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HANSARDEngagementsThe evidence is certainly coming in: the highest growth in the G7; four interest rate cuts in a row; and trade deals with countries across the world that want to do deals with…21 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsOur plan for change will see the railways reformed to deliver more reliable and better value services for passengers right across the country. My hon. Friend has been a champion…21 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt is important that we reduce tariffs on steel into the US market and other markets—including the EU markets—for obvious reasons. It is also vital that we seek to ensure that we…21 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Member for his comments about the Bicester tragedy; it is important that in a moment like this the House comes together. We are taking measures to help with…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWe are looking at a range of issues. I completely understand the point the hon. Lady makes and the frustration that the situation causes for her constituents and for people across…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWhat is astonishing is that the Conservatives do not want to co-operate with the EU, India or the US. In fact, the Leader of the Opposition’s approach to diplomacy is to accuse…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI thank my hon. Friend. We will move at pace on all fronts. It is important that young people have those opportunities.20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThe right hon. Member raises an important point. What we want to do with this agreement is ensure that we do remove unnecessary checks wherever they are, but we particularly had…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitYes, absolutely. Getting that gateway open is hugely important for Scottish defence and security businesses. Those businesses are world leading, and so it would be a welcome…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI remind the right hon. Lady that nothing that was negotiated on fishing by the previous Government has been given away; quite the contrary. On costs—I gave a full answer…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy hon. Friend has raised an important point about touring artists. We are absolutely committed to securing a better deal for them, and that will be part of the ongoing work as we…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWe have moved apace to get this far, but we now need to move apace to implement what we agreed yesterday, so we will be doing that, and we will update the House as we do so.20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are reasons why the Scottish chambers of commerce is coming out in support of the deal. It recognises the huge benefits. It is very…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitUnder the Conservatives’ deal, shellfish was locked out, but it can now be sold back into the market, which is hugely important to places such as Cornwall. That is why their…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThe agreement gives young people in the United Kingdom the opportunity to work, to study and to travel in Europe. It will be a capped scheme of limited duration and with visas.…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitIt does so in two ways. It makes permanent the energy chapter in the current deal, and it goes beyond that to allow us to co-operate and co-ordinate more closely on energy; we…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI have set out how the costs will be approached, but what we are not going to do is make those budgetary payments that other EU members make. We will look at proportionate…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI thank my hon. Friend for her previous work. One of the important things I was able to do when I was chief prosecutor was to play a part in Eurojust. Before we left the EU, we…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI do not think the Conservatives need any help in retiring from the national stage—they are well on their way. It is obviously important that we take a balanced approach in…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI do think it is really hard to fathom, and I hope that SNP Members reconsider their position, because lining up against better trade and better business opportunities for…20 May 2025