European Council Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

John Redwood Excerpts
Monday 17th December 2018

(5 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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I have been and remain clear that no deal is better than a bad deal, but I believe this is a good deal.

John Redwood Portrait John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
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Will the Prime Minister publish the tariff schedule for the UK for a World Trade Organisation exit? Will that include zero tariffs on all components coming in for manufacture to provide yet another great boost to Britain as a big manufacturing centre?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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These issues would have to be addressed in relation to a no-deal scenario. The Government continue to discuss the plans we need to put in place to deal with the possibility of no deal in order to mitigate the disruption that would occur in that situation. Obviously, we will be looking closely at the tariff schedules.