Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
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House of Commons
Monday, 21 May 2018
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I beg to move,
That the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Canada Trade Agreeme...
Does the Secretary of State accept that after exit day, we will be bound by these treaties with C...
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We already have had substantial bilateral discussions with Canada, and it agrees with the United ...
I will make some progress.
This Government are clear that CETA is a good deal for Europe an...
My right hon. Friend referred to the benefits that may flow to Canada, the UK and the EU, but the...
I think that something we share across the House is the belief that we would prefer people to be ...
Of course I give way to the Chairman of the Select Committee.
I am picking up the clear message that it is the view of the Brexiteer UK Government that the Eur...
We think it is the most advanced and ambitious trade deal that the EU has produced so far. That i...
The Secretary of State has suggested that when we leave the European Union, there will be things ...
As we will be in negotiation with Canada, I will not enter into that, but, as I have said, there ...
My right hon. Friend may be interested to know that while Wensleydale Creamery, which is just out...
That is a good point. The debate tends to revolve around tariffs rather than non-tariff barriers,...
The Secretary of State is making a compelling case for supporting the trade deal, and there is a ...
As I have already said, and as we have already agreed with Canada, the existing agreement will fo...
I will give way—for the last time, for the moment—to my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingha...
I am glad that the Secretary of State is now stressing to Labour Members, who do not seem to unde...
I have said twice that we have already had discussions with Canada to see how we can build on the...
I will make some progress.
In parallel with the trade benefits to which I referred, investm...
—which could not be a better way to lead into my hon. Friend’s intervention.
I congratulate my right hon. Friend not only on what he has said today—which is completely correc...
I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Of course, our ability to take full advantage of what we have al...
Will the Secretary of State confirm that any investment court system is in fact a pooling of sove...
I have set out what I believe are the principles, but the mechanism may well be different. The Co...
Given these extensive labour and public sector protections, which I congratulate my right hon. Fr...
As the Prime Minister has made clear, we hope, given we are starting from the position of complet...
Should the right hon. Gentleman be talking not only about “Parliament”, but about “Parliaments”? ...
I have considerable sympathy with the hon. Gentleman, although trade is a reserved power for this...
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate on the Floor of the House at ...
Will my hon. Friend give way?
I will give way to my right hon. Friend in a moment if he is patient—I am sure he will be.
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I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. Given the considerable links and advantages of our relatio...
The presumption in my right hon. Friend’s question is entirely wrong. The presumption is that we ...
I spend a lot of time in Canada as our trade envoy. What would the hon. Gentleman’s message be to...
As I think I have already made clear to the House, we want those jobs and procurement opportuniti...
For the sake of clarity, is it the Opposition’s position that the United Kingdom should not ratif...
I will of course answer the right hon. Gentleman’s question—I will come to it later in my speech....
Going back to the earlier discussion, if the position is not to support the Canada trade deal, wi...
I do not know whether my hon. Friend heard the Secretary of State’s remarks. He has made it clear...
I see a lot of Members standing. I am happy to give way later in my remarks but I want to make pr...
Will my hon. Friend give way?
No.
On 18 October 2016, the Government confirmed their support for signature, provisional a...
I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. For someone who seems so keen to have ha...
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pressing me on to the substantive part of the debate, but...
I think many people watching will want to be clear, given the fragile and febrile nature of their...
If we were out of the European Union, we would then be negotiating a new trade agreement with Can...
Are we then to assume that, for the purposes of consistency, Labour will table a negative motion ...
I will come on to our position in due course.
The European Commission hailed CETA, calling ...
The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case about a very flawed process. Following public pressu...
I absolutely share the hon. Lady’s concern. That is one reason that it was part of the Labour par...
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. There is some pressure on time. The hon. Gentleman has...
It is quite in order for the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) to be making his openin...
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
Would he give way to a Labour colleague?
I would give way to a Labour colleague.
Just last week, the incoming Italian Government sig...
The hon. Gentleman is making a very good point but, if CETA is such a terrible deal, why did so L...
The hon. Lady makes a false premise. Many parts of this deal would be welcomed, but there are ess...
Will my hon. Friend give way?
I will give way to my hon. Friend in just a second.
The Secretary of State spoke about the ...
I am slightly puzzled by the hon. Gentleman. At the moment, there is talk about the provisional a...
I did answer that question earlier following an intervention. There are many aspects of this trad...
Order. Will the hon. Gentleman face the Chair? We cannot hear otherwise.
I apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. There are many aspects of the deal that we would welcome, but ...
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The shadow Secretary of State has now spoken for longe...
The hon. Member for Brent North is still in order, but I point out that a lot of speakers want to...
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Indeed—I will respect your decision and, in that regard, I hope ...
Will my hon. Friend give way? [Interruption.]
Order. It is important that the hon. Member for Brent North is heard with politeness, because I k...
Over the past few years, the Government have entirely failed to explain why British taxpayers sho...
Order. I must insist that the hon. Gentleman be heard out. I am sure he will bring his remarks to...
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You may believe that the hon. Gentleman is drawing his...
I have to say that raising endless points of order during a short debate is not conducive to movi...
The real abuse is the way the Secretary of State has ignored all the waivers he has been given by...
Will my hon. Friend give way?
I will give way to my hon. Friend.
I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I am sure that the whole House is e...
Indeed I do. We actually said so in our manifesto. We made that clear in the manifesto that both ...
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I hesitate to raise this point of order, but in respon...
That is a matter of debate, not a point of order. I am sure that the shadow Secretary of State wo...
With so many people wanting to speak, I must impose an immediate four-minute time limit on Back-B...
I rise to speak very much in favour of ratifying this agreement, and I welcome the opportunity to...
I will not take any interventions because there is no time.
I want to say three things. Fir...
I will be as brief as possible to allow as many others in as possible. [Interruption.] I may take...
It is a pleasure to speak in support of this excellent trade deal between the EU and Canada, and ...
I am not going to give way, as time is very limited. I know that concerns the hon. Gentleman’s co...
I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on transatlantic trade. A...
I apologise in advance if my speech is rather chopped up. Unfortunately, due to the huge discourt...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
No, I am not giving way—
But he mentioned me—
I am not giving way. We have so little time.
CETA is the first major trade agreement signed...
We on the International Trade Committee took time to hear evidence on the Canada trade deal. In h...
I shall keep my remarks very brief to allow others in.
On issues such as this, I like to as...
I want to speak briefly to put on record my support and that of the Democratic Unionist party for...
Britain should and must be a champion of free trade. Free trade, the great driver of prosperity, ...
I call Geraint Davies. You have 45 seconds.
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What these trade deals show is that we are stronger in team EU, negotiating big deals, than alone...
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I just wanted to come to the House at the earliest opp...
I thank the Minister for giving me notice of his point of order and for correcting the record. I ...