EU Exit Negotiations Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU Exit Negotiations

Oliver Heald Excerpts
Thursday 15th November 2018

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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My position is that I have only one duty: to deliver for the British people in the national interest.

Oliver Heald Portrait Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire) (Con)
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The Prime Minister will be aware that Hertfordshire is fortunate enough to have major businesses in the pharma, aerospace and motor industries. Those businesses rely on just-in-time arrangements for the delivery of parts and have integrated manufacturing across Europe. Does she feel that the agreement she has put before us will be in the best interests of such businesses and all the jobs in Hertfordshire that rely on them?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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I do believe that that is the case. In developing this future relationship with the European Union, one of the key issues we have been considering is the need to ensure that trade across borders and those just-in-time supply chains can continue, because many jobs in constituencies around the country depend on that. I can give my right hon. and learned Friend that assurance.