Exiting the European Union

Peter Kyle Excerpts
Monday 5th September 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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I take my hon. Friend’s point well, but I am loth to offer free advice to people who are our negotiating partners. That is a central point of their own policy to put right.

Peter Kyle Portrait Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab)
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Does the Secretary of State accept that we will never attain the goal of being a beacon of free trade unless the British financial services industry retains free and full access to the single market?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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That is just one element of free trade, but of course we want to maintain as much access as possible. That is the aim in the negotiations.