Outcome of the EU Referendum Debate

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Outcome of the EU Referendum

Andrew Gwynne Excerpts
Monday 27th June 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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Obviously, I said that I thought our economy would be better off if we stayed in. The British people have made a different decision. Now we need to make sure that we do our best to safeguard our economy in the new reality.

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)
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In the last debate that we had on the EU, the Foreign Secretary said that the problem for the UK was that we had no experienced trade negotiators left in the civil service. What are the Government now doing urgently to train up people so that they can negotiate on trade deals?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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Obviously, we are going to be increasing our capacity in that vital area.