Outcome of the EU Referendum Debate

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Outcome of the EU Referendum

Joanna Cherry Excerpts
Monday 27th June 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Another distinguished QC with a single-sentence question I feel sure—I call Joanna Cherry.

Joanna Cherry Portrait Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West) (SNP)
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Thousands of my constituents are employed in Edinburgh’s financial sector, which is the second biggest in the UK. Can the Prime Minister give me his assurance that the UK Government will work with the Scottish Government to make sure that my constituents’ jobs do not face a similar threat to that faced by people in the City of London, where it is estimated that up to 70,000 jobs could go abroad in the next 12 months?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I can certainly give that assurance. This is an important industry for our country; it is 7% of the economy. The jobs in Scotland, in Bristol and in Bournemouth are just as valuable as the jobs in London, and I want to keep as many of them as possible.