Leaving the EU Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Leaving the EU

Chris Philp Excerpts
Monday 9th July 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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Separate bodies are not required to ensure that the Government are delivering high environmental standards. The Government are committed to them and the hon. Lady will see us continuing to be so.

Chris Philp Portrait Chris Philp (Croydon South) (Con)
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The Chequers agreement delivers on the referendum result and lays the foundations for future trade. Anyone who truly has the nation’s interests at heart should support it. However, when it comes to the negotiations, does the Prime Minister agree that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and that we will therefore not sign a £39 billion cheque until we get some assurance that the Chequers agreement, or something very similar to it, will be agreed to?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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It was the European Union that used the phrase

“nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”.

The Government have been clear that when we come to finalise the withdrawal agreement we need not only sufficient detail on the future relationship, but a linkage between the two. It is a package. They are not separate issues.