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Main Page: Gill Furniss (Labour - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough)Department Debates - View all Gill Furniss's debates with the Department for Exiting the European Union
(6 years, 2 months ago)
Commons ChamberThe Secretary of State and I regularly discuss exit issues with Cabinet and ministerial colleagues, including customs. The Prime Minister is clear that we are working towards a customs solution that keeps trade with the EU as frictionless as possible, avoids a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and establishes an independent trade policy.
Does the Minister agree with the president of the Confederation of British Industry, who warned yesterday:
“If we do not have a customs union, there are sectors of manufacturing society in the UK which risk becoming extinct”?