Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Christine Jardine and Steve Baker

Thursday 14th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Baker]

The House voted overwhelmingly for the Act of Parliament that triggered article 50. The terms of article 50 were well known to this House, and they involve a fixed duration of two years.

[Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West) (LD)]

Will the Secretary of State tell us what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK financial sector about the effect on that sector of the UK’s leaving the single market? There are increasing reports of jobs being transferred to, or often in, other EU countries.