Chris Skidmore: ...its energy sovereignty, the energy charter treaty, with its use of these unacceptable ISDSs, should be a prime example of legislation that we must recognise as being at the top of any lists of Brexit freedoms. Surely the UK Government should, can and must take action now to restore our energy freedoms.
Chris Skidmore: ...will end up just recruiting from abroad. It is not that there is necessarily anything wrong with those qualifications; I would just prefer a sustainable and, in effect, sovereign pathway. The post-Brexit narrative is that global Britain will ensure that we can stand on our own two feet and have a sustainable skilled workforce. That could be recognised if we had a placement strategy for...
Chris Skidmore: ...answer received on 27 January 2020 The deadline for implementing the EU Copyright Directive is 7 June 2021. The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on 31 January 2020 and the Brexit transition period will end on 31 December 2020. Therefore, the United Kingdom will not be required to implement the Directive, and the Government has no plans to do so. Any future changes to...
Chris Skidmore: ...– including Universities UK, GuildHE, Independent HE, Russell Group and others, representing the full spectrum of HE providers across the UK – to ensure we communicate the government’s Brexit guidance, including on No Deal, effectively to providers. Through the Office for Students, we have also communicated guidance to all HE providers on its register for providers. On 28 October, we...
Chris Skidmore: ...published advice for all United Kingdom nationals visiting the European Union after exit day. This advice is available on GOV.UK and NHS.UK at the following links: https://www.gov.uk/visit-europe-brexit https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/healthcar e-when-travelling-abroad/travelling-in-the-european-economic -area-eea-and-switzerland/ People requiring treatment for existing...
Chris Skidmore: ...no deal’ exit scenario on 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Chris Skidmore: ...and medical products from 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Chris Skidmore: ...and medical products from 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Chris Skidmore: ...and medical products from 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Chris Skidmore: ...and medical products from 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Chris Skidmore: ...and medical products from 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans Ahead of 31 October, all necessary funding will be made available to support our preparations. On 31 July, HM Treasury announced an additional £434 million made available to help ensure...
Chris Skidmore: ...and medical products from 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Chris Skidmore: ...and medical products from 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Chris Skidmore: ...‘no deal’ exit scenario on 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-pro ducts-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans Ahead of 31 October, all necessary funding will be made available to support our ‘no deal’ preparations. On 1 August, Her Majesty’s Treasury announced an additional £434...
Chris Skidmore: The Government have committed to guaranteeing all existing Horizon 2020 projects before Brexit. That was issued in August 2016 and demonstrated the Government’s commitment early on to protecting our scientific partnerships. We then had the underwrite extension in July 2018 which said that even once we had left the European Union—for two years up until December 2020—we would commit to...
Chris Skidmore: ...early on after the referendum that we would set out the post-EU exit Government guarantee and the Government guarantee extension—that is, that we would fund the lifetime of these projects before Brexit if these applications were successful, and even post Brexit to December 2020. We are drawing up our immigration system for January 2021 onwards. [Interruption.] The hon. Member for...
Chris Skidmore: ...internationally. On the votes, when it comes to looking at the deal and the future economic partnership, I ask the hon. Lady to please, although it sounds like she will not—[Interruption.] Brexit is happening, and we need to ensure that we have—[Interruption.] Hon. Members seem to query that and suggest that they do not want it to happen, but I am afraid that is what the British people...
Chris Skidmore: ...participation in the current Erasmus+ programme (2014 to 2020) in the event of no deal. You can read this here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/erasmus-in-the-uk -if-theres-no-brexit-deal/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-bre xit-deal .
Chris Skidmore: ...hon. Friend the Member for Guildford (Anne Milton) —is sitting here today. We work closely together to make sure that we have a unified position that will benefit all students. When it comes to Brexit and the issue of student numbers, recent figures show that the number of EU students applying for universities has not fallen. It has risen—figures were published last week—and I...
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee: Brexit: EU student exchanges and funding for university research.
Witnesses: (at 10:40 AM) Ms Jane Racz, Director, Erasmus+ UK National Agency Ms Madeleine Rose, Deputy Director, Erasmus+ UK National Agency (at 11:40 AM) Mr Chris Skidmore MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation