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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK ApproachThe whole point of the protocol is that it is part of the withdrawal agreement. We cannot have a no-deal scenario because the withdrawal agreement is a deal. However, in a spirit…20 May 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK ApproachThere will not be any customs infrastructure and there will not, save in the specific example of agrifoods and products of animal origin, be the requirement for physical checks of…20 May 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK ApproachI do not think we need an extension to make the processes work. We just need good will on all sides.20 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsThat is the agreement to which the EU committed itself in the political declaration, so I expect to hold it to it.19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The people of Stoke-on-Trent, whom she represents so ably, have consistently voted to leave the European Union and for politicians who have…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsI am very fond of expert opinion, and the universal view of experts is that Scotland operates the largest deficit of any country in Europe. Were Scotland to become independent, it…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a very powerful incentive for the European Union to put the interests of its members and citizens ahead of ideology. The EU—as,…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsAs we leave the European Union, we have a saving in the amount of money that we currently remit to the EU. That money can be deployed here in the UK, on our NHS and to support the…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsThe hon. Lady makes a very good point. We are working with the aviation sector and others to ensure that we can have as seamless a transition as possible.19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsI am very grateful for the question from my hon. Friend. He is absolutely right, and that is one of the very important reasons why we need to extricate ourselves from any further…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman, the distinguished former Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Government. We want to co-operate with all our neighbours on law…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsYes, it is the case that we want to have access to all the crime fighting, law enforcement and criminal justice tools that the EU has in order to be able to deal with crime. It is…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. We are one customs territory—the protocol makes that clear—and we will shortly be publishing further details about how we intend…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his question. As he knows, it is a source of sadness to all of us to see people who want to be at work, not at work. Of course, we…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Access to our waters will be on our terms, and the beneficiaries of that will be our fishermen in Cornwall and elsewhere.19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsThe hon. Lady raises a very important point. EU law will continue until we choose to alter it, but it has always been the case, as I mentioned briefly earlier, that we have had…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on both areas. We will not be extending the transition period and we will be outlining, very shortly, our approach towards a Northern Ireland…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her questions, which touch on critical issues in these negotiations. We believe that a zero-tariff, zero-quota deal is available; indeed, that…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsYes, absolutely. We believe that flexibility on the part of the European Union is in the interests of all, and provided that it moves away from its current ideological fastness,…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsYes, during the happy years that I spent at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, we made strides, as indeed did European nations, on improving recycling and…19 May 2020