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Proceeding contribution from Ben Coleman (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 May 2025. It occurred during Opposition day on UK-EU Summit.


UK-EU Summit

I thank the hon. Lady for giving way. I took a third of the time that her colleague, the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), took for his speech. Is she genuinely suggesting that we should tell this House right now what we will be negotiating in Brussels next week—that we should give away the full details of our strategy? Perhaps that is the attitude that the Conservative Government took when they were negotiating the trade deal with Australia; the Conservative former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that it was a poor deal that let our farmers down. Given her approach, no wonder that happened.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
767 c272 
Session
2024-26
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Defence Costs Business Employment Fisheries EU law Energy India Northern Ireland Standards Sovereignty Trade agreements European Court of Justice Security USA Trade barriers NATO Youth mobility scheme Agricultural products UK trade with EU Brexit UK relations with EU
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