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HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsIt is second to Scottish lamb; that is my view, purely as a consumer.16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsYou don’t know who my relatives are, Chris. All UK lamb is excellent, and we need to ensure that the Welsh lamb industry secures access to not only the European market but new…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsI certainly will. Only last night, I was talking to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade about what more we can do to support the ceramics industry,…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsYes.16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsI would be delighted to visit Craigavon, Lisburn or anywhere in the hon. Lady’s beautiful constituency to reassure her that Northern Ireland will have unfettered access to the…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsI thank the hon. Lady for her response, her questions and her support for a united effort to secure a good deal in the interests of the United Kingdom and the European Union. May…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. Taskforce Europe, the team that is engaged in making sure that we secure a good deal with the EU, has drawn on resources from across…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsI am very conscious of the mistakes made during our accession and the damage that the common fisheries policy has done, not just to our coastal communities, but to the husbanding…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsIt is the case that progress has been limited, but the impetus that was lent to the talks not just by the Prime Minister but by the three European Presidents yesterday was a clear…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsThat is the commitment to which the European Union has aligned itself in the political declaration, and we will hold it to that.16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsYes, I completely sympathise with my hon. Friend and many other responsible pet owners. In my previous role as Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsWe are negotiating to achieve precisely that goal.16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsMy hon. Friend tempts me. The truth, however, is absolutely as she depicts it. We will leave and be an independent coastal state, and the EU will negotiate on an annual basis for…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsThe hon. Lady raises a very important issue. Data equivalence, as I mentioned in response to a previous question from the hon. Member for Ealing Central and Acton (Dr Huq), is…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsThere will be no question, no impediment and nothing to prevent the citizens of Northern Ireland—whose rights I know the hon. Lady has taken a keen interest in upholding—from…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsI can absolutely confirm to my hon. Friend that we have informed the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee that we will not extend. That is the position. That is settled. That is…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsBusinesses in Leicestershire and elsewhere will have the opportunity to secure access to an additional £50 million of Government support in order to ensure that they can export…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsThat is the commitment in the political declaration, to which both the UK and the EU are working.16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the reasons why the Prime Minister wanted to have the high-level meeting yesterday—one of the reasons why the three Presidents wanted it…16 Jun 2020HANSARD UK-EU NegotiationsMy hon. Friend is right that in Wednesbury, Oldbury and Tipton, and across the west midlands, businesses want certainty. That is what our announcements provide.16 Jun 2020