Legislating for UK Withdrawal from the EU Debate

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Mike Gapes

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Legislating for UK Withdrawal from the EU

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Backbench Business
Thursday 30th March 2017

(7 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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My hon. Friend is right and that is exactly why the Prime Minister made that a very important central piece of our policy.

Mike Gapes Portrait Mike Gapes (Ilford South) (Lab/Co-op)
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Yesterday, the Prime Minister did not mention the customs union in her statement and nor is it referred to in her letter to President Tusk. Paragraph 1.22 says that

“we will introduce a customs bill to establish a framework to implement a UK customs regime.”

Will the Secretary of State confirm that he intends to take us out of the customs union?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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Unusually for the hon. Gentleman, as an ex-Select Committee Chairman, he missed the fact that the Prime Minister made direct reference to the White Paper, which covers exactly that point.

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