Duties of Customs

The Minister talks about the decisions that the Government have already made. Before they decided...

In exercising article 50, the Government’s consideration was the decision taken by the British pe...

The Minister will be aware that the Irish Prime Minister has called on the UK Government to give ...

We have made it clear on numerous occasions that we have no intention of reverting to the hard bo...

Has the Minister heard the judgment of the UK Chamber of Shipping, which talks of an “absolute ca...

The hon. Lady raises an extremely important point, particularly in relation to roll-on/roll-off p...

Following our time together in Committee considering the Bill that became the Finance (No.2) Act ...

As the hon. Lady knows, at the point at which we leave the European Union, we will gain further c...

The Minister will be aware that there were many responses by manufacturing organisations to the W...

The bulk of the measures to which the hon. Gentleman refers will be in the Taxation (Cross-border...

Will the Minister comment on the extent to which the Bill will allow the VAT and customs system t...

My hon. Friend raises an important point that goes to the heart of the Bill. This is a framework ...

I have made it very clear to people in Broxtowe that I believe in our continuing membership of th...

The Bill deals with our leaving the European Union, which means, as a simple matter of law, that ...

How?

The Bill will be presented this evening. When the hon. Gentleman reads it tomorrow, he will be mo...

The Minister referred to the Bill’s ability to deliver in all possible circumstances. Is he aware...

We will be guided by HMRC on the number of staff required, and we are working closely with it on ...

Will the Minister assure us that the Bill, which, of course we do not have but which he is saying...

The hon. Gentleman makes it sound as though the fact that we do not have the Bill available right...

Does the Minister agree that there is some faux misunderstanding of the situation going on here? ...

My hon. Friend raises an important point: our nation is quite capable of ensuring that wherever t...

Does the Minister agree that it is wrong to say that phytosanitary checks do not happen—or could ...

My hon. Friend has put the point very clearly and effectively, and nothing in this Bill acts coun...

As the Minister will know, more than 80% of the UK’s freight movement goes through the channel tu...

My hon. Friend raises a crucial point for ro-ro—roll on, roll off—ports, and these are just the k...

If I may, I will finish the point. As to my hon. Friend’s specific question about whether I belie...

In his meeting with the Port of Dover—I have also met its representatives—what did the chief exec...

As the right hon. Gentleman will know, the figure is very low. I think it is a matter of a couple...

I thank the Minister for his full responses to the questions on ro-ro. I wish to ask similar ques...

Yes, absolutely. In the case of Dover, most of the traffic is intra-EU trade, whereas a high prop...

My right hon. Friend is giving a typically powerful and effective exposition on this incredibly c...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and, before I address his specific question, I also t...

Will the Minister tell us what financial provision is going to be made if Operation Stack has to ...

Of course, Operation Stack arose not because of a general deficiency in the customs arrangements ...

As the Minister will know, this is in the interests of my constituents, as well as those of my ho...

I have taken a rather large number of interventions, so in the interests of making progress I sha...

At last, we have the Ways and Means motion before the House. The enigmatic—some might say pretty ...

It seems that the mantra of “taking back control” that we saw during the EU referendum campaign e...

My hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. That has been the line that this Government have taken....

I have patiently listened to what the hon. Gentleman has had to say. He has referred to the power...

The right hon. Gentleman misses the point. This is part of the whole pattern and process by which...

I think the hon. Gentleman is really struggling on this. It makes eminent sense that the Governme...

I will tell the right hon. Lady what we are in favour of: parliamentary scrutiny. It was John Bri...

The hon. Gentleman has not answered the incredibly important intervention made by my right hon. F...

The fact of the matter is that we are not closing off options, which the Government seem to have ...

It is a pleasure to stand here tonight and to talk about this Bill on behalf of my constituents. ...

The hon. Gentleman talks as if it was an entirely unilateral decision on our part what tariffs an...

I do not accept that at all, but I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. We have a major oppo...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Bill is very much about preparing the way for when we leave th...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I completely agree.

It is massively important ...

I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman’s comments. Does he share my concern that because the Go...

I thank the hon. Lady. I agree that we need clarity as early as possible on all these issues, and...

My hon. Friend makes some extremely important points. In connection with the Irish border, a dero...

I thank my hon. Friend. That is a very interesting point, and I am sure that Ministers will look ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I cannot take any more interventions, I am afraid, because other people want to speak.

Give...

I am pleased that the Government have finally brought forward something that is at least a bit mo...

The hon. Lady will agree that the oil and gas industry, which is important to both our constituen...

I am not saying that anybody should fear international trade. International trade is a very good ...

My hon. Friend will have noticed that Conservative Members are expressing a fair degree of anger....

I absolutely agree.

Monique Ebell from the National Institute of Economic and Social Resear...

I am listening with a great deal of interest to what the hon. Lady has to say. The amendments she...

The hon. Gentleman raises an interesting case. I have not looked into all the impacts, but the WT...

Great Britain’s historical reputation as one of the greatest trading nations on earth can be revi...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not give way at the moment. I want to make some progress.

As we decouple from th...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way on Scotland?

I will give way.

The hon. Gentleman and I argued during the Scottish independence referendum that one of the key a...

Let us be absolutely clear that during that referendum campaign, the hon. Gentleman and I were on...

That is not what I asked.

Does the hon. Gentleman want to intervene, rather than shouting.

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to clarify that that is not what I asked him....

As we have heard from the Minister, no one wants a hard border between the rest of the United Kin...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No. I want to make some more progress.

Scotland’s exports are world-renowned—I am sure the ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No. I want to make some more progress.

The city I represent, Aberdeen, is a global leader i...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No. I want to make more progress.

Furthermore, striking new trade deals will unlock the pot...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No.

That is why this customs Bill is so important. Irrespective of any agreements reached b...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No.

Furthermore, the Government will ensure, as they do at present, that their future custo...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?

No, I want to make this important point: free and fair trade is the greatest poverty alleviation ...

With deep pleasure, I beg to move amendment (e), in paragraph (a), after “goods”, insert

“o...

May I bring the hon. Gentleman back to amendment (e), to which he is the lead signatory? It would...

I anticipated that intervention, although not quite so early in my speech. I return the hon. Gent...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. Often it is said that sometimes we just need to simplif...

I am tempted to say that is because they are all quackers, but I am sure that would not go down w...

Is my hon. Friend intrigued to learn that a former Minister in the Department for Exiting the Eur...

If that is indeed the case, anyone who is surprised by that speech has not been listening to the ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. We will have to think about investment in this country i...

Indeed, and I will come to more of those arguments later in my speech. The Foreign Affairs Commit...

My hon. Friend will be aware that the finest Scotch whisky in the world is sold in ceramic bottle...

I am glad my hon. Friend makes that point because the Scotch whisky industry is not just a Scotti...

Much though I enjoy a decent malt whisky, the impact of leaving the customs union would be far gr...

That is why the three motions before us tonight, the customs Bill, the Trade Bill and the Europea...

Before my hon. Friend moves on from Scotch whisky, I wonder whether he would like to comment on t...

Absolutely. My hon. Friend tempts me to go down a road you may not want me to take, Mr Deputy Spe...

Is the hon. Gentleman surprised, as I am, that Government Members seem quite content to recruit 3...

That is a key secondary argument to the one I have been making. They say they want everything to ...

Is my hon. Friend aware—he probably is not, because I have yet not told him—that a couple of week...

That is indeed the case. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada...

A humble bottle of fabric conditioner crosses the border of a member state four times in the proc...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. If I were the Minister and she made that point to me, I would ju...

Further to the point from my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Angela Smith)...

I am grateful for that intervention. I said earlier that nobody voted in the EU referendum to be ...

Is the hon. Gentleman happy, then, for us to be locked for all time into a situation where we can...

I am happy with the intervention—I am delighted with it—because it allows me to say three things:...

To pick up on the point from the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), of course free ...

Absolutely. Illegal dumping is something that the House will have to come back to and debate at l...

Would the hon. Gentleman like to speculate on what contribution today’s departure of the European...

Well, it is jobs, isn’t it? [Hon. Members: “Nine hundred jobs.”] Yes, 900 jobs, and maybe even mo...

Yes, you are.

Well, if being a remoaner means defending the jobs of the people of my constituency and the count...

I am loth to interrupt the hon. Gentleman’s excellent speech, but I am slightly concerned that he...

I can answer the hon. Lady’s intervention in one word: no. They clearly are not going to listen t...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray), who spoke, at ...

rose—

I am sorry, but I will not give way.

For those of us who want the negotiations to succeed a...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham), a fellow remainer, an...

For clarification, I point out to the right hon. Gentleman that he is following a pragmatist.

If I am indeed following a pragmatist, I hope that the hon. Gentleman will listen to what is bein...

Does the right hon. Gentleman also agree that if the Government were to have a change of heart an...

I entirely agree. Like other hon. Members, I am perplexed as to why the Government ruled out seve...

As far as I can gather, the Government’s policy is that they are definitely not going to have a h...

Indeed, and it might be a growth industry. When I was in Northern Ireland, the people who were ta...

If we are outside the customs union, it suggests that there will be a hard border, but if we foll...

Absolutely, and that is why I believe that the question of Ireland and Northern Ireland is the mo...

The right hon. Gentleman has touched briefly on citizens’ rights. Given that both sides have said...

That might be an issue on which we agree. If we are moving towards a no-deal scenario, there is a...

The right hon. Gentleman is making a good point about border crossings. I have spoken to someone ...

Presumably they would have no difficulty in smuggling their cake from one side of the border to t...

I am delighted that the right hon. Gentleman is making these arguments about the Irish border. Th...

The hon. Gentleman is right, and I thank him for pointing me in that direction. Clearly, there wo...

The right hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech. Has he heard the often-quoted statistic t...

Absolutely; I do have those concerns. It is worth knowing that when the 17-mile tailback occurred...

We have heard much of what the right hon. Gentleman is saying before. No doubt he will have heard...

Like the hon. Gentleman, I would like good sense to prevail. However, when the Government seem to...

The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill is important, because customs matters have been governed b...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No.

Furthermore, EU-UK trade covers vast quantities of goods. Honda estimates that it alone...

I think that the Minister said at the outset that it is the Government’s policy to leave the cust...

The hon. Gentleman is talking rationally, as always. The reason why I felt that the hon. Member f...

That may be so, but this is not an either/or situation. This is not about selling a fantastic Sco...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Of course I give way to my hon. Friend, who is a great campaigner for the ceramics sector.

I thank my hon. Friend for raising ceramics. He will know that the best ceramics in the world are...

That, of course, is exactly why the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh ...

I also want the House to have the opportunity to vote on the amendments today, and I look forward...

The question of rules of origin, of course, is the other factor in the debate about the customs u...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that, apparently, the solution the UK Government are proposing to rul...

Some solutions have to be forthcoming. I have high hopes for the Minister’s winding-up speech. I ...

The Prime Minister has emphasised that there will be no “physical infrastructure” on the border b...

There is absolutely no logic to the Government’s position right now. Again, none of this was on t...

I rise not only to support those excellent amendments, but to make it clear that I shall be votin...

Wallington.

Exactly—somewhere equally pleasant.

The pleasure I have in speaking in this debate is prima...

When the history books are written about this period of time, the right hon. Lady’s name will be ...

I could not agree with the hon. Gentleman more. That is what the people need to understand now: t...

I am deeply disquieted by the fact that prominent Conservative Members are seemingly in favour of...

I listen to the wise words of the hon. Lady, as she, more than many, knows exactly the serious co...

The right hon. Lady talks about the extremists in her own party; does she share my horror that a ...

I do not like to speculate or comment on things about which I do not know, but that is terribly i...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry), who spoke with her t...

Has the hon. Gentleman, like me, spent the debate waiting for a Conservative Member to give a rin...

That is a valid point. When we begin to consider the customs Bill and the Trade Bill, answers wil...

The hon. Gentleman may be interested to know that a couple of weeks ago I tabled a parliamentary ...

That is grounds for huge concern, because these trade negotiators will be up against expert teams...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the reality is that we will not get a great deal because the E...

The right hon. Lady captures my sentiments exactly. By deciding to leave the single market or the...

I am pleased to speak in favour of amendments (c) and (e) in the name of the hon. Member for Edin...

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will recognise that this particular problem will apply pretty s...

Absolutely. There are significant implications for perishable goods and, as was mentioned earlier...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant), who made another powerfu...

Does the hon. Lady think that it says something about the Prime Minister’s priorities that she to...

I was struck by the discussion earlier about making decisions so quickly. I, too, did not vote fo...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the very serious problems for businesses that she is so ably ident...

I absolutely agree. This is the challenge that we face.

Eighteen months on, it is not unfai...

I am grateful for the opportunity to make a very brief contribution to this debate. I support the...

It is a pleasure to follow many excellent speeches on this crucial issue. Sadly, it seems to have...

My hon. Friend can see the coast of my Bristol North West constituency from across the channel. D...

I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend’s points. I can indeed see his constituency across the...

Does the hon. Gentleman know of any Government plan to solve this problem for Airbus? I think thi...

I am not aware of any alternative. Indeed, we can sense growing frustration in the country at the...

I am grateful to the Minister for his introductory remarks, but I have to say that both they and ...

May I read my hon. Friend’s comments as a statement that the Labour Front Bench does support stay...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her helpful intervention. As she will know, the Labour positi...

I hear very much my hon. Friend’s argument, but would she acknowledge that this is a paving Ways ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, but the problem is that the Government’s stated...

Answer the question.

I just have, if the hon. Gentleman doesn’t mind. The Government have stated that the motions are ...

I have tremendous respect for my hon. Friend and the work she has done on this, but if she disagr...

I am a new Member and I do not know how appropriate it is to talk about which amendments have bee...

We have had a full and good debate this evening on an extremely important matter. I do not think ...

With the leave of the House, we will take motions 2 to 5 together.

Ordered,