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HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerWhen we are confident that those figures are accurate, of course we will publish and share them. More broadly, I want to emphasise to the hon. Lady that it is not just through the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI would never seek to tell anyone in the north-east what they should eat. Having spent five happy months working in the north-east, I know that the range and quality of cuisine…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI am grateful to the hon. Lady. She is absolutely right that it is the most vulnerable who should be at the forefront of our minds in the event of price rises in any commodity. As…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. Portsmouth is one of our most important ports. It is important for a host of reasons—for the commercial life of this nation, for…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy hon. Friend is a brilliant advocate for the fishing industry. It is the case that, in the event of a no-deal exit, we anticipate that we will be able to negotiate as an…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI have just updated the House on the many, many steps that we have taken in order to ensure that we are better prepared.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 hope that as a result of the hon. Lady’s question, for which I am grateful, more of her constituents and others will visit the Brexit pages on the gov.uk website. The Government…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerAs I have said on more than four occasions, it is the case that the base scenario relates to the unalterable facts; a reasonable worst-case scenario relates to the Yellowhammer…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerIt is an interesting feature of this House that whenever a Scottish Conservative Member makes an important and honest point, the decibel level from the Scottish nationalist party…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI do not. The Freight Transport Association, the Road Haulage Association and other organisations have been invaluable in making sure that the Government can take steps to…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy right hon. Friend makes two very good points. I understand that, in the political to and fro, people do not always look at the detail in every document, but she is right that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI know how effectively my hon. Friend stands up for the fishing sector—the catching sector and the processing sector. I have been talking to the Scottish Government and the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe hon. Lady makes a very good point. Food producers will be able to export, but the organic certification under which they secure a particular benefit at the moment will not…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe hon. Lady makes a very good point. We have talked to the EU because it is in the collective interests of the UK and the EU to make sure that law enforcement and national…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has significantly increased the amount of money available. He has tripled the amount of money available specifically to ensure…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 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 2019