EU Customs Union and Draft Withdrawal Agreement: Cost Debate

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EU Customs Union and Draft Withdrawal Agreement: Cost

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Leaving the EU: Meaningful Vote
Monday 22nd October 2018

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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The hon. Gentleman makes a very sensible point about the urgency of securing a deal across lots of areas of our country, including the health service, and that is what the Government are engaged in seeking to resolve.

Christian Matheson Portrait Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab)
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The truth is that this is typical crackpottery by the Brexit extremists on the Conservative Benches, who seem to be running the show over there at the moment. Will the Minister tell us what the effect will be on the aerospace sector and on Airbus next to my constituency of leaving and being outside the customs union, as opposed to remaining in and protecting those jobs?

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It is in the interests of aerospace and defence industries across the country for the Government to come to the right long-term solution that secures jobs and certainty about their operating environment in the UK and for trading abroad.

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