EU Exit Negotiations

Heidi Alexander Excerpts
Tuesday 17th October 2017

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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My hon. Friend puts it better than I can.

Heidi Alexander Portrait Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)
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Will the Secretary of State set out the implications of the Prime Minister’s Florence speech for the UK’s relationship with EU regulatory bodies such as the European Medicines Agency during transition? Will we in effect seek to remain a member of such organisations, despite our having formally left the EU?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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As the Prime Minister said in her Florence speech, we start by identifying the regulatory position, and the question is then how we manage divergence. Britain will bring the control of such matters back within its own shores, and we will then have a procedure between us by which we manage divergence.