Leaving the EU: Airbus Risk Assessment

Tom Brake Excerpts
Monday 25th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The answer to my right hon. Friend is: yes, and yes.

Tom Brake Portrait Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD)
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When the Health Secretary suggested that Airbus should get behind the Prime Minister’s position, which of the positions on customs was he referring to: a customs partnership, maximum facilitation or customs arrangements?

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If the right hon. Gentleman had read what Airbus said, on which my right hon. Friend was commenting, he would know that it gave a forensic analysis of its requirements when it comes to imports and exports. The import of that was that it needs to avoid frictions and tariffs, which is precisely what the Prime Minister has committed to.