Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 20 May 2025, in the House of Commons, led by Keir Starmer.

UK-EU Summit

Statement on the three recent trade deals.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 767 cc889-922
Session: 2024-26
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Keir Starmer | 767 cc889-890 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, I will update the House on the three recent trade deals that we have struck in t...; Lindsay Hoyle | 767 c890 (Link to this contribution)
Order. The Prime Minister is correct.; Keir Starmer | 767 c891 (Link to this contribution)
This is not the full list, but the new partnership has been backed by the Federation of Small Bus...; Lindsay Hoyle | 767 c891 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Leader of the Opposition.
12.48 pm; Kemi Badenoch | 767 cc891-3 (Link to this contribution)
When Labour negotiates, Britain loses. The Prime Minister talks about a hat trick of deals—they a...; Keir Starmer | 767 cc893-4 (Link to this contribution)
Oh dear. That was just such an unserious response. The right hon. Lady says that details matter i...; Lindsay Hoyle | 767 c894 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee.; Liam Byrne | 767 c894 (Link to this contribution)
This deal is good for business and good for Britain. I congratulate the Prime Minister on embraci...; Keir Starmer | 767 c895 (Link to this contribution)
First, let me pick up on my right hon. Friend’s point about the cross-party support of the Select...; Lindsay Hoyle | 767 c895 (Link to this contribution)
I call the leader of the Liberal Democrats.; Ed Davey | 767 c895 (Link to this contribution)
I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks about the appalling situation in Gaza. When ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c895 (Link to this contribution)
On the right hon. Gentleman’s question about this deal being a first step, it is intended that th...; Lindsay Hoyle | 767 c896 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.; Emily Thornberry | 767 c896 (Link to this contribution)
I begin by thanking the Prime Minister for what he has said about Gaza. The message he is sending...; Keir Starmer | 767 c896 (Link to this contribution)
As my right hon. Friend knows, there is a process for implementing any agreement. All of these ag...; Bernard Jenkin | 767 c896 (Link to this contribution)
Can I just point out to the Prime Minister that nothing can undo the fact that 17.5 million peopl...; Keir Starmer | 767 c896 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman knows full well that we had red lines about not rejoining the EU—no single mar...; Lindsay Hoyle | 767 c896 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Chair of the Treasury Committee.; Meg Hillier | 767 c897 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Prime Minister on this achievement, on top of two great trade deals. This is i...; Keir Starmer | 767 c897 (Link to this contribution)
Our approach has been on the question of bringing our bills down, which is why the SPS agreement ...; Esther McVey | 767 c897 (Link to this contribution)
With youth unemployment higher in Europe—in countries such as France, Spain, Portugal and Sweden—...; Keir Starmer | 767 c897 (Link to this contribution)
The agreement gives young people in the United Kingdom the opportunity to work, to study and to t...; Noah Law | 767 c897 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Prime Minister join me in inviting Conservative Members to celebrate the restoration of ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c897 (Link to this contribution)
Under the Conservatives’ deal, shellfish was locked out, but it can now be sold back into the mar...; Sarah Olney | 767 c898 (Link to this contribution)
On six separate occasions since the beginning of the year I have asked the Paymaster General abou...; Keir Starmer | 767 c898 (Link to this contribution)
We have moved apace to get this far, but we now need to move apace to implement what we agreed ye...; Marsha De Cordova | 767 c898 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Prime Minister and his colleagues on their success at the summit. The Governme...; Keir Starmer | 767 c898 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend has raised an important point about touring artists. We are absolutely committed t...; Stephen Flynn | 767 c898 (Link to this contribution)
I think the Front Benches need to calm the jets a wee bit. This is obviously not a surrender, jus...; Keir Starmer | 767 c898 (Link to this contribution)
The deal does allow us to move forward on renewables and carbon capture as part of the package ar...; Julie Minns | 767 c898 (Link to this contribution)
My constituency is home to the world’s oldest biscuit factory: Carr’s has been making Table Water...; Keir Starmer | 767 c899 (Link to this contribution)
For food, for biscuits and all the content covered by the SPS agreement, this deal is a massive s...; Harriett Baldwin | 767 c899 (Link to this contribution)
May I have a serious answer to a very narrow and specific question? We know how many fishing righ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c899 (Link to this contribution)
I remind the right hon. Lady that nothing that was negotiated on fishing by the previous Governme...; Matthew Patrick | 767 c899 (Link to this contribution)
The energy industry is central to our mission for growth, but it is also important to our tacklin...; Keir Starmer | 767 c899 (Link to this contribution)
It does so in two ways. It makes permanent the energy chapter in the current deal, and it goes be...; Gavin Robinson | 767 c899 (Link to this contribution)
Successive Governments and successive Parliaments have caused unnecessary and at times intolerabl...; Keir Starmer | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
As the right hon. Gentleman will know, the SPS agreement that we have negotiated for the UK as a ...; Blair McDougall | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
The last Tory Government left the British people at the back of the European queue. That was true...; Keir Starmer | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
The arrangement we got to yesterday with the EU has absolute clarity: there is no impediment to e...; Mark Francois | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
The most pernicious part of this deal is dynamic alignment, by which we become an automatic rule-...; Keir Starmer | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
I had forgotten about some of the nonsense that is spouted. On the question of how the rules are ...; Mark Francois | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
After they have been changed.; Keir Starmer | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
We are already aligned. We are in alignment; we are just not getting the benefit of it. This deal...; Mark Francois | 767 c900 (Link to this contribution)
Subject to the ECJ! [Interruption.]; Keir Starmer | 767 cc900-1 (Link to this contribution)
They all know this. Every trade deal has an arbitration clause to deal with the settlement of dis...; Lizzi Collinge | 767 c901 (Link to this contribution)
This deal is very welcome, particularly for my farmers in Morecambe and Lunesdale. When I was a y...; Keir Starmer | 767 c901 (Link to this contribution)
I want young people in this country to have the opportunity under the scheme to work, to travel, ...; Tim Farron | 767 c901 (Link to this contribution)
Thanks to the appalling deal that the Conservatives did with the EU in 2020, we saw farmers lose ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c901 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue, which will be of huge interest to his constitu...; Afzal Khan | 767 c901 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, congratulate the Prime Minister on this deal. Manchester has a student population of over...; Keir Starmer | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I can confirm that I want those experiences and opportunities for our young people, and I think t...; Richard Tice | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
In Boston and Skegness, my fishermen are furious that the Prime Minister has surrendered the fish...; Keir Starmer | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I will happily explain to the hon. Gentleman’s constituents the huge benefits of these deals, mea...; Gregor Poynton | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
When it comes to evaluating the merits of the deal, who would the Prime Minister suggest my Livin...; Keir Starmer | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I was surprised to see the SNP First Minister line up with Reform and the Leader of the Oppositio...; Julian Lewis | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
If the Prime Minister is right that our food standards are already in alignment with those of the...; Keir Starmer | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
That is a very good question that the right hon. Gentleman should put to Boris Johnson.; Scott Arthur | 767 c902 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely welcome this deal, which puts us on the map as an outward-looking nation again. Abov...; Keir Starmer | 767 c903 (Link to this contribution)
I do think it is really hard to fathom, and I hope that SNP Members reconsider their position, be...; Luke Taylor | 767 c903 (Link to this contribution)
I admire the Prime Minister’s faith that this deal may well end the tired arguments of the past, ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c903 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think the Conservatives need any help in retiring from the national stage—they are well ...; Stella Creasy | 767 c903 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the Leader of the Opposition when she says that what matters is whether the terms of...; Keir Starmer | 767 c903 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend puts her finger on it. Under the Tories’ deal, there was huge bureaucracy, huge re...; Aphra Brandreth | 767 c903 (Link to this contribution)
I asked the Prime Minister on 7 May to reassure the House that he would not hand over hard-won co...; Keir Starmer | 767 c904 (Link to this contribution)
The deal we have struck makes it easier for fishermen to sell into the EU market. Some 72% of the...; Phil Brickell | 767 c904 (Link to this contribution)
I put on the record my thanks to the Prime Minister and the Paymaster General and Minister for th...; Keir Starmer | 767 c904 (Link to this contribution)
I point my hon. Friend to the endorsements from the very many supermarkets yesterday who made pre...; Liz Saville Roberts | 767 c904 (Link to this contribution)
These incremental improvements are welcome as we begin to move on from some of the illusions of B...; Keir Starmer | 767 c904 (Link to this contribution)
I think last week I was overly rude and I apologise. I do respect the right hon. Member, and she ...; Clive Efford | 767 c904 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on securing this deal. Does he agree with me that...; Keir Starmer | 767 c905 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I do not think the Conservatives are just against all th...; Roger Gale | 767 c905 (Link to this contribution)
I do not want to be a dog in the manger, but the Prime Minister’s statement appears to be very st...; Keir Starmer | 767 c905 (Link to this contribution)
The detail of the agreement we reached yesterday was set out in a document which we released duri...; Johanna Baxter | 767 c905 (Link to this contribution)
The new UK-EU agreement is a welcome and pragmatic step towards rebuilding a strong trading relat...; Keir Starmer | 767 c905 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are reasons why the Scottish chambers of commerce is co...; Ellie Chowns | 767 c905 (Link to this contribution)
On behalf of the Green party, I broadly welcome the progress made at the summit yesterday. It is ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c906 (Link to this contribution)
We had a clear red line in our manifesto on freedom of movement. We did that because we had a ref...; Linsey Farnsworth | 767 c906 (Link to this contribution)
I would like to turn to the co-operation aspect of the agreement, on which I congratulate the Pri...; Keir Starmer | 767 c906 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her previous work. One of the important things I was able to do when I...; Calum Miller | 767 c906 (Link to this contribution)
The previous deal done by the Conservatives tied up many businesses in red tape, so I warmly welc...; Keir Starmer | 767 c906 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman. On SPS, we have taken that step—the red tape goes—but we do want to r...; Liam Conlon | 767 c906 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Prime Minister for his work on this deal, which takes important steps in resetting ou...; Keir Starmer | 767 c907 (Link to this contribution)
I agree. I would remind the House that we have agreements in place with a number of other countri...; Graham Stuart | 767 c907 (Link to this contribution)
We need 15 billion barrels of oil and gas between now and 2050; we are currently expected to prod...; Keir Starmer | 767 c907 (Link to this contribution)
We have been clear about honouring new licences, and there is nothing in this deal that cuts acro...; Chi Onwurah | 767 c907 (Link to this contribution)
A trade deal with the world’s fastest-growing economy, which the Tories failed to achieve; a trad...; Keir Starmer | 767 c907 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right that the three trade deals taken together do indicate that other countrie...; Chris Law | 767 c907 (Link to this contribution)
The people of Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union in 2016, and overwhel...; Keir Starmer | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
I find it impossible to follow the hon. Gentleman’s reasoning. He thinks we should be in the EU—t...; Connor Naismith | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Prime Minister on securing this sensible, pragmatic deal, which demonstrates t...; Keir Starmer | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
I completely agree—the Conservatives and Reform should go around the country and explain to our c...; Harriet Cross | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
Our fishermen had been promised, and the EU had agreed, that annual access agreements would be re...; Keir Starmer | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
The simple fact of the matter is that, under the agreement the Conservatives struck, it was much ...; Jo White | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Prime Minister on this deal, which will benefit so many of my constituents; it...; Keir Starmer | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
I agree wholeheartedly. It has to benefit all our young people, whether through work, travel or s...; Andrew Murrison | 767 c908 (Link to this contribution)
How will Britain’s head start in gene-editing technology be impacted by the rule-taking reversion...; Keir Starmer | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
We are discussing and engaging on that issue, which, as the right hon. Gentleman well knows, is i...; Peter Swallow | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
Morrisons has said that the deal will
“ease…pressure on food prices”,
Asda has said i...; Keir Starmer | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
The deal will massively help my hon. Friend’s constituents because it will bring costs down. Morr...; Caroline Voaden | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the SPS part of yesterday’s agreement, as I am sure will all the farmers of South Devon...; Keir Starmer | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady raises an important issue. I am not going to pretend that I have the answer in my b...; Rupa Huq | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
It is brilliant that the Brexit logjam that has cast a long shadow over this House for so many ye...; Keir Starmer | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
We will develop the plan on the youth experience scheme with our partners. We have instructed our...; David Reed | 767 c909 (Link to this contribution)
The Prime Minister states that a new security and defence partnership will pave the way for Briti...; Keir Starmer | 767 c910 (Link to this contribution)
It will certainly not take years. The whole point of the fund is to be part of the collective res...; Kirsteen Sullivan | 767 c910 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Prime Minister for negotiating this deal, which is good for the UK and, according to ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c910 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her important question. We will work as quickly as we can on that issu...; Manuela Perteghella | 767 c910 (Link to this contribution)
The impact of the Creative Europe programme between 2014 and 2019 on the UK arts, film, publishin...; Keir Starmer | 767 c910 (Link to this contribution)
We set out yesterday the areas where we had reached agreement. We will now have annual summits, b...; Luke Charters | 767 c910 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Prime Minister and the Paymaster General on this deal, which makes the people ...; Keir Starmer | 767 c910 (Link to this contribution)
We already are doing so, because it is important that we now get on with this as quickly as we ca...; Ben Obese-Jecty | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
Ursula von der Leyen yesterday said that a second step of further negotiations is required before...; Keir Starmer | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
Let me answer the hon. Member directly. The first thing was to get through the first gateway. As ...; Rachael Maskell | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
Although residents and businesses in York will welcome this deal, our university sector is our se...; Keir Starmer | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
We do want to attract the very best into our country and we will continue our efforts to do so. T...; Sammy Wilson | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
After every EU summit, the people of Northern Ireland have been subjected to spin, broken promise...; Keir Starmer | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Member raises an important point. What we want to do with this agreement is ensure...; Alan Gemmell | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
Unlike the SNP’s singular failure wholeheartedly to support our defence sector, this deal is good...; Keir Starmer | 767 c911 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, absolutely. Getting that gateway open is hugely important for Scottish defence and security ...; Luke Evans | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
The Labour Government cannot answer how much the Chagos deal cost. The Labour Government cannot a...; Keir Starmer | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
I have set out how the costs will be approached, but what we are not going to do is make those bu...; Tulip Siddiq | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
May I congratulate the Prime Minister on securing a landmark deal with our European neighbours? T...; Keir Starmer | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this matter, as it is of great importance to her constituents ...; Vikki Slade | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
British people having access to e-gates is welcome. As the Minister for EU Relations told the BBC...; Keir Starmer | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
The e-gates will make a huge difference and will probably be the first impact that many people se...; Mark Ferguson | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement and this deal. Perhaps most important to people in Gates...; Keir Starmer | 767 c912 (Link to this contribution)
I listen to businesses on this, and they are universal in what they say about food. That is why I...; Greg Smith | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
Dynamic alignment undermines sovereignty, and to undermine sovereignty does not just undermine th...; Keir Starmer | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
I have set out the position in relation to how the rules will be applied. We are already aligned,...; Darren Paffey | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Prime Minister on this common-sense reset. Does he agree that the Conservative...; Keir Starmer | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
The scheme does provide great opportunity, and we will make sure that all those interested are ab...; Wendy Chamberlain | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
I want to re-emphasise the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole...; Keir Starmer | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
We are looking at a range of issues. I completely understand the point the hon. Lady makes and th...; Sarah Coombes | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
I spent this morning with British metal manufacturing businesses, which are so important in my co...; Keir Starmer | 767 c913 (Link to this contribution)
I firmly agree with my hon. Friend, and what she says applies not just to this deal but to the In...; Peter Bedford | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
Given that my constituents overwhelmingly voted to take back control of their borders in the 2016...; Keir Starmer | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
The scheme will be time-limited, visa-led and capped. It is a good scheme for young people in thi...; Josh Fenton-Glynn | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
Calder Valley is home to many of the small and medium-sized enterprises that simply stopped tradi...; Keir Starmer | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend raises a really important point. The Federation of Small Businesses has come out s...; Danny Chambers | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Prime Minister for the statement. The deal is certainly a step in the right direction...; Keir Starmer | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Member will have seen how far we got yesterday, but we obviously want to move forward fr...; Gordon McKee | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
We have deals with India and with the United States, and now this Government are repairing our re...; Keir Starmer | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
I endorse my hon. Friend’s comments, and we will go at pace to move on the commitments we made ye...; Caroline Johnson | 767 c914 (Link to this contribution)
Some of the free trade deals we already have require us to have autonomy over our regulation. The...; Keir Starmer | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady will see from the agreement text that it is subject to our constitutional arrangeme...; Claire Hughes | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
Can I put on record my thanks to everyone who has worked so hard to get this hat-trick of deals a...; Keir Starmer | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
This deal will make a huge difference to my hon. Friend’s constituents, and she is absolutely rig...; Robin Swann | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
In an earlier answer, the Prime Minister said that he would continue with the implementation of t...; Keir Starmer | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think we should pause the implementation of deals that we have already got, but I do agr...; Jessica Toale | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
As the proud owner of two English bulldogs, I welcome the reintroduction of pet passports. Not on...; Keir Starmer | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
An hour and a half, and we have only just got to pet passports—but I am really glad my hon. Frien...; Sarah Pochin | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Prime Minister admit to the British people that this deal takes the country back under t...; Keir Starmer | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
No, that is just wrong under the agreement. There is an independent arbitration—; Mark Francois | 767 c915 (Link to this contribution)
Subject to the Court!; Keir Starmer | 767 c916 (Link to this contribution)
It is the same as the Windsor framework, which the right hon. Gentleman’s party negotiated. This ...; Josh Dean | 767 c916 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and I warmly welcome this landmark deal with the Eu...; Keir Starmer | 767 c916 (Link to this contribution)
I do agree. I think they are lost in the past—actually I think they are lost all together now, on...; Mike Wood | 767 c916 (Link to this contribution)
Paragraph 27 of the common understanding published yesterday requires the “immediate application”...; Keir Starmer | 767 c916 (Link to this contribution)
We are not making an argument for lowering our standards, and we are proud to have high standards...; Rosie Wrighting | 767 c916 (Link to this contribution)
The Business and Trade Committee visited Brussels earlier this year, where we saw at first hand h...; Keir Starmer | 767 c916 (Link to this contribution)
I can. We have approached this on a serious, pragmatic basis. We have got a deal with 10 strands ...; Clive Jones | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
In the UK-EU summit, co-operation on access to medicines was noticeably scarce. That is an area w...; Keir Starmer | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Member raises an important point, and we will continue our discussions with others to tr...; Lewis Atkinson | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
Sunderland is proud to be a city of makers, from cars to music. Without reversing Brexit, those m...; Keir Starmer | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
Let me rest on my hon. Friend’s first example, which was of cars. The India deal, which massively...; Joshua Reynolds | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
Many will be concerned that the Prime Minister’s EU deal does not cover the UK’s participation in...; Keir Starmer | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
As the hon. Member knows, we are committed to Horizon. We will retain that commitment to research...; Emily Darlington | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
It never ceases to surprise me how little the Opposition understand about making trade deals. Per...; Keir Starmer | 767 c917 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the red tape having such an impact on our small business...; Jim Allister | 767 c918 (Link to this contribution)
I note the careful wording of the Prime Minister’s statement—it talks about Britain being “back o...; Keir Starmer | 767 c918 (Link to this contribution)
Yesterday was a step forward in that regard. The deal allows us to reduce frustrations and barrie...; Torcuil Crichton | 767 c918 (Link to this contribution)
I suspect that even if there was a barrel of salt herring in it for every Opposition Member, this...; Keir Starmer | 767 c918 (Link to this contribution)
That is why it is so important that we are putting the money—more than £300 million—into working ...; Richard Foord | 767 c918 (Link to this contribution)
We heard from Ministers over the weekend that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The P...; Keir Starmer | 767 c918 (Link to this contribution)
That is because the programme itself is being developed at speed. It was only announced the other...; Alistair Strathern | 767 c919 (Link to this contribution)
The response to today’s deal has been striking. We need to drive down the cost of food for our co...; Keir Starmer | 767 c919 (Link to this contribution)
The principles are: bills down and jobs up, and that is exactly what this deal delivers.; Gregory Campbell | 767 c919 (Link to this contribution)
The Prime Minister has spent the past hour and a half indicating the benefits that he sees from t...; Keir Starmer | 767 c919 (Link to this contribution)
We have taken a pragmatic, common-sense approach, with an absolute focus on reducing bills—that i...; Melanie Ward | 767 c919 (Link to this contribution)
The truth is that this deal with the EU is good for my constituents in Fife, good for Scotland, a...; Keir Starmer | 767 c919 (Link to this contribution)
I learned this morning that the Deputy First Minister was in the garden at Downing Street last ni...; Andrew George | 767 c919 (Link to this contribution)
Fishermen in my constituency were let down by the Conservatives and their Brexit friends, and the...; Keir Starmer | 767 c920 (Link to this contribution)
The arrangements are the same as those currently in place, and they are reciprocal, which is real...; Chris McDonald | 767 c920 (Link to this contribution)
Interventions such as those from the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) ha...; Keir Starmer | 767 c920 (Link to this contribution)
Yes. There is only one party of business now, and it is right here, in government.; Jim Shannon | 767 c920 (Link to this contribution)
I support the fishing sector in Portavogie in my constituency, and the Northern Ireland Fish Prod...; Keir Starmer | 767 c920 (Link to this contribution)
I assure the hon. Member that the £360 million fund will be brought forward as quickly as possibl...; Joe Morris | 767 c920 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Prime Minister on a realistic, sober, sensible deal that will deliver for busi...; Keir Starmer | 767 c920 (Link to this contribution)
We need to take common-sense steps, in our national interest, on the economy, trade and business,...; John Slinger | 767 c921 (Link to this contribution)
Our opponents talk of “surrender” and believe that they have a monopoly on concepts such as patri...; Keir Starmer | 767 c921 (Link to this contribution)
What is astonishing is that the Conservatives do not want to co-operate with the EU, India or the...; Andrew Lewin | 767 c921 (Link to this contribution)
We have learned a lot about trade policy in the House today. The Conservative party is still desp...; Keir Starmer | 767 c921 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend. We will move at pace on all fronts. It is important that young people hav...; Chris Vince | 767 c921 (Link to this contribution)
I thank you for getting everybody in, Madam Deputy Speaker; it has been a mammoth session. I than...; Keir Starmer | 767 c921 (Link to this contribution)
It will massively reduce bureaucracy and red tape, making it easier for businesses to do business...; Mark Francois | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I regret that in an earlier exchange the Prime Ministe...; Caroline Nokes | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that. He will know that it was not a point of order, and not...; Keir Starmer | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will not descend into silly language, lik...; Roger Gale | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
Don’t be so patronising!; Keir Starmer | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
It was his language, not mine, but this is an important point.; Mark Francois | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
We genuinely get on. Come on, what is the answer?; Keir Starmer | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
We do. There is independent arbitration here, as there is for all of this. That can settle most i...; Mark Francois | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
Of course it is European law—; Caroline Nokes | 767 c922 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I think that right hon. Members have had the opportunity to get their points on the record...
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