Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Stewart Hosie Excerpts
Wednesday 13th May 2020

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am sorry that the wonderful festival at Hay-on-Wye has had to be postponed this year. I thank my hon. Friend for what she is doing to promote it, and I congratulate the organisers on their typical Welsh ingenuity in making the festival online, turning it into Hay-on-Wifi.

Stewart Hosie Portrait Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP) [V]
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Both covid and Brexit are suppressing trade and damaging jobs and the economy and while we hope that, as covid ends, global trade will bounce back, there is no guarantee that that will happen quickly. The Prime Minister could mitigate some of this damage by seeking an extension to the Brexit transitional period. Will he explain to the House why he is being so negligent in not seeking that transitional extension now?