EU VAT area and pre-commencement requirements

Part of Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill – in the House of Commons at 6:30 pm on 16 July 2018.

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Photo of Bernard Jenkin Bernard Jenkin Chair, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Chair, Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee), Chair, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Chair, Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee) 6:30, 16 July 2018

Unlike probably the vast majority of hon. and right hon. Members, I actually used to work in manufacturing industry. I worked for the Ford motor company, and I also used to invest in manufacturing businesses. It really is a bit rich when people who know next to nothing about manufacturing lecture those of us who have been in business on the things we know about. Does the right hon. Gentleman dismiss the views of people such as Sir James Dyson and J. C. Bamford and the many other manufacturers who wanted to leave the European Union when we had the referendum?