Exiting the EU: Costs Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Exiting the EU: Costs

Lord Bellingham Excerpts
Wednesday 29th November 2017

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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There will be savings once we leave the European Union, as I have made clear. We want to ensure that those savings are spent in the best interests of everybody in the UK to make our country as successful as it can be.

Lord Bellingham Portrait Sir Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk) (Con)
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The Chief Secretary will be very aware that her constituents and mine voted overwhelmingly to leave. Does she agree that it feels on the ground as though most people now want to get on with Brexit, but also that they expect the UK to be fair, generous and magnanimous, so long as the financial settlement is contingent on a free trade deal?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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As my hon. Friend points out, the people of Norfolk are fair minded. They want the referendum result to be respected and they want to honour our commitments to the European Union, but they want that to happen in a way that is fair for Britain and British taxpayers and that ensures that we get the best possible deal.