EU Exit: End of Transition Period Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU Exit: End of Transition Period

Hywel Williams Excerpts
Monday 13th July 2020

(4 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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My right hon. Friend makes a very important point. He rightly says that outside the EU we can shape our own procurement rules, in our own interests, and that we should do everything possible to encourage the wider spread of apprenticeships, which do so much to improve social mobility and indeed the effectiveness of British manufacturing. I will look in detail at his specific proposal to see what we can do.

Hywel Williams Portrait Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC) [V]
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Further to the earlier question about Holyhead, how much of the £705 million will be going specifically to that port, and to what purpose?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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I will be able to provide a breakdown, port by port and region by region, in due course, but of course we want to work with the Welsh Government to ensure that appropriate infrastructure is in place not just in Holyhead but at other ports. I am grateful for the Plaid Cymru endorsement of UK Government spending in Wales in order to strengthen our Union.