Article 50

Peter Grant Excerpts
Wednesday 29th March 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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The hon. Gentleman is right: if a country has a trade agreement it is necessary to have a dispute resolution in place. There are various models for trade agreements around the world, and, obviously, this will be part of the negotiations.

Peter Grant Portrait Peter Grant (Glenrothes) (SNP)
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In her letter to President Tusk, the Prime Minister has promised that negotiations will take

“due account of the specific interests of every nation and region of the UK”.

Will she tell us whose advice she will listen to to make sure that she is fully appraised of the specific interests of the region of which my constituency forms a part?

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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We will work with the devolved Administrations, but we will also listen to businesses and others from across the United Kingdom as they make clear to us their interests as the negotiations go forward.