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Part of European Union (Withdrawal) Act – in the House of Commons at 2:27 pm on 9 January 2019.

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Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 2:27, 9 January 2019

My hon. Friend is quite right to draw the House’s attention to the inconsistency that many of us are familiar with in the SNP’s position, particularly given that Scotland’s biggest market is the United Kingdom. It seems strange that it wants to sever itself from its largest market in that way—and strange also that it appears to want to remain within the remit of the European common fisheries policy.