MP encourages everyone to make submissions Today the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon George Eustice MP, is launching an eight-week consultation on ending the live export of animals for slaughter. This Britain has been unable to do under EU rules, and the Government is taking this step in...
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MP: There will be changes regardless of trade agreement The transition period will end on 31st December, at which point the UK leaves the EU Single Market and Customs Union. Regardless of the outcome of the negotiations with the EU, there will be changes which we should all prepare for. Businesses which import and...
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MP supports Government’s commitment to sustainable fishing The Government has announced the signing of a fisheries agreement with the Faroes Islands. This is the second fisheries framework agreement since the UK left the EU following the signing of an equivalent agreement with Norway last month. The UK-Faroes Agreement commits to annual negotiations on access...
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The EU must accept Britain is an independent country Yesterday the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, gave a Statement in the House of Commons setting out the Government’s position on the EU negotiations. The Government is still seeking a Canada-style trade agreement with the EU, but the EU’s...
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MP highlights three steps for businesses to take now At the end of December, when the transition period expires, the UK will leave both the EU Single Market and the Customs Union. Whether or not there is a trade agreement with the EU, there will be some changes at the border which businesses should...
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MP says EU should follow Norway’s example Today the Government has signed a fisheries agreement with Norway, the UK’s first since leaving the EU and our first as an independent coastal state in 40 years. The Fisheries Framework Agreement means that Britain and Norway will hold annual negotiations on the issues of access to...
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MP says this legislation does not break international law Today John Baron MP will vote for the remaining stages of the Internal Market Bill as it passes through the House of Commons before going on to the House of Lords. The Bill is intended to ensure the UK internal market functions seamlessly after the...
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MP: we are taking back control of our waters Yesterday the House of Commons passed the Second Reading of the Fisheries Bill, it having completed its stages in the House of Lords before the summer recess. The Bill sets up the framework for managing our fishing waters as an independent coastal state, enabling the...
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MP says EU and supporters of delay should note CBI comments On Newsnight yesterday evening, the Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, stated that her organisation and many British businesses oppose an extension of the Transition Period, on the grounds that this will ‘magnify uncertainty’. ‘Most businesses still recognise...
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MP: Labour is coming to terms with life outside the EU Earlier this week the new Labour Leader, Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, opted not to join other opposition parties, including the Liberal Democrats and the SNP, in calling for an extension to the Transition Period, which is due to expire at the...
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