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HANSARD Global BritainWe automatically take back control of our waters and others’ right to fish in them at the end of 2020. We will be leaving the common fisheries policy, so we will be an independent…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainWe have set out our proposals, and we are committed to that ambition: reducing to net zero by 2050; continuing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions; and bringing together…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI do not share the hon Gentleman’s pessimistic outlook, but it is important that all areas of civil society, including the unions, are engaged and can feed in their views on all…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI can reassure my hon. Friend, and not just with the campaign for media freedom, which we are leading along with our Canadian friends; we have that emphasis on protecting…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI thank the hon. Gentleman for his opening remarks about the importance of moving beyond the divisions of the referendum. However, I think I am right in saying that not one member…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainOur ambition is to include comprehensive obligations on market access and fair competition in relation to—03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainWith permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to make a statement on global Britain, following the Prime Minister’s written ministerial statement today. Last Friday, 31 January, the United…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI know the hon. Gentleman does not like that commitment, but it is what the Scottish people voted for. The 31st of January was a day that will be etched in our history. It has…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI gently say to the right hon. Gentleman that I do not think he has read the detail of this. Whatever else he may disagree with, the one thing that the plan put forward by the US…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for the work that she has done in this area. For more detail, I can point her in the direction of the Prime Minister’s written ministerial…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainThe hon. Gentleman referred at the outset of his question to an approach that was smaller, insular and isolated, but I am afraid that that sounds like the Scottish National…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainMy hon. Friend makes some good points. Of course, the E3 co-operation lies outside the formal structures of the EU, but it worked effectively in the recent Berlin conference on…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainOf course, people from a range of Departments were siphoned into DExEU when it was created. We have taken back a significant number of DExEU officials into the Foreign Office, and…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainThe Prime Minister’s adviser, David Frost, is leading the negotiations. If the hon. Gentleman was paying attention, he would know that already. As for financial services, we are…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI can, and I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his tireless efforts on behalf of his constituent. It is a difficult case, but we will continue to do as much as we can to…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI thank my hon. Friend, who has been a tireless champion of not just Gibraltar but all the overseas territories. We are absolutely clear: the UK will not exclude Gibraltar from…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainWe have said not only in the written statement but in the political declaration that we want financial services to proceed on the basis of the kind of co-operation that involves…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainWe are absolutely confident that the approach we are taking allows us to grasp the opportunities, including in relation to free trade and in making sure we have full control over…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainMy hon. Friend will have heard the Prime Minister’s speech this morning, and I am sure it will repay reading. He is clear that at a time when there is protectionism around the…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainThe leadership role is seen, first, in the actions we are taking in decarbonising the UK economy; secondly, in being the first major economy to commit to net zero by 2030; and…03 Feb 2020