UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Debate between Yvette Cooper and David T C Davies(5 years, 10 months ago)
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David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)
The right hon. Lady might recall that in November, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee warned that Brexit could actually cause a huge amount of cheap food imports to flood into the UK. Which particular scare story does she side with: the one that says there will be cheap food imports or the one that says that we are going to run out of fruit and veg?
Yvette Cooper
We should take very seriously the warnings about a reduction of up to 80% in the volume of goods passing through the border and the preparations that Border Force is making for that, as well as the warnings from major supermarkets including Lidl, Asda and Tesco about the potential restrictions on the food that they will be able to get into the shops and the warnings from the Environment Secretary—a strong leave campaigner himself—about tariffs on beef and lamb.
Finance (No. 3) Bill
Debate between Yvette Cooper and David T C DaviesTuesday 8th January 2019
(5 years, 11 months ago)
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