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Ministers threaten to opt for WTO Brexit if talks with EU aren't making enough progress by June - live news Ministers threaten to opt for WTO Brexit if talks with EU aren't making enough progress by June - live news
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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove publishing the government’s negotiating mandate for the post-Brexit trade talks with the EURolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove publishing the government’s negotiating mandate for the post-Brexit trade talks with the EU
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, has issued a rather non-committal tweet responding to the publication of the government’s Future Relationship with the EU (pdf) document. The reference to “prior commitments” in the political declaration refers above all to what the UK and the EU said last year about how “the future relationship must ensure open and fair competition, encompassing robust commitments to ensure a level playing field”. (See 10am.)
This is from my colleague Jamie Grierson, the Guardian’s home affairs correspondent.
He is referring to this paragraph in the government’s Future Relationship with the EU (pdf) document.
This is from Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, on the court of appeal’s heathrow decision.
Gove has now finished his statement. I will post a summary soon.Gove has now finished his statement. I will post a summary soon.
Back in the Commons, asked if the government is implementing the Northern Ireland protocol (which will require new border rules at the border between Britain and Northern Ireland), Gove says the government will “appropriately implement” it.Back in the Commons, asked if the government is implementing the Northern Ireland protocol (which will require new border rules at the border between Britain and Northern Ireland), Gove says the government will “appropriately implement” it.
This is unlikely to assuage EU concerns that the UK is seeking to water down the commitments it made (or the commitments that the EU assumed the UK had made) in the protocol.This is unlikely to assuage EU concerns that the UK is seeking to water down the commitments it made (or the commitments that the EU assumed the UK had made) in the protocol.
Frances O’Grady, the TUC general secretary, says the government’s Brexit negotiating strategy is putting jobs at risk. In a statement she says:Frances O’Grady, the TUC general secretary, says the government’s Brexit negotiating strategy is putting jobs at risk. In a statement she says:
The SNP’s Martin Docherty-Hughes asks why the document does not mention defence.The SNP’s Martin Docherty-Hughes asks why the document does not mention defence.
Gove says the UK’s defence is guaranteed by its membership of Nato.Gove says the UK’s defence is guaranteed by its membership of Nato.
Labour’s Stephen Doughty asks if the government would be happy to lose access to the European arrest warrant. That is the implication of saying the UK will not allow the European court of justice to have any jurisdiction in the UK, he implies.Labour’s Stephen Doughty asks if the government would be happy to lose access to the European arrest warrant. That is the implication of saying the UK will not allow the European court of justice to have any jurisdiction in the UK, he implies.
Gove says this will be a matter for the EU. The EU will have to decide what is in the interests of its citizens, he says.Gove says this will be a matter for the EU. The EU will have to decide what is in the interests of its citizens, he says.
Labour’s Kate Green asks how the government will be able to protect the UK if it fails to strike a deal with the EU, with the result that the UK does not have access to EU crime and justice databases.Labour’s Kate Green asks how the government will be able to protect the UK if it fails to strike a deal with the EU, with the result that the UK does not have access to EU crime and justice databases.
Gove says the EU benefits just as much, if not more, from the UK’s participation in these databases.Gove says the EU benefits just as much, if not more, from the UK’s participation in these databases.
These are from Newsnight’s Lewis Goodall.These are from Newsnight’s Lewis Goodall.
And here is what the government document says about alignment with EU rules. It says:And here is what the government document says about alignment with EU rules. It says:
Here is the Green MP Caroline Lucas on Michael Gove’s statement.Here is the Green MP Caroline Lucas on Michael Gove’s statement.
Here is paragraph 9 from the document in full.
In this passage, the government is threatening to walk away from the talks in June if at that point the “broad outline” of a deal is not apparent.
Instead the government would revert to preparing for what used to be called a “no deal” scenario - trading with the EU on WTO terms - although ministers are now banned from calling that “no deal” (on the grounds that this would not be the same as leaving the EU with no deal of any sort, because the withdrawal agreement was signed).
Gove tells MPs he wants to get a free trade agreement so that EU nations can benefit from “the dynamism of the UK economy”.
You can read the government’s document setting out its approach to the trade talks with the EU here.
The SNP’s Pete Wishart accuses Gove of “unicornism”. He says the UK will not get a better deal than the one it has now.
Ian Duncan Smith, the Tory Brexiter, asks Gove to confirm that the UK will not leave itself under the control of the European court of justice when it comes to enforcing state aid rules.
Gove says that is correct.
From the Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn
Gove is responding to Blomfield.
He says the government is “wholly committed” to implementing the withdrawal agreement, including the Northern Ireland protocol, and to giving effect to the political declaration.
But he says the government does not accept that it has to align to EU law to protect environmental standards.
He says the UK is just seeking a relationship for which there is already a precedent with the EU. So it should be possible to conclude the negotiations in time, he says.
He says there will be no border down the Irish Sea. There will be “unfettered access” for Northern Ireland business to the rest of the UK, he says.
In the Commons Michael Gove has finished his opening statement. I will post a full summary once I’ve seen the text.
Paul Blomfield, a shadow Brexit secretary, is responding for Labour. He says that, although Gove claims the government has got Brexit done, that is not the case.
From Sky’s Beth Rigby
Boris Johnson is asking the EU for a Canada-style trade deal but will consider whether to walk away from talks in June and prepare for an “orderly” exit from the transition period, my colleague Rowena Mason reports.