Conduct of negotiations

Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of John Nicolson John Nicolson Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) 2:30, 8 February 2017

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the danger is that we will be caught between a rock and a hard place? If our farmers lower their standards to compete with American imports under free trade, those standards may then be too low for the foodstuffs to be admitted to the European Union. It would be a difficult place to be.