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Autumn Statement

Proceeding contribution from Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 November 2016. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Autumn Statement.

May I congratulate the Chancellor on his excellent statement? I draw his attention to page 96 of the OBR report, which sets out the assumptions in relation to Brexit. It seems to me that there are two problems with those assumptions. First, they assume that we will apply tariffs on the same basis as we do inside the European Union, which the Chancellor will know he will be able to remove. Secondly, they are particularly gloomy on the prospects for financial services. Might we be able to take a slightly more optimistic tone and, with the freedoms that we have outside the customs union and the single market, be able to solve the productivity problem?

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Reference

617 c932 

Session

2016-17

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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