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HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. There are two aspects to this issue: lorries coming into this country and lorries leaving this country. When it comes to lorries…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThank you very much, Mr Speaker. We all know how much the Leader of the Opposition enjoyed seeing Celtic play in Romania. The hon. Member for Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) asked me…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions. I am also grateful to him for asking me how I reconcile the progress of my career—it is a question my wife asks me every…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThis is the first time I have appeared at the Dispatch Box since I moved on from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I would like to take this opportunity to…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the sectors that we most need to help and support is of course the haulage sector—this follows on from the question asked by the right…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that representatives of the freight industry have asked us to accelerate preparations for no deal. That is something that I and my…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend is a brilliant advocate for the oil and gas sector, which does so much to ensure that the north-east of Scotland is an economic powerhouse. We are working…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI have huge respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but if he were to look at the number of air miles clocked up by my right hon. Friend the Brexit Secretary and talk to those…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. There are some specific proposals that help to deal with parcels of a lower value and can facilitate their flow across borders, but I…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsIf she did not, I can only apologise. I think a majority of her Labour colleagues did, but I salute her independence of mind on that issue. The broader point I would make is that,…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. He is a consistent champion for the rights of Polish people in the UK and elsewhere. The largest single community of EU citizens in our…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI would hope that no one would ignore or patronise the hon. Lady, who had a very distinguished record as a physician even before she came into the House. She speaks with great…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend, as ever, makes two characteristically acute points. I voted for the withdrawal agreement on every opportunity presented to the House. I had hoped that more…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that question, and I am disturbed by reporting to that effect. The rights of EU citizens in this country, and of course their…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThat is a very important point. Steps have been taken, including working with the devolved Administrations, to make sure that we have strong maritime security and that the rights…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThe hon. Gentleman makes a very important point about the nature of wood pallets, and we have been working with the industry to ensure that we can mitigate the consequences.03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. Those who work in the chemicals industry are absolutely vital to the health of our economy. Hitherto, the regulation of chemicals…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend was a brilliant Health Minister and he knows that medical supplies have been termed as category 1 goods. As I mentioned earlier, as well as making sure that we have…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThe right hon. Lady makes a very fair point, actually. The single biggest challenge in a no-deal exit is of course the existence of those tariffs—a requirement of the European…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI think very possibly from some of the wise and thoughtful speeches that have been made by my right hon. Friend.03 Sept 2019