Extract from Commons consideration of the Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - Feb 22
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 08:36
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab):...One thinks of
sectors such as shellfish and small distilleries, of trade between
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of much more, not to
mention the export of share trading from London to Amsterdam or the
difficulties faced by the UK’s world-leading musicians in touring.
Those things are not about tariffs, but they are about trade
barriers. Taken together, they are having a major disruptive effect
on the sectors I have mentioned. I do...Request free trial
Mr (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab):...One thinks
of sectors such as shellfish and small distilleries, of trade
between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of much more, not
to mention the export of share trading from London to Amsterdam or
the difficulties faced by the UK’s world-leading musicians in touring. Those things are
not about tariffs, but they are about trade barriers. Taken
together, they are having a major disruptive effect on the sectors
I have mentioned. I do not want the Minister to be too coy. I would
be grateful if he were to update us on the Government’s discussions
with such sectors and on what the plan is to overcome the
difficulties that we have heard about in recent weeks...
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury ():...In the case of musicians as the right hon.
Gentleman knows, the Government made a very comprehensive set of
suggestions to the EU. Unfortunately, we have not been able to
negotiate those as we would have liked, but that is not through any
fault on this side of the equation. I will not speculate on why it
is, but it is certainly nothing to do with tariffs and nothing to
do with the Government’s position, which remains to support
our musicians in their employment,
where we can, as much as possible. That is evidenced by the £1.6
billion of cultural support funding that we have provided...
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