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Afzal Khan Excerpts

Thursday 2nd November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr David Davis]

Actually, I have already met the president of the EFTA court. He has come to see me before and is a very—how can I say it?—enterprising individual who I think wants to get more business for his court. We will of course look at all options. I do not think the EFTA court is likely to be the one that we land with, but when we go through the whole question of arbitration mechanisms, which we will need to have, we will of course look at all options.

[Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab)]

T7. What steps are Ministers taking in the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU to protect environmental standards?

[Mr Robin Walker]

We take the UK’s commitments to environmental standards extremely seriously. As the hon. Gentleman will know, the Government have promised to be the first ever to leave the environment in a better state than the previous generation, and that commitment applies across Government. We are looking forward to discussing environmental standards with the EU as part of the discussions on the future partnership.