Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Caroline Spelman Excerpts
Wednesday 19th December 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Let us have a bit of hush for a midlands Dame—Dame Caroline Spelman.

Caroline Spelman Portrait Dame Caroline Spelman (Meriden) (Con)
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The Prime Minister was sent a letter on a cross-party basis from those of us who have manufacturing workers and those who support them in our constituencies, who are deeply concerned about the impact of Brexit on their jobs. Does she agree that the best way to avoid the unnecessary economic damage of leaving with no deal is to leave with a deal and protect those jobs?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The manufacturing industry has been clear with us that it wants the country to leave the European Union with a deal that helps to protect those jobs. That is exactly what we want to do, and that is the decision that Parliament will be faced with when we bring the meaningful vote back.