European Council

Alister Jack Excerpts

Monday 26th March 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

It is of course not the case that the EU has trade agreements with every country that we might wish to have trade agreements with, but a number of countries do have trade agreements with the EU. We have discussed being able to move those over into a bilateral relationship at the point of our leaving. When I talk with those countries, I see a desire to go further than that and to improve the agreements we have with those countries.

[Mr Alister Jack (Dumfries and Galloway) (Con)]

Does the Prime Minister agree that our fishing rights must not be hardwired into any future trade deal?

[The Prime Minister]

I recognise the concern there was at the time when we went into the common fisheries policy about the way in which our fishing rights were dealt with. I can assure my hon. Friend that we will be looking to deal with our fishing in a very different way in the future.