Extract from second reading debate (Commons) of the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill - Dec 30
Thursday, 31 December 2020 07:55
Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab): I am very happy to confirm for the Prime
Minister that I will be voting for this agreement. He mentioned
several times his levelling-up agenda, but financial services and
those working in the sector have been left entirely out of it, so
does he not agree that every city and every town that is dependent
on financial services, from Leeds to Manchester to Edinburgh, and
many in between, have been levelled down and left out of this deal?
The Prime Minister: It is great...Request free trial
(Hove)
(Lab): I am very happy to confirm for the Prime
Minister that I will be voting for this agreement. He mentioned
several times his levelling-up agenda, but financial services and
those working in the sector have been left entirely out of it, so
does he not agree that every city and every town that is dependent
on financial services, from Leeds to Manchester to Edinburgh, and
many in between, have been levelled down and left out of this
deal?
The Prime Minister: It is great to hear a member
of the Labour party not only backing the bankers and backing
financial services—a fantastic development—but also backing this
deal. The hon. Gentleman is quite right because, actually, this
deal does a great deal for services, for financial services, for
the legal profession and many other
professions. But, alas, the good news about the Labour party stops
there, because I am told that the right hon. and learned Gentleman
intends to ask the British people for a mandate to rewrite the deal
in 2024—that is what he wants to do. I think, frankly, we got
Brexit done; let’s keep Brexit done. And let’s press ahead with
this Government’s mission to unite and level up across our whole
country and grasp the opportunities before us...
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