European Council

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:49 pm on 26 June 2017.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 2:49, 26 June 2017

I assure my hon. Friend that we are looking for a wide range of trade deals with countries around the world when we leave the European Union. I think that those trade deals are important because they bring prosperity, growth and jobs here to the UK, and also because it is free trade that has lifted millions out of poverty around the world. Ensuring that those free trade deals are in place has huge advantages for not just the least developed countries but others, and their citizens, and that will enable us to see growth, jobs and prosperity spread more widely than they are today.