EU: Future Relationship White Paper

Christian Matheson Excerpts
Thursday 12th July 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Christian Matheson Portrait Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab)
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This morning’s chaos is entirely consistent with a Government who have dodged scrutiny in this House at every turn, and to suggest to my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) that he is shouting from the sidelines when he is actually speaking from the Benches of this House only serves to amplify that.

May I draw the Secretary of State’s attention to paragraph 76, which states that the economic partnership providing reciprocal arrangements would

“support businesses to provide services and to move their talented people”?

What does “talented” mean and does it include, for example, nurses and care workers?

Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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When people need to move high-skilled members of staff across borders, it is key that, no matter what the sector, we have the ability to do that. Our negotiations with the EU can of course include all sectors, and we want to make sure that where there are skills gaps, they can be plugged.