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HANSARDGovernment Planning: End of the Transition PeriodEarlier this week, we launched a communications campaign to ensure that people and businesses know what they need to do to prepare for the end of the year. Most of the actions…16 Jul 2020HANSARDGovernment Planning: End of the Transition PeriodWe were looking at five sites, and yesterday the Department for Transport confirmed that a site at Ashford has been secured. These sites are there to facilitate traffic management…16 Jul 2020HANSARDGovernment Planning: End of the Transition PeriodI understand the frustration that many businesses will have felt as deadlines that were set during the previous Parliament shifted as a result of votes in Parliament, but we now…16 Jul 2020HANSARDGovernment Planning: End of the Transition PeriodI appreciate how hard my hon. Friend works on behalf of businesses, including financial services, in her constituency. We have completed our side of the bargain—we have provided…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAmendments to the Withdrawal AgreementAt its second meeting on 12 June 2020, the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee, which I co-chaired with European Commission Vice-President, Maroš Šefčovič, adopted one decision…14 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodSeconds out, round one, I am tempted to reply. The hon. Gentleman knows that I have great affection and respect for him. Indeed, it was his questioning in the Select Committee…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. It is the case that there is global collaboration through the CEPI programme to try to ensure that all countries that are…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on our preparations for the end of the transition period. Before I do, may I place on record my thanks—and, I am…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI will be able to provide a breakdown, port by port and region by region, in due course, but of course we want to work with the Welsh Government to ensure that appropriate…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. He rightly says that outside the EU we can shape our own procurement rules, in our own interests, and that we should do…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who was a distinguished Member of the European Parliament, for raising that case. I would be more than happy to come to Stirling and to…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue. He has been a consistent opponent of modern slavery and human trafficking and has done an enormous amount to draw it to the…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodThe hon. Lady makes an important point. The success of the automotive sector in not just Luton but Sunderland and across the United Kingdom is a matter of importance to people…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI am grateful to my hon. Friend for reminding us of the vital role that the port of Holyhead in Anglesey plays. I had the opportunity to visit Holyhead last summer, to see the…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for referring back to the time when I appeared in front of the Exiting the European Union Committee, chaired by the right hon. Member for…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is the case that Grimsby and Immingham are hugely important ports not just for EU trade, but for rest-of-the-world trade. As I mentioned in…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodAfter consultation with the devolved Administrations, we are negotiating to seek a potential continuation of involvement in the Erasmus scheme, as we are seeking to continue…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: there will be significant new opportunities, and as businesses prepare for life outside the customs union with the help and support that we are…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI should gently correct the hon. Gentleman: it is not the case that the grant is there for customs officers, HMRC staff or Border Force staff. The £84 million is there for customs…13 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I said earlier, I exempt the hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) from this, but some Members of other parties did seek to work with…13 Jul 2020