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Anna Soubry Excerpts
Tuesday 11th June 2019

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kelly Tolhurst Portrait Kelly Tolhurst
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I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s offer to meet me to discuss this issue, which I am keen to do. I hope that when we are in a position to make announcements in the consumer White Paper, we will be able to do exactly that—tackle some of the consumer detriment that we see across the country. I look forward to meeting her to discuss that.

Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Change UK)
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The Secretary of State has quite properly described a no-deal Brexit as “a disaster” for British business. Will he commit to continuing to do everything he can to prevent a no-deal Brexit, whoever the Conservative party choose as our next Prime Minister?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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I strongly believe that it is very much in our interests to have a deal that allows us to continue to trade with the rest of the European Union. The voices in countless industries could not be clearer that they depend for their prosperity on that, and I will do everything I can to represent that view in Government in the interests of the livelihoods of millions of people right across the country.