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HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUThe hon. Gentleman will be aware of the very large amount of work that DEFRA and other parts of Government have undertaken to get the best possible outcome and smooth the path for…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is the lead Department on that issue; I will ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to update the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUMy hon. Friend is absolutely right in what he says and I thank him for that demonstration of support for the Prime Minister and the position of the negotiating team. I think it…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUThese are serious issues and, partly because of the stresses that global trade is under with regard to the pandemic, there are other issues—for example, containers being at the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUThere were certainly elements of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster’s statement earlier in the week that touched on that, but the hon. Lady is absolutely right to say that…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI can give my hon. Friend those assurances. Services were one area where we were very poorly served by our membership of the EU. As well as negotiating, the Department for…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and this comes to the heart of it. I cannot, I am afraid, give him any guarantees as to whether the EU will reconcile itself to those facts,…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She will know that throughout all this we have sought to provide not just the practical support that Northern Ireland businesses need, but…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. We accept our responsibilities with regard to the Northern Ireland protocol, as does the EU, and, again, I put on record my thanks and…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI thank the hon. Gentleman for the kind remarks that he makes about our negotiating team. They have done an incredible job. It is an incredibly technical job, with many details to…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUMy hon. Friend understands these issues very well and makes those points very well. He will also understand the Prime Minister’s resolve on this issue. I can reassure him that,…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. I would say that we have compromised on a great deal. We have not been intransigent in these negotiations. We have compromised on all sorts…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUI refer the hon. Lady to the statement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster yesterday and just reiterate Northern Ireland’s unique position in the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUWe have always given that commitment. Clearly, there have been discussions in recent days focused on that precise issue, but right back even when we set out our opening positions,…10 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodI can give my hon. Friend those assurances. The Prime Minister has been very clear on this point, and it is something that the EU negotiating team will be fully apprised of.07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodAs I have stated, all Members have special information that has been put together to help signpost any inquiries that come to their offices, but clearly we have put in place a…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodI suspect that there is more to it than all the information that I heard in the question, because I do not think that orchestras should require—if I have understood the journey…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodAs I have said, we will work until there is no hope left of getting a deal. I, too, have the same great confidence that my hon. Friend has kindly expressed in Lord Frost and the…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodI thank my right hon. Friend for his very kind words. It would be remiss of me not to mention, in his absence today, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who has done an…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodI am grateful for this opportunity to update the House on the progress of our negotiations with the European Union. Intensive talks continue. In fact, the United Kingdom’s…07 Dec 2020