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HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUBoth the hon. Gentleman and I have been trade union members. We have both been involved in industrial action and we both know how important it is to uphold workers’ rights. I have…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUI am confident that we will make progress on aviation, but I understand its importance to my hon. Friend and his constituents.08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. In our proposal we have said that the people of Northern Ireland will be subject to the European acquis as it applies to…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUMy hon. Friend knows that I have enormous respect for her, not just as a parliamentarian but because of her distinguished career in public service in Northern Ireland. I do not…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. It was important in looking at our tariffs that we did everything possible to ensure that prices remained low for consumers and…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Secretary of State for Transport has ensured that across the United Kingdom, at service stations and other points on our motorway…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUThe right hon. Lady is right that it is vitally important that we maintain security co-operation with our European allies. It is the case that we co-operate with not just the…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUMr Speaker, with your permission I would like to make a statement on our preparations to leave the European Union on 31 October and the steps we are taking to get ready. It is the…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUI do not know what the contents of the telephone call between the Prime Minister and the Bundeskanzlerin were earlier today, but we remain committed to working with the German…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe hon. Lady raises an important point. It is important to recognise that, in the event of a no-deal exit, we will have means by which we can ensure that there is a wide choice…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThat is a very good point. We published a no-deal tariff schedule in March, and it is going to be updated. It is important to recognise that there was specific protection in that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Where we look at tariff schedules, there are things that we have to balance. One is appropriate protection for sectors, and that is…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The availability of HRT medicine has made a dramatic and beneficial difference to the lives of women in this country. It has been a medical…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI certainly recall many of them featuring in the speeches of those who were campaigning for remain.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThank you very much, Mr Speaker, for giving me the opportunity once again to underline the division of responsibilities in the Cabinet Office. It is my responsibility to prepare…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI thank the hon. Gentleman because he gives me an opportunity once again to record my thanks to the Police Service of Northern Ireland—a brave group of men and women who do so…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the points she makes. With respect to the preparations for no deal, I listed some of them in my statement. I would welcome any Member of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI am grateful for that ornithological outing from my right hon. Friend. The first thing to say is that Operation Yellowhammer absolutely does exist. It is the reasonable…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI thank my hon. Friend for his outstanding advocacy on behalf of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU. On the broader point, the Secretary of State for Health and…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerIt is always a pleasure to hear from my right hon. and learned Friend. In my statement, I drew a distinction between the base scenario, which involves those unarguable facts that…25 Sept 2019