UK-EU Summit Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Tuesday 20th May 2025

(1 day, 19 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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Under the Conservatives’ deal, shellfish was locked out, but it can now be sold back into the market, which is hugely important to places such as Cornwall. That is why their response to this is so uncertain and, if I may say so, un-Tory.

Sarah Olney Portrait Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) (LD)
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On six separate occasions since the beginning of the year I have asked the Paymaster General about plans for a youth mobility scheme, and every single time he has told me that Labour has no plans. I realise that I was in error and should have asked about a youth experience scheme, but let me ask the Prime Minister now whether he has a timescale for when such a scheme can be put into operation and we can start to see the benefits that Liberal Democrats know it can bring to young people here in the UK and across the EU.

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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We have moved apace to get this far, but we now need to move apace to implement what we agreed yesterday, so we will be doing that, and we will update the House as we do so.