My hon. Friend speaks with great experience on these matters. Does he agree that small businesses may not be able to accommodate the additional costs he mentions from tariffs, rules of origin—we discussed those earlier—and customs declarations, which may exceed the profits they make on the goods they sell? Small and medium-sized enterprises would be most adversely affected by a no deal situation, which some Government Members argue we should contemplate with equanimity.
Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Hilary Benn
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 July 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill.
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