Leaving the EU: Implementation

Peter Bone Excerpts
Monday 29th January 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robin Walker Portrait Mr Walker
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The hon. Lady raises an important point, but we want to make sure that businesses have certainty both about the implementation period and about where they are headed through it. The benefits to businesses of an implementation period will be much greater if they know the shape of the future relationship to which we are headed, so I do not believe that prolonging this discussion will be in the interests of either the UK or the EU.

Peter Bone Portrait Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
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Will the excellent Minister confirm that in 424 days’ time, when we leave the EU and start the implementation period, we will know what our future relationship with the EU will be after the implementation period?

Robin Walker Portrait Mr Walker
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I am happy to reiterate to my hon. Friend that that is absolutely our objective.