EU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint Committee Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint Committee

Harriett Baldwin Excerpts
Monday 19th October 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and we would like to continue participation in both those programmes, but obviously that depends to a significant extent on conversations that are still going on.

Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con)
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Can my right hon. Friend elaborate a bit more on his point about state aid? Is there state aid that we wish to give to UK companies that we were not able to do under the EU regime, or is the dispute more about the retaliation mechanism, as he put it in his statement?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that this is significantly about the retaliation procedures, but it is also about the mode of governance by which we would report and notify the state aids that we might wish to issue.