Welsh Ministers — Power to make consequential and transitional provision

Part of European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 1:30 pm on 6 December 2017.

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Photo of Sylvia Hermon Sylvia Hermon Independent, North Down 1:30, 6 December 2017

I can hear. If the right hon. Gentleman gives me a chance, instead of chuntering away, I might actually reply to him.

The Prime Minister, and yesterday the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, made it absolutely clear—at least this is what I understood by the Secretary of State’s statement—that it was always the intention of the Prime Minister and the Government to have the same regulatory alignment right across the United Kingdom. For the record, if Nigel Dodds wants me to say this again, I am a Unionist. I am not in the pocket of, am not propping up, and have not spoken to, the Dublin Government, and I strongly resent the implication, in his question, that I am doing that.