Following the Treasury response to the Urgent Question on customs clearance arrangements at UK ports after the UK leaves the European Union, Jonathan Djanogly highlights the importance to businesses of easy border crossing and no EU tariffs.
Jonathan Djanogly welcomes the Government’s movement towards supporting the Magnitsky amendment, which would freeze UK assets of people suspected of human rights abuses, and asks the Minister about Government support for a public list of named individuals.
Jonathan Djanogly welcomes the Prime Minister’s statement following the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. He highlights that sanctions are most effective when applied multilaterally, but raises concerns that when we leave the EU we will lose our position on the body that sets those sanctions.
Speaking in a debate on the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill which will establish the UK’s position on sanctions policy following Brexit, Jonathan Djanogly says sanctions are most effective when put in place by multiple countries and therefore calls on the Government to negotiate a position with the EU whereby we keep a decision-making and voting seat at the table.
Speaking in a debate on the Second Reading of the Trade Bill, Jonathan Djanogly backs a clause which aims to ensure continuity with regard to the GPA, or government procurement agreement, post-Brexit, as we will have to rejoin the GPA in our own right, rather than as a member of the EU.
Speaking in a debate on the situation in Ukraine, Jonathan Djanogly recounts his experiences from his recent visit and raises concerns of Russian aggression along its borders and calls on UK to stand behind Ukraine’s fight for its right to live as an independent sovereign nation.
Jonathan Djanogly intervenes during the 7th day of debate on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill to make the point that Article 50 commits us to leaving the EU, this Bill is about UK’s internal process on implementing that.
Jonathan Djanogly calls for any Brexit payment to the EU to be itemised, so that Parliament can understand the constitution of the payment and the context of any likely conditioning that may be required in any deal on the future relationship.