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Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:15 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Suella Fernandes Suella Fernandes Conservative, Fareham 4:15, 8 February 2017

We can all see that the amendments are an attempt to pull the wool over the British people’s eyes and fob us all off, and I will have nothing whatever to do with them.

EU protectionism has placed farmers and workers in developing countries at a disadvantage when exporting to the EU, because of the common external tariff. Why should British consumers be denied cheaper sugar, wheat or tomatoes from developing nations to protect less efficient farmers in northern Europe? That is the effect of the common external tariff, and the effect on our consumers of our membership of the EU customs union.