UK-EU Negotiations

Andrew Gwynne Excerpts

Tuesday 16th June 2020 Commons Chamber

[Michael Gove]

My hon. Friend tempts me. The truth, however, is absolutely as she depicts it. We will leave and be an independent coastal state, and the EU will negotiate on an annual basis for access for its fishers.

[Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab) [V]]

As we know, serious crime knows no borders and we will still need to co-operate on these issues once the transition period ends, so will the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster give the House an assurance today that, as from 1 January next year, the UK will still have access to both the quantity and the quality of data through passenger name records, the European Criminal Records Information System and SIS II—the Schengen Information System?

[Michael Gove]

We are negotiating to achieve precisely that goal.