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HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI had the opportunity to meet representatives of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and of others in the automotive sector earlier this week, and it is fair to say…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThat is a very fair point, but it is one of those questions that it is impossible to answer, because none of us can predict the variety of factors, from fluctuations in exchange…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI am very sorry that the hon. Lady’s questions were not answered. We will and we have published extensive information about our preparations for exit, and I would be more than…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThat is a very good point. I believe it is the case that work is going on with individual EU member states to provide reassurance and guarantees on that, but I will write to the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. We are doing everything possible to make sure that the funding is there. If there are community groups and others in Scotland who are…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThat was a very serious point but the final twist, I felt, was wrong. [ Interruption. ] The reason it is a serious point, to be fair to the hon. Lady, is that a significant amount…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI absolutely take my hon. Friend’s points. First, I think it has been the case that farmers’ unions across the UK—the Ulster Farmers’ Union, NFU Scotland, the Farmers’ Union of…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 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 disappointed to hear that. I will use the good offices I have with Scottish Government Ministers to make sure that the money is spent. It is absolutely vital that the money…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 YellowhammerIt is important to make two points. The first is that Operation Yellowhammer, as I have pointed out, deals with a reasonable worst-case scenario for which mitigating steps have…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 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 YellowhammerI thank my right hon. Friend for his point. He speaks very effectively and clearly for the people of his constituency. I can confirm that that is Government policy. May I also say…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe hon. Lady raises three important points. The first is whether the food or agrifood sector, in the event of a no-deal scenario, is likely to be the worst affected. It is…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 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 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 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 2019