Priorities for Government Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Priorities for Government

Emma Lewell Excerpts
Thursday 25th July 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on what he is doing to support our hydrocarbon industry in Aberdeen and thereabouts. Clearly, that industry has a great future, and it can be used additionally to help reduce our carbon footprint.

Emma Lewell Portrait Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)
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As Prime Minister, the right hon. Gentleman’s trademark bluff and bluster will not wash. He needs to be on top of the details, so can he now answer: what is in article XXIV, paragraph 5(c) of the general agreement on tariffs and trade?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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As the hon. Lady knows full well—not that we will get to that situation, and not that I wish to rely remotely on article 5(c)—we intend of course, if we have to, to confide absolutely in article 5(b), which provides ample—[Interruption.]