
Farming Sector — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Agriculture
Questions: What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): The British farming industry is noted throughout the world for the quality of its produce. Outside the European Union, we have an unprecedented opportunity to redesign our policies to make them work for us and to ensure that our agriculture industry is competitive, productive and profitable, and also that our environment continues to improve.
Farming Sector — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Agriculture
Questions: What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.
Antoinette Geraldine Sherratt (Sandbach) (Conservative, Centre-right): Farmers in Eddisbury apply the highest standards of welfare to their livestock and the produce deriving from that livestock. What safeguards will be put in place to ensure that produce that does not meet those high standards does not affect the competitiveness of our farmers?
Farming Sector — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Agriculture
Questions: What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): Again, my hon. Friend makes an important point because animal welfare and traceability are important elements of British agricultural production. We are committed to high animal welfare standards and will continue to push for those standards to be maintained in international trade arrangements.
Farming Sector — House of Commons, 2017-03-09
Topic: Agriculture
Questions: What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.; What discussions his Department has had with representatives of the farming sector on the implications for that sector of the UK leaving the EU.
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady makes very important points, but this Government have already demonstrated their commitment to supporting the agriculture industry by supporting common agricultural policy pillar 1 until 2020 and giving support for pillar 2. On tariffs, as she will know, this Government aim to achieve the best possible free trade agreement with the continuing European Union and to ensure that whatever customs arrangements are put in place are frictionless and for the benefit of both Britain and the EU.