Exiting the European Union and Global Trade

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:34 pm on 6 July 2017.

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Photo of Bill Cash Bill Cash Conservative, Stone 2:34, 6 July 2017

He is my right hon. Friend—my very good friend. [Laughter.] I have great respect for him, although we do not always agree about everything. The same is true of my right hon. and learned Friend Mr Clarke, who is, I suspect, on much the same track as him.

We enjoy a trade surplus of £34.4 billion with the rest of the world. As I said, yes, 44% of our trade is with the EU—