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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThat is in part why the Government have put a grace period in place; that reflects many previous debates in this House that included concerns raised by the hon. Gentleman and…22 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThere was a meeting between Ministers and devolved Government representatives yesterday about taking on board the input of the devolved Administrations during our discussions on…22 Jan 2020HANSARDMarking Exit DayI welcome this late conversion on the part of the Scottish National party to celebrating our exit and having Big Ben chime. As the hon. Gentleman will know, a decision as to…09 Jan 2020HANSARDMarking Exit DayI am always grateful to the hon. Gentleman for how he champions his constituents and raises thoughtful points. He is quite right to pick up on what I thought was a constructive…09 Jan 2020HANSARDMarking Exit DayThe hon. Member is absolutely right, and I hope that colleagues across the House will see that I always try to take a tone that reflects that. I have often talked about the fact…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEnvironmental StandardsI continue to have regular conversations with ministerial colleagues across Government on all aspects of exiting the European Union. The Government have been clear that we will…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEnvironmental StandardsI welcome my hon. Friend to his place. He is quite right to highlight the importance of those protections from a constituency perspective. I draw his attention to the £10 million…09 Jan 2020HANSARDAgricultural SectorMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issue, about which there has been a live discussion at the Oxford farming conference, as he will know. The UK has always been a leading…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFishing and Marine PolicyI welcome my hon. Friend back to his place as a great champion of the constituency of Lincoln. We continue to have regular conversations with ministerial colleagues on all aspects…09 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the fact that the hon. Gentleman has drawn the House’s attention to a sector that is extremely important to the potential of the UK. I have discussed the issue with my…09 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt must be a happy day, and one to celebrate, when there are so many Lancastrians in the House. My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the achievements of officials within…09 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to guarantee to all those EU citizens living in the UK ahead of our exit that the withdrawal agreement Bill guarantees their rights, among which are their rights to…09 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to seize the opportunities that Brexit offers, and that is particularly the case in agriculture. He well knows that the bureaucracy of the common…09 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe shadow Brexit Secretary is right: there clearly has been anxiety among Labour Members, but I hope that he takes assurance from the explanation I gave that the commitment is…09 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsTo understand the context, it is important to look at the commitment the Government gave to commencing negotiations on this issue, as reflected in the letter of 22 October from…09 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not so much a question of whether those discussions need to start; they have started. In our contingency planning for an exit without a withdrawal agreement, there was a lot…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFishing and Marine PolicyI am 100% confident on those issues, because page 46 of the Conservative manifesto, which I know my hon. Friend knows in detail, makes it clear that we will leave the common…09 Jan 2020HANSARDAgricultural SectorThe whole point of the deal—I hope the hon. Gentleman supports it on Third Reading—is that it ensures that we will leave in a smooth and orderly way. The specific issues of hill…09 Jan 2020HANSARDAgricultural SectorI know from representing a farming area myself the importance of seasonal workers. Obviously, that debate interplays with the expansion of investment in agritech, which brings…09 Jan 2020HANSARDAgricultural SectorOne of the most welcome things about the debate since the general election has been its more positive tone, and one aspect of that has been moving on from the language of no-deal…09 Jan 2020