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Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 1:30 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Adrian Bailey Adrian Bailey Labour/Co-operative, West Bromwich West 1:30, 8 February 2017

The right hon. Gentleman argues that our membership of the EU inhibits our ability to trade with the expanding economies of the rest of the world. If so, will he explain why Germany exports nearly four times as much as we do to China and exceeds our exports to both India and Brazil, the other fast-growing economies, and why France also exports more to China and Brazil than we do? What is it that they do in the EU that we will do when we come out?