New Partnership with the EU

Stephen Timms Excerpts
Tuesday 17th January 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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Very simply, the answer is yes. We are a large market for European agriculture and food production, but they are a large market for us too, and we will keep that in mind.

Stephen Timms Portrait Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
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On rethinking immigration policy, will Ministers consider allowing EU citizens to come to the UK if they have a firm job offer in the UK as part of the quid pro quo for barrier-free access to the single market, which the Secretary of State said is his goal?

David Davis Portrait Mr Davis
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If I remember correctly from the Prime Minister’s speech, she made the point that this is not at all a policy to shut out Europeans; it is a policy to deliver the best interests of the United Kingdom and the best interests of the European Union. We will therefore keep that in mind.