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HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeAs ever, I am in awe of the hon. Member’s ability, in a very short period, to bring so many metaphors together in what one can only describe as a car crash of similes. The…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy right hon. Friend makes two very important points, the first of which relates to the approach that the European Union has taken. As I mentioned, even while I have been at the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI actually think that is a fair question that contains at least two very important pieces of wisdom. On the first, the EU took a position last week and in the weeks beforehand…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. Both the local resilience forum in Hampshire and the authorities in the port of Portsmouth have been working incredibly hard to…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI have great affection for the hon. Gentleman, but he gets three things wrong. He says that we are planning to resile from the withdrawal agreement, he says that we will go into…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy colleague Lord Agnew, the Cabinet Office Minister, has been in touch with my hon. Friend and with the local authority to stress that there will be additional investment, which…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeOh, a curious absence, then, in Yorkshire. Whatever our disagreements, the hon. Gentleman and I agree that we should work together in the best interests of all the citizens of the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. Fundamentally, whatever turbulence may occur, whatever bumps in the road there might be in the months ahead, the strengths and resilience…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy right hon. Friend makes three very important points. On the first, about exit declarations, he is absolutely right: the protocol is there both to help us safeguard the EU’s…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: I have met farmers in his constituency, and a tougher bunch of negotiators we would be hard-pressed to find. But he is absolutely right also…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeThe hon. Lady brings formidable expertise to this area, and she is absolutely right to highlight the fact that we need rapid access to both insulin and radioisotopes. That is why…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI join my right hon. Friend in praising the efforts of the Transport Minister, who has been incredibly energetic and determined to make sure that colleagues in Kent from all…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but I certainly would not take a frivolous approach towards the livelihoods of anyone, whether they are freelance musicians or anyone…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy right hon. Friend makes three very important points. The first thing is that UK producers are doing a fantastic job in increasing production in a sustainable way. Championing…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeAbsolutely.19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for the three important points he makes. First, I am sure that the French President and others are increasingly aware of the point he…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeIt is a matter for the market.19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeWe have a series of assets to make sure that we can safeguard our waters, such as the offshore patrol vessels—the River class fishery protection vessels that are at the disposal…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her points. In my statement, I made the point—I hope that she will forgive me for making it again—that we made significant progress today in the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point; NATO is the keystone of our defence architecture. More broadly, I hope that whatever occurs in the next couple of months as we…19 Oct 2020