Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Mark Pawsey Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd October 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Cartlidge Portrait James Cartlidge (South Suffolk) (Con)
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7. What recent steps the Government have taken to ensure that (a) businesses and (b) the public are prepared for the UK leaving the EU.

Mark Pawsey Portrait Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)
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13. What recent steps the Government have taken to ensure that (a) businesses and (b) the public are prepared for the UK leaving the EU.

Stephen Hammond Portrait Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Ind)
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14. What support the Government plan to provide for small businesses in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

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Mark Pawsey Portrait Mark Pawsey
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In the light of yesterday’s vote, should businesses in Rugby accelerate their own preparations for leaving the EU without a deal?

James Cleverly Portrait James Cleverly
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The Government have always made it clear that our preferred option is to leave with a deal. We could have done that in a timely manner had this House not voted for delay, but until we have certainty, the only credible and reasonable thing for businesses to do is to continue to prepare for a no-deal Brexit.