UK-EU Negotiations Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

UK-EU Negotiations

Shaun Bailey Excerpts
Tuesday 16th June 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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That is the commitment to which the European Union has aligned itself in the political declaration, and we will hold it to that.

Shaun Bailey Portrait Shaun Bailey (West Bromwich West) (Con)
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Without repeating what many of my colleagues have said, businesses in the Black Country have one simple ask: they want clarity, and they want us to get this done. Will my right hon. Friend give a message to my businesses in Wednesbury, Oldbury and Tipton that rejecting an extension and getting this done, with the simple ask of a free trade agreement in line with what the EU has with every other country, will give them the clarity they deserve as we come out of these unprecedented times?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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My hon. Friend is right that in Wednesbury, Oldbury, Tipton and across the west midlands, businesses want certainty. That is what our announcements provide.