Carla Denyer
UK-EU Summit
The following extract is from the Opposition day debate on 13 May 2025 on the UK-EU summit.
Carla Denyer
The Minister raises the important issue of the cost of living. Given the dire economic impacts of Brexit, including food inflation being eight times higher than it would otherwise have been, and the costs of leaving the European Union amounting to £1 million an hour in 2022, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, does he agree with me that it makes total economic sense for the UK and the people in it to use next week’s summit to start discussions with the EU on what the process of rejoining might be, and the timings for that?
[Official Report, 13 May 2025; Vol. 767, c. 237.]
Written correction submitted by the hon. Member for Bristol Central (Carla Denyer):
Carla Denyer
The Minister raises the important issue of the cost of living. Given the dire economic impacts of Brexit, including food inflation being 8 percentage points higher than it would otherwise have been, and the costs of leaving the European Union amounting to £1 million an hour in 2022, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, does he agree with me that it makes total economic sense for the UK and the people in it to use next week’s summit to start discussions with the EU on what the process of rejoining might be, and the timings for that?