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Matthew Pennycook Excerpts
Thursday 14th December 2017

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Steve Baker Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Mr Steve Baker)
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As a former fast catamaran sailor in the seas in the area that my hon. Friend refers to, I am happy to say that the Government’s maritime and ports sectoral report sets out a description of the sector, the current EU regulatory regime, existing frameworks for how trade is facilitated between countries in the sector, and sector views. This report has been available to Members of both Houses to read in a secure reading room. The UK will remain a great maritime nation.

Matthew Pennycook Portrait Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)
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The House will be aware that yesterday the European Parliament had a vote on a resolution to endorse the agreement reached last week. Can the Secretary of State tell us why, unlike Labour Members of the European Parliament, Conservative MEPs were whipped to abstain and not to vote in support of that joint report?

David Davis Portrait Mr David Davis
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That is very interesting, but it nowhere near compares with the 18 members of the Labour party who voted against.