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Written Question
Visas: EU Countries
Wednesday 2nd October 2019

Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans the Government has to negotiate visa free travel between the UK and EU for short leisure and business visits after the UK leaves the EU.

Answered by James Duddridge

The European Union has confirmed that it will grant UK nationals visa-free travel for short stays of up to 90 days in any 180 day period - subject to reciprocity.

The Government has also said that we do not intend to require visas for tourists or short term business visitors from the European Union.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Sep 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Secretary of State quite rightly referred to the EORI numbers, but as I understand it, businesses will also have to get a similar number from the country in the EU27 with which they trade once we are outside the EU. Are businesses aware of that, or are they just …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Sep 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

"On a point of order, Dame Eleanor. Is it in order for my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), for whom I have great respect, to compare what we are talking about now with slavery, which, around the world, is a most terrible thing and—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Jun 2019
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"One of the major risks of leaving without a deal, which I very much hope will not happen, is cash-flow problems, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses. I had understood that the Treasury and the whole Government were making plans to ensure that additional cash flow would be made available, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Jun 2019
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"Data flows are absolutely vital for business, for health and for security, and in many other areas, but the problems would be immense in the case of a no-deal Brexit. We heard yesterday in the Exiting the European Union Committee that, even in the case of leaving with a deal, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 May 2019
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"I declare an interest: many members of my family work in the NHS. The NHS depends on tax and national insurance revenues. What is the Government’s assessment of the impact of leaving the European Union on those tax and national insurance revenues?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 May 2019
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"What preparations have the Government made to establish a UK investment bank to take over the responsibilities and functions of the European Investment Bank and indeed to do more for investment in the infrastructure and businesses of the UK?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Apr 2019
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"Short visits are vital for business as well, whether it is for servicing aircraft engines, installing software or so much else. What plans do the Government have for ensuring that those reciprocal arrangements can continue?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2019
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"I will be supporting the deal because I think that it is in the best interests of our country and will protect our workers, but can the Minister assure me that the Government are committed to making the United Kingdom a gold standard for workers’ rights, not just in Europe …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2019
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"Magna Carta states:

“All merchants may leave or enter England”—

of course, now the United Kingdom—

“in safety and security. They may stay and travel throughout England by road or by water, free from all illegal tolls, in order to buy and sell according to the ancient and rightful customs.”

…..."
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