European Council

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:45 pm on 23 October 2017.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 3:45, 23 October 2017

I, and the Government, have been very clear that the whole question of the financial settlement cannot be finally settled until we know what the future partnership will be. It is not that we are going to sign up to a deal and then negotiate what that future partnership will be, so once the formal negotiations on the future of the trade relationship, and of course the security relationship, have started, there will continue to be negotiations on issues which were initially identified as being in phase 1.