EU Trade Negotiations 2020-06-11
2020-06-11
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MP Fabricant critiques the EU's rigidity in negotiations, emphasizing the need for agility.
Is not the real problem that Michel Barnier has absolutely no room for manoeuvre because he has to do what has been agreed with the other 27 countries? Is not that lack of agility and flexibility the very reason we have decided to leave the EU and why companies such as Nissan and Unilever are centring their operations here in the United Kingdom?
My hon. Friend puts it perfectly, and his question is its own answer. I do not think we have heard any sage of Lichfield since Dr Johnson who has put things quite so well.
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Ms. Reeves questions the consistency of statements made by different ministers regarding the maintenance of high animal welfare and environmental standards.
She asks if the Government can guarantee that there will be no dilution of these standards, despite the Paymaster General's statement about trusting consumers, and presses for clarity on whether such standards are a red line in trade discussions with the US.
Mr. Gove asserts that UK products meeting high quality standards will be used in ovens, emphasizing the government's commitment to maintaining high animal welfare and environmental standards characteristic of British farming.
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