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HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy right hon. Friend of course makes a very strong case for a particular approach, but we believe that the approach we are taking is in the interests of the people of Northern…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. It is the case that for most companies, the customs procedures that they will now need to engage in will be conducted away from…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe right hon. Lady is right about the Schengen Information System. If we leave without a deal and the EU does not put provisions in place, we will lose access to that database.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for reminding me of the vital role that this House plays in scrutiny, which I take exceptionally seriously. It is and always has been the case…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI sincerely hope so. My hon. Friend makes a very acute point, which cannot be made often enough. If people want to avoid a no-deal exit, there is an easy way of doing so, and that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe right hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. One of the things that I think any forecaster would say is that when someone makes forecasts, of course they look at a variety of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. If we leave without a deal, it will be the case that we will have to wait some time before data adequacy is granted. It should be granted,…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI have several things to say to the hon. Lady, for whom I have enormous respect and whose commitment to the Belfast/Good Friday agreement and to peace and progress in Northern…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe hon. Lady is absolutely right: we need to make sure that not just individual medicines but medical products, including radioisotopes, are available for the NHS to use.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThere are several steps that we can take. The first and most important is ensuring that we have an appropriate tariff regime, which makes sure that we safeguard the sector. There…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerIt was a pleasure to visit Holyhead and I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s hard work not just on behalf of his constituents but in that port. I pay tribute to those who work there.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMany of them had applied beforehand for EORI numbers.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI welcome the hon. Lady to the House and congratulate her on her victory. In the run up to that victory, I had the opportunity to visit her beautiful constituency and talk to…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerIt is important to state that it would actually be sanitary and phytosanitary checks undertaken in the UK that would delay those products, and we are not undertaking SPS checks in…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy hon. Friend was a very distinguished and effective Minister, and she is absolutely right to focus on some of the challenges that the NHS and, indeed, social care will face in…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI am grateful to the Chairman of the Exiting the European Union Committee for making that point. Let me stress again that Operation Yellowhammer is a reasonable worst-case…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI will take a little longer than I would ordinarily want to because I first want to congratulate my right hon. Friend on his knighthood and to thank him for his years of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerIt was a pleasure to meet my right hon. Friend and other Kent MPs earlier this week. More than 80% of the hauliers who ply their trade through the short strait come from EU…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerTalks are taking place at a number of levels. I had the opportunity to meet the Tánaiste and other TDs recently, and the Brexit Secretary, the Foreign Secretary and the Prime…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that. If we maintain effective flow at the border, there should not be any interruption. I would be interested to know from him—I…25 Sept 2019