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HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerHe is a very honourable Friend.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 YellowhammerIt is always good to ask a question to which you already know the answer. I have had cordial conversations with the Tanaiste and, indeed, other Irish politicians about the vital…25 Sept 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 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 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 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 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 YellowhammerMy right hon. Friend makes a characteristically elegant point, and it goes to the heart of this. None of us can predict with absolute accuracy what will happen in the future.…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 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 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 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 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 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 2019