Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Antoinette Sandbach Excerpts
Wednesday 24th October 2018

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies
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The hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight the jobs and opportunities around the avionics sector in Wales. We are aware of the benefits of collaboration, and seek that as part of the overall deal. It is something that Switzerland—a non-EU member—enjoys, and we will continue to look for it as part of our overall deal.

Antoinette Sandbach Portrait Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)
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Airbus employs a number of constituents in Eddisbury. Can the Minister confirm the Government’s commitment to striking a deal that provides for frictionless trade in this sector?

Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies
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I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting how important this sector is in her constituency. As an assiduous constituency Member, she raises the challenges ahead, but a good deal that works to support jobs in the supply chain is absolutely the primary focus of discussions, and a pragmatic, frictionless deal is what the Government are working for.