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: Government wishes to keep UK Internal Market seamless and coherent At the end of the Transition Period, hundreds of powers previously exercised at EU level will revert to the Government and to the devolved administrations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. To allow each nation to take full advantage of the new opportunities...
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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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MP says UK must not accept a bad deal Today in the House of Commons Rt Hon Michael Gove MP set out the Government’s position on the EU trade negotiations which begin on Monday. The position is that the UK wishes to strike a comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU, but will not...
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MP: UK will be open to the whole world, not just the EU The Home Secretary, Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, has formally announced the Government’s new post-Brexit immigration system. Taking effect from 1st January 2021, this will assign points for specific skills, qualifications or salaries, and visas will only be awarded to those...
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MP says every reason for a UK-EU trade deal by December 2020 Today in the House of Commons, during the debate on the Second Reading of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill – which will implement the deal taking us out of the EU – John asked Rt Hon Liam Fox MP, “Given Australia...
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MP says time to Get Brexit Done Today at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, John Baron MP asked the following question, “We all remember opposition parties never wanting to give the people an EU referendum, even opposing our amendment to the 2013 Queen’s Speech selected by you, Mr Speaker, an early...
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MP explains why he is supporting this deal After Saturday’s aborted attempt to pass the Prime Minister’s deal, courtesy of remain opposition within Parliament, in the House of Commons today, MPs are debating the Second Reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which implements the Brexit deal struck by the Prime Minister last week. In...
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MP says Parliament should stop imposing delays John Baron MP is supporting the Prime Minister’s revised Withdrawal Agreement, as it abolishes the previous version of the backstop – which could have kept the UK trapped inside a customs union with the EU for as long as the EU wanted. Instead, the new Withdrawal Agreement...
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