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HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUToday the UK Government have published a Command Paper “The Future Relationship with the European Union: the UK’s approach to negotiations”. Copies have been placed in the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I have said before from this Dispatch Box, given a 52-48 referendum result and 650 different views in the House, not everyone will be…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipThere will be no border down the Irish sea, and the fishing fleets of Northern Ireland will enjoy all the rights that they deserve, similar—indeed, identical—to those of other…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his thoughtful intervention, but all that we are seeking is straightforward equivalence in financial services. The European Union has said…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipAbsolutely. The Agriculture Bill, which was introduced by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) during her outstanding tenure as Environment…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for making that point. Throughout his time in the House, he has been a strong, consistent and powerful voice for the rights of workers.…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: memories of what happened in the 1970s certainly do run deep, and for very good reason. That is why I sought to stress that we, as an…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI would be delighted so to do. Any opportunity to visit the hon. Gentleman’s constituency is a welcome one. He is absolutely right that the hospitality industry is integral to the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipAs my right hon. Friend knows, having served with distinction in government, there is a range of views across the European Union, but the EU mandate has now been concluded, with…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipWe already have an agreement—a withdrawal agreement that safeguards the rights of UK and EU citizens, settles our financial obligations and makes provision through the protocol…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipYes, that is absolutely right. As I mentioned, a number of EU leaders have said that a deal is doable because we are operating on the basis of precedent, and it should then be…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipThe hon. Member makes an important point. He will see that in this document there are details on how we can ensure that those who provide professional services, including artists…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipAbsolutely—financial services matter not just in the City of London, but in Edinburgh, Perth, Leeds and across the United Kingdom. It is a dynamic and growing sector and it is…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipLooking at most of the indices of economic performance, such as the measures of increased investment and increased capital expenditure recently, it is the case that the United…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. Yes, we do—the Department for International Trade has a team of trade negotiators, lawyers and other policy experts. There have already…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI am very well aware of the views of the Welsh Assembly Government, thanks to the excellent work done by Jeremy Miles AM, the Brexit Minister and Counsel General. I enjoy the…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy hon. Friend is absolutely right.27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. First, may I use this opportunity to place on the record my thanks to Mike Russell MSP from the Scottish Government for…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. Of course we must respect the integrity of that protocol, but it is not the case that the CJEU should be governing the application…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions and for the constructive way in which he approaches these matters. This Government are wholly committed to implementing the…27 Feb 2020