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Leaving the EU: Mobile Roaming Charges
Thursday 7th February 2019

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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What the time is right for is reaching an agreement with the European Union, as the Prime Minister has set out, that will give us that certainty. Those who consistently vote against that deal are the ones putting industries at risk.

Bill Esterson Portrait Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
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The very fact that the Secretary of State is even considering zero import tariffs threatens the survival of our steel, ceramics and tyre industries. There will be no incentive for our partners to negotiate new trade deals, or to renegotiate existing ones, as the Secretary of State will have given away the shop before negotiations start. Thousands of workers whose jobs will have gone will no longer be the consumers he says will take advantage of cheap imports. When is he going to admit he is wrong?

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