Brexit: Opportunities Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Brexit: Opportunities

Antony Higginbotham Excerpts
Thursday 16th September 2021

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Antony Higginbotham Portrait Antony Higginbotham (Burnley) (Con)
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I, too, warmly welcome the announcement from the new Paymaster General. It means that laws in this country will be made here in this Parliament, which is something that residents throughout Burnley and Padiham very much want to see. Will the Paymaster General confirm that this new approach will go hand in hand with our new free trade agreement policy, ensuring that our absolute focus is on supporting the small and medium-sized enterprises that are the backbone of this country?

Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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My hon. Friend is, of course, quite right. With the establishment of the points-based immigration system that I have just mentioned, and the bilateral trade agreements that my hon. Friend has just mentioned—agreements with over 60 countries in addition to the EU, accounting for £889 billion of UK bilateral trade in 2019—things are looking up, and will continue to do so.