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HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseToo long!12 Jun 2019HANSARDUK EconomyThe hon. Gentleman has been in the House long enough to know that I cannot possibly reveal details of the Bill ahead of its introduction. What I can say generally is that the UK…16 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very pleased that the hon. Gentleman has raised that question. I have not visited his constituency exactly, but I have been to Teesport and seen many representatives of the…16 May 2019HANSARDSupport for TownsThe hon. Gentleman will have observed that we have not yet reached a deal on the withdrawal agreement. The shared prosperity fund is the pot of money that will be allocated across…16 May 2019HANSARDSupport for TownsI congratulate my hon. Friend on her tireless work representing and championing her constituents in the north-west. More than half the allocated stronger towns fund will go to…16 May 2019HANSARDSupport for TownsThe Department continues to work closely with colleagues in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure that towns and communities across England are…16 May 2019HANSARDPolitical Declaration: SecurityThe hon. Lady will appreciate that those matters are for the second phase of the discussions between us and the EU. To get to that second stage, I sincerely recommend that she…16 May 2019HANSARDPolitical Declaration: SecurityIn November 2018, the Government published an assessment of the future security partnership as set out in the political declaration. The political declaration itself recognises…16 May 2019HANSARDUK EconomyMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State was in Scotland last week, and the opinion there is very divided on this issue, as it is in the rest of the United Kingdom. The hon.…16 May 2019HANSARDUK EconomyI fully appreciate the concern of the Members from the Scottish National party. They campaigned for two referendums. They got beaten in both of them and now they simply want to…16 May 2019HANSARDUK EconomyI urge the right hon. Gentleman to end the uncertainty and back the Bill so that we can move on with this debate and get to the next phase of the negotiations. That would provide…16 May 2019HANSARDUK EconomyI fully appreciate the force of my hon. Friend’s argument. The idea that the EU simply represented the be-all and end-all of economic prosperity has been completely exploded by…16 May 2019HANSARDUK EconomyI refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave just a minute ago. The withdrawal agreement itself does not describe the end state of our relationship between the UK and the EU. It is…16 May 2019HANSARDUK EconomyThe withdrawal agreement is not the end state of the relationship between the UK and the EU; it is merely a mechanism to get to that end state. In a free trade agreement, which I…16 May 2019HANSARDUK EconomyIn November 2018, the Government published their economic analysis of leaving the European Union. In doing so, the Government delivered on their commitment to provide appropriate…16 May 2019HANSARDSecond ReferendumMy hon. Friend is quite right: holding a second referendum would create enormous uncertainty that would undermine the strong economic achievement of the Government and of our…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: UK Manufacturing SectorObviously, manufacturing is vital to everything we do. We remain committed, through our industrial strategy, to making the UK the best place to start and grow a business. There…04 Apr 2019HANSARDUK Manufacturing: Mutual Recognition of Regulatory StandardsI will tell the hon. Gentleman about failure. What is actually crippling and increasing uncertainty for his manufacturing sector is his repeated rejection of the deal, which would…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: PreventionIn respect of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister listening to diverse views, my understanding is that she spoke to the First Minister of Scotland yesterday and has been…04 Apr 2019HANSARDNo Deal: PreventionWhat my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has got right is the fact that we need a solution to the impasse. That is why this week, she has very openly invited the Leader of the…04 Apr 2019