UK Internal Market: White Paper
Debate between Lord Sharma and Wes Streeting(4 years, 4 months ago)
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Alok Sharma
I could not agree more. Modelling shows that Scotland would suffer a GDP loss of four times higher than the UK as a whole from unmitigated differences in regulations.
Wes Streeting (Ilford North) (Lab)
When the UK Government seek to strike trade deals with the rest of the world, they need to be able to speak with one voice for the whole United Kingdom, so will the Secretary of State commit in the Bill that he brings forward to making sure that arrangements are in place for proper consultation with all the devolved Administrations and proper scrutiny by this Parliament and the elected representatives of the British people?
Alok Sharma
I have just said that the White Paper is indeed a consultation and he, along with everyone else in our country, is able to set out his views.