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Jo Platt

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Thursday 2nd November 2017

(7 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr David Davis
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Yes, my hon. Friend is exactly right, and that is precisely what we are doing. As I said to a Labour Member earlier, we are planning for all options: the deal option; the bare bones, or basic deal; or the incredibly improbable no-deal option. We are prepared for all of them.

Jo Platt Portrait Jo Platt (Leigh) (Lab/Co-op)
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T8. Speaking on behalf of small businesses in my constituency, let me ask the Minister what plans his Department has to protect supply chain small and medium-sized enterprises when the UK leaves the EU.

Robin Walker Portrait Mr Robin Walker
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Small businesses will of course benefit from the frictionless market access that we set out in our customs paper, and we look forward to discussing it further as we move on to conversations with the EU about our future relationship and a strong deal on market access for both goods and services.

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