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Ministerial Statement: Preparations for EU Exit
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A
We'll
move
on
now
to
the
next
item
of
business,
which
is
a
statement
by
Michael
Russell
on
preparations
for
EU
exit.
The
Cabinet
Secretary
will
take
questions
at
the
end
of
his
statement.
So
if
any
member
wishes
to
ask
a
question,
I
would
encourage
them
to
press
their
request
to
speak
buttons
as
soon
as
possible.
B
You
presiding
officer,
presiding
officer
on
the
11th
of
September
1997
21
years
ago,
the
very
day
the
people
of
Scotland
voted
in
a
referendum
to
reestablish
the
Scottish
Parliament.
That
referendum
was
a
recognition
of
the
sovereign
right
of
the
Scottish
people
to
determine
the
form
of
government
best
suited
to
their
needs,
to
quote
the
claim
of
right,
but
instead
of
celebrating
on
this
21st
birthday
of
devolution,
we
are
instead
witnessing
the
sovereign
right
being
treated
with
contempt,
as
we
face
the
most
crucial
and
damaging
change
to
our
lives
and
prospects.
B
That
any
of
us
here
will
have
known,
despite
the
overwhelming
vote
in
Scotland,
to
remain
in
the
EU.
In
less
than
seven
months
time,
the
UK
government
intends
to
take
Scotland
and
the
rest
of
the
UK
out
of
the
EU.
It
intends
to
do
so.
Despite
the
vote
of
the
people
of
Scotland.
Against
that
step,
it
intends
to
do
so
despite
the
views
of
this
Parliament,
and
it
intends
to
do
so
despite
the
fact
that
it
lacks
any
workable
plan,
and
it
doesn't
know
what
the
consequences
will
be.
B
Thereafter,
presiding
officer,
there
is
a
vanishingly
short
window,
some
198
days
now
for
agreement
on
the
terms
of
withdrawal.
In
addition,
discussions
on
the
shape
of
a
political
declaration
about
a
framework
for
future
relationships
are
deadlocked
by
a
UK
government
unable
to
move
for
fear
of
destabilizing
the
Conservative
Party.
Of
course,
brexit
is
in
reality
only
the
latest
round
in
a
40
year
long
civil
war
within
the
Conservative
Party
about
Europe.
The
latest
battlefield
in
that
war
is
the
so
called
checkers
agreement.
B
There
are
some
in
this
chamber
that
are
trying
to
tell
us
that
we
have
to
choose
between
these
warring
factions,
but
that
is
a
false
choice.
Let
me
make
that
absolutely
clear
at
the
outset:
No
Deal
is
impossible
and
unthinkable.
The
checkers
deal
is
impractical
and
unworkable,
and
it
breaks
it
with
next
to
no
detail
about
future
relationship
as
so-called
blind
breaks.
It
would
be
completely
unacceptable,
so
we
must
find
something
better.
What
a
mess
the
Tories
have
made
of
it.
They
should
be
hanging
their
heads
in
silent.
Shame
in
this
chamber
this
afternoon.
B
The
Scottish
government
has
forever
always
made
a
distinction
between
the
politics
of
brexit
and
the
absolute
necessity
of
doing
everything
we
can
to
ensure
no
legislative
cliff
edge.
We
are
committed
solidly
and
completely
to
taking
every
action
to
ensure
as
little
damage
to
Scotland
as
possible.
The
publication
in
August
of
the
first
batch
of
No
Deal
technical
notices
laid
bare
not
just
the
appalling,
irresponsible
ability
of
all
those
involved,
but
also
illustrated
the
stark
reality
of
what
a
No
Deal
would
mean
for
Scottish
businesses
and
citizens.
B
Reading
those
notices,
I
was
struck
again
and
again
that
there
is
a
simple
solution
that
would
avoid
all
this
damage
staying
in
the
European
Union.
That
should
still
be
our
aim,
but
we
should
also
be
prepared
to
compromise
if
others
will
compromise.
Accordingly,
we
will
continue
to
make
the
case
vigorously
for
membership
of
the
European
single
market
and
the
customs
union
and
to
set
out
the
implications
of
other
options
and
the
impact
they
would
have
on
Scotland's
future.
B
We
will
also,
regrettably,
have
to
work
as
hard
as
we
can
to
prepare
for
a
No
Deal
should
one
occur,
presiding
officer
I
made
a
statement
in
June
where
advised
that
the
Scottish
government
was
intensifying
its
preparations
for
all
exit
possibilities
in
order
to
support
the
Scottish
economy
in
our
business
days,
people
and
public
services
in
what
are,
and
will
continue
to
be
very
uncertain
times.
In
contrast,
just
like
in
the
conduct
of
its
negotiations,
the
UK
government's
readiness
preparations
have
been
haphazard,
contradictory
and
have
massively
increased.
B
The
uncertainty
I
confirm
unless
the
scottish
government
intends
to
take
a
coherent,
consistent
and
collaborative
approach
to
making
preparations
for
EU
exit.
We
will
be
straight
with
people
and
I
intend
to
communicate
what
the
Scottish
Government
is
doing
to
help
Scotland.
Let
me
start
with
the
details
of
our
preparations.
In
parallel
with
the
UK
government's
arrangements
in
June
I
said,
I
would
return
to
Parliament
with
more
details
on
how
we
will
legislate
to
deliver
a
functioning
statute
book.
That's
an
unwelcome
responsibility,
but
it's
one
we'll
face
up
to.
B
We
must
act
just
in
case
we
find
ourselves
in
the
worst
of
circumstances.
This
chamber
will
understand
that
this
is
a
significant
undertaking,
the
deficiencies
in
our
statute
book
that
have
already
been
identified.
The
areas
where
change
must
be
made
are
many
and
varied.
We
need
to
correct
hundreds
of
pieces
of
legislation,
not
a
mere
handful,
but
we
have
no
choice.
So
as
parliamentarians,
we
will
have
a
great
deal
of
heavy
legislative
lifting
to
do
over
the
next
few
months.
B
We've
always
said
that
the
best
way
to
go
about
this
task
would
be
by
cooperation
and
coordination
between
the
governments
of
these
islands,
as
long
as
that,
cooperation
could
take
place
in
a
way
that
respected
the
principles
of
devolution
and
gave
this
Parliament
its
proper
role
in
the
process.
Accordingly,
where
the
policy
outcome
being
sought
is
consistent
across
government's,
we
will
seek
to
agree
approaches
to
the
fixing
regulations
required,
of
course,
where
they
are
not.
We
will
pursue
our
own
policies,
which
will
require
us
to
bring
forward
our
own
secondary
legislation.
B
Even
with
that
cooperation,
the
number
of
individual
items
for
this
Parliament
to
consider
may
be
between
a
hundred
and
two
hundred
additional
instruments.
That's
a
heavy
burden.
It
could
be
heavier
still
if
Westminster
is
not
willing
to
cooperate
sensibly.
I
have
written
today
or
I'm
writing
today
to
the
conveners
of
the
Constitution
and
delegated
powers
committees
to
set
out
the
government's
approach
and
agree
a
protocol
between
government
and
Parliament,
which
will
ensure
that
this
Parliament
is
able
to
scrutinize
effectively
the
items
in
question
and
the
whole
process.
B
This
is
not
about
where
the
devolved
competences
will
fall
after
EU
exit.
This
is
not
about
section
12
of
the
EU
withdrawal
Act,
which
this
parliament
has
overwhelmingly
rejected,
which
this
government
will
have
nothing
to
do
with.
This
is
not
even
about
legislative
consent.
This
is
about
responsibly
discharging
as
best
we
can
our
duty
to
ensure
a
functioning
devolved
statute
book.
Now.
Let
me
turn
to
some
other
associated
issues
in
writing
to
UK's
suppliers
of
over
eight
thousand
medicines,
asking
them
to
stockpile
up
to
six
weeks
of
supplies.
B
The
Secretary
of
State
for
health
exposed
the
scale
and
complexity
of
the
problems
created
by
an
Odile
brexit.
Nonetheless,
the
cabinet
secretary
for
health
and
the
chief
medical
officer
are
engaged
in
those
discussions
and
will
ensure
the
full
involvement
of
Scotland
in
that
system.
We
are
also
constantly
reviewing
our
planning
for
brexit.
B
If
there
are
customs
delays
at
the
border
between
the
UK
and
EU,
food
imports
and
exports
could
be
delayed
and
disrupted.
Exporters
of
perishable
foods
from
Scotland,
for
example,
could
find
their
products
take
longer
to
get
to
market
or
are
unable
to
get
there
at
all
and
will
cost
more
in
the
fight
against
crime.
We
stand
to
lose
access
to
the
expertise
built
up
in
Europe.
All
this
is
used
to
identify,
track
and
disrupt
some
of
the
most
dangerous
cross-border
criminal
activity.
B
The
ability
of
police
Scotland
to
work
with
law
enforcement
colleagues
from
across
the
EU
to
tackle
that
can
be
vital
if
free
movement
of
EU
nationals
and
mutual
recognition
of
professional
qualifications
has
curtailed.
This
would
have
serious
consequences
for
the
recruitment
and
retention
of
public
sector
workers
across
Scotland,
presiding
officer.
The
Scottish
Government
is
aligning
existing
financial
and
staff
resources
towards
those
areas
with
specific
EU
exit
related
demands
and
is
ensuring
we
have
the
right
people
in
the
right
places
to
respond.
B
We've
created
a
new
director
for
international
trade
and
investment,
strengthened
our
presence
in
Brussels
London,
Dublin,
Berlin
and
Paris
to
ensure
that
Scotland's
voice
is
heard
in
Europe.
Every
director
of
the
Scottish
Government
is
engaged
in
planning
for
EU
exit.
The
Scottish
Government
will
receive
thirty-seven
point.
Three
million
pounds
of
consequentials
allocated
in
2018-19,
the
cabinet
secretary
for
finance
economy
and
fair
work
has
made
initial
allocations
of
funding
to
support
vital
activities
which,
to
date
total
twenty.
Six
point.
B
How
much
worse
is
it
to
be
forced
to
also
address
the
prospect
of
a
No,
Deal
brexit
threatening
disruption
on
an
unprecedented
scale
in
peacetime?
However,
carefully
we
prepare
for
a
New
Deal
scenario.
It
will
still
result
in
chaos.
Even
the
UK
government's
own
No
Deal
plans
will
require
a
plethora
of
agreements
with
the
EU
in
order
to
work
effectively
in
a
situation
where
negotiations
have
broken
down.
We
have
have
to
ask
how
plausible
that
is.
I
will
also
keep
Parliament
updated
on
preparations
and
make
a
further
statement
in
due
course
presiding
officer.
B
A
No
Deal
is
not
inevitable,
but
the
checkers
agreement
is
not
deliverable
and
a
blind
breaks
that
is
not
acceptable,
so
not
leaving
would
be
best
and
the
only
acceptable
alternative
thereafter
is
continued
membership
with
a
single
market
and
customs
union,
which
is
essential
for
our
economy,
our
society
and
the
people
of
Scotland.
The
Scottish
government
will
continue
to
make
that
case
whilst
fulfilling
our
duty
of
protecting
Scotland.
C
The
Minister
for
early
site
of
his
statement,
presiding
officer,
it
is
important
that
politicians
of
all
parties
put
their
shoulder
to
the
wheel
and
secure
something
as
close
to
the
checkers
agreement
as
possible.
If
we
step
away
from
that,
it
will
be
detrimental
to
the
United
Kingdom
and
to
Scotland,
not
my
words,
presiding
officer,
but
those
just
yesterday
of
nfu
Scotland
and
the
National
Farmers.
Union
is
right.
Why
doesn't
the
Minister
agree?
What
we
need
from
Scottish
Ministers
is
not
more
empty.
C
Posturing
on
brexit,
which
is
all
we
were
just
treated
to
from
Mike
Russell,
but
constructive
engagement
in
the
work
of
cooperating
with
the
UK
government
to
secure
the
best
possible
brexit
deal
for
Scotland
and
for
all
of
the
UK
on
one
level,
presiding
officer.
You
do
have
to
feel
sorry
for
Mike
Russell,
desperate
to
be
the
herald
of
doom
here.
He
is
today
contradicted
over
and
again
by
Michele
Bonnie
a
himself
no
less.
C
The
Ease
chief
negotiator
said
only
yesterday
that
it
is
perfectly
possible
to
reach
a
deal
on
brexit
within
the
next
six
to
eight
weeks.
This
is
good
news,
presiding
officer,
but
the
SNP
don't
want
to
hear
it.
Everything
they
say
about.
Brexit
is
negative.
The
only
thing
being
stockpiled
here
is
ministerial,
grievance
and
tired
political
cliche.
Yet
if
the
outcome
is
so
gloomy,
why
is
the
ICA
reporting
only
today
that
business
confidence
in
the
economy
is
so
high?
B
I
think
obviously
I
have
to
echo
the
frit
words
of
Brian
Taylor
on
radio
this
morning
who
commended
the
brass
neck
of
the
Tories.
We've
just
heard
more
of
that
brass
neck
today,
in
a
party
that
is
literally
tearing
itself
apart
over
brexit,
all
that
Adam
Tompkins
is
able
to
do
is
to
try
and
create
a
smokescreen
to
avoid
the
chaos
that
lies
ahead.
But
let
me
let
me
let
me
let
me
presiding
officer
caught
somebody
else.
B
Let
me
quote
somebody
who
said
on
the
28th
of
June
in
this
Parliament,
to
my
mind,
leaves
should
mean
that
we
retain
full
access
to
the
e
used
single
market.
Who
said
that
leaving
the
EU's
political
institutions
does
not
mean
we
have
to
leave
the
EU
single
market,
for
there
are
several
countries,
including
Norway,
of
just
such
an
arrangement.
That
person
was
Adam
Tompkins.
Now
the
reality
is,
and
indeed
well.
B
Indeed,
let
me
quote
somebody
else
retaining
our
places,
the
30th
of
June,
retaining
our
place
in
the
single
market
should
be
the
overriding
priority
that
was
Ruth
Davidson.
The
reality
is
that
the
only
acceptable
alternative
and
it's
not
as
good
to
staying
in
the
EU
is
staying
in
a
single
market
in
the
customs
union.
That,
unfortunately,
is
what
Adam
Tompkins
and
Ruth
Davidson,
and
everybody
else
knew
two
years
ago.
B
The
requirements
of
the
Tory
party
to
have
slavish
loyalty
to
their
leader,
apart,
of
course,
from
Boris,
depends
who
the
leader
is
apart
from
Boris
Reis,
morgue,
redwood
and
all
the
others.
That
requirement
is
putting
Adam
Thompkins
in
a
ludicrous
position
and
the
more
he
shouts
the
more
ludicrous
it
becomes.
D
That
tea
refers
to
the
claim
of
rate
at
the
beginning
of
her
statement,
a
claim,
of
course,
that
his
party
feel
the
same,
but
present
officers
breaks
the
edges
ever
closer
businesses,
the
fashion
industry,
farmers,
workers
in
our
citizens
rather
more
anxious.
They
see
the
UT
government
and
complete
disarray
cabinet
resignations.
Three,
it's
the
government
part
is
seen
at
the
last
months
of
a
war
over
Europe,
that's
lasted
almost
50
years.
D
We
see
the
Prime
Minister
dangling
by
our
fingertips
as
Davis
tree
smog
and
the
odious
Johnson
praised
her
fingers
from
the
cliff
with
a
sledgehammer
and
they
already
sunk
checkers
plan
as
all
she
has
to
keep
her
afloat
today,
no
sir
I
know
do
breaks,
it
would
be
a
disaster
for
our
people,
but
public
service
is
not
business
season.
We
opposed
the
cobble
together
of
checkers
plan.
However,
today
were
scrutinizing
the
Scottish
Government's
preparations.
D
We
of
course
welcome
emergency
planning
and
relations
to
the
NHS
and
medicines,
but
we
have
serious
concerns
about
the
lack
of
detail
and
other
sectors.
In
this
statement
we
see
a
lot
of
headings
and
here
plenty
of
rhetoric,
but
little
in
the
way
of
actual
practical
detail
on
how
the
Scottish
Government
intends
providing
confidence,
the
businesses,
exporters,
workers,
farmers,
the
fishing
industry,
environmentalists
and
consumers.
They
need
more
than
strong
rhetoric,
but
vague
details
of
all
the
cabinet
secretary,
say
in
detail
and
space.
A
B
You
presiding
officer
well,
mr.
Finley,
mr.
Finley
has
available
to
him
all
the
detail
of
the
UK
documents
as
they
are
published.
We
scarcely
get
much
more
detail
than
that
ourselves,
except
the
odd
chance
to
to
fact
or
legally
check
them,
and
those
are
the
court
documents
in
this
matter.
I've
indicated
to
him
that
we
will
publish
additional
material,
as
we
regard
necessary.
I've
also
indicated
to
him
that
we
will
make
it
clear
that
our
plans
are
available,
but
it
is
quite
important
if
and
it's
very
important
that
we
do
two
things
here.
B
One
is
that
we
do
not
accept
the
inevitability
of
a
No
Deal
and
don't
do
anything
to
talk
that
up.
The
second
one
is
that
we
accept
where
the
responsibility
for
this
lies
and
always
say
there
is
an
alternative,
because
there
is
an
alternate
both
to
No
Deal
or
the
checkers
agreement,
which
will
not
stick
or
to
the
blind
breaks
that
which
appears
to
be
where
things
are
going.
B
The
alternative
is
either
to
stay
in
the
EU,
which
is
the
best
option,
and
that
is
what
Scotland
voted
for
or
to
back
the
single
market
and
the
customs
union.
And
indeed,
if
the
Labour
Party
were
to
back
that,
then
we
would
make
even
more
progress
with
that
campaign
than
we
have
already
done.
Patrick.
F
You,
presiding
officer
and
I
would
also
urge
the
Scottish
Government
to
consider
publishing
more
information,
not
just
supplementary
guidance
if
it
feels
that
is
necessary,
but
reassuring
information
for
members
of
the
public
to
know
that
the
potential
chaos
of
a
new
deal
breaks
it
is
being
addressed
and
that
preparations
are
being
made
in
detail.
I
would
like
to
ask
about
the
continuity
bail
because,
as
the
the
minister
knows,
he
has
our
support
in
defending
that
bill
against
the
attack
by
the
UK
government
in
the
courts.
F
But
if
he's
unsuccessful
in
that,
if
the
UK
government
are
successful
in
attacking
that
legislation,
will
he
commit
to
ensure
that
the
stronger
aspects
of
that
legislation
which
are
better
as
a
result
of
cross-party
efforts
to
achieve
social
and
environmental
protections
and
stronger
democratic
scrutiny?
Those
aspects
will
be
reintroduced
if
necessary
that
we
will
not
lose
out
on
that
higher
level
of
protection
and
democratic
scrutiny.
If
the
UK
government
have
their
way
in
the
courts,
Cavanagh
signature.
B
Can
I
make
two
points
in
response
to
that
question?
First,
on
reassurance,
my
statement
has
made
it
clear:
we
will
undo
and
continue
to
do
everything
we
can
to
ensure
Scotland's
protected,
but
I've
also
made
it
clear
and
it's
essential
that
we
do
this-
that
we
cannot
mitigate
every
outcome
of
a
No
Deal,
but
for
two
reasons
one
is:
we
do
not
know
what
those
outcomes
would
be,
and,
secondly,
a
No
Deal
is,
by
definition
disastrous.
We
have
made
that
clear,
so
I
would
love
to
give
even
more
reassurance,
but
we
have
to
be
realistic.
B
As
I've
indicated,
there
are
things
that
cannot
be
mitigated
against
and
I've
indicated
what
some
of
those
would
be
on
the
continuity
bill
I'm
entirely
in
agreement.
Remember
the
attack
by
the
UK
government
was
most
unwelcome,
but
that,
having
been
the
case
have
defended
ourselves
vigorously
depending
on
the
outcome.
Of
course,
we
will
consider
how
we
will
bring
to
this
chamber
the
ways
in
which
we
can
undertake
the
actions
we
wish
to
undertake.
I
do
hope
we
could
that
bill
is
able
to
move
forward
and
have
Royal
Assent.
B
That
would
be
the
right
thing
to
happen
and,
where
that
to
happen
and
clear,
we
would
move
forward
to
it.
If
that
is
not
the
case,
then
of
course
I
will
consider
very
closely
what
we
could
do
and
I
hope
to
involve
the
other
parties
in
this
chamber
and
that
at
least
those
who
are
not
attacking
the
bill
will
hear
any
they.
G
Could
have
thanked
the
Minister
for
an
advanced
copy
of
the
statement.
I
agree
with
him
when
he
talks
about
the
UK
government's
false
choice
between
the
options
that
are
being
presented
between
the
economic
damage
and
massive
surrender
of
democracy
of
the
checkers
plan
and
the
massive
economic
and
financial
consequences
of
no
deal
for
ETS.
The
minister
has
said
that
he
is
open
to
the
British
people.
Having
the
final
say
on
the
brexit
deal.
Now
there
are
less
than
200
days
left.
G
B
Secured
I've
made
it
clear
from
the
beginning
that
I'm
not
and
the
Scottish
government
is
not
opposed
to
this,
but
we've
also
posed
some
questions
and
I.
Think
mr.
Rainey,
if
he's
serious
about
engaging
the
government
in
that
issue,
needs
to
help
us
to
answer
the
questions
and
I'm
open
to
him,
helping
us
to
answer
these
I'm
open
to
him,
helping
to
answer
his
question.
B
Perhaps
he
could
get
his
friends
in
the
movement
for
people's
vote
to
help
to
answer
those
questions,
none
of
which
were
answered
in
any
way
by
a
demonstration
outside
this
Parliament
during
August.
If
they
did,
it
seemed
to
me
that
that
demonstration
ignored
those
questions.
So
let
me
just
make
it
clear
what
the
core
question
is.
The
people
of
Scotland
have
already
voted
to
remain
in
the
EU.
They
voted
decisively
on
their
23rd
of
June
2016.
So
what
happens?
B
What
would
happen
in
the
circumstances
in
which
there
was
another
vote
and
they
made
that
they
made
that
clear
and
yet
the
people
of
the
rest
of
the
UK
didn't
that
question
requires
to
be
answered
now
there
can
be
answers
to
it.
I
am
happy
to
sit
down
and
have
those
answers,
but
ignoring
that
question
ignoring
that
question
and
ignoring
what
the
people
of
Scotland
did
on
the
23rd
of
June
will
not
produce
an
answer.
So
there
is
the
question
for
mr.
Rainey
mr.
Lenny
was
to
come
and
talk
to
me
about
that.
B
A
H
You
in
a
moment
of
candor
recently
Liam
Fox,
the
international
trade
secretary,
told
the
website
the
truth,
trade
that
we
must
not
succumb
to
courts,
irrational
positivity
about
break
say,
and
that
course
everything
will
not
be
wonderful.
Just
because
we
are
leaving
the
European
Union.
That
will
not
come
as
any
surprise
to
the
cabinet
secretary
or
many
other
members
of
this
chamber.
B
Absolutely
breaks
if
this
is
not
a
writ
is
not
a
reason
to
be
cheerful,
I
have
to
say
quite
the
opposite,
and
the
reality
of
this
situation
is
that
the
campaign
was
fought
on
a
false
prospectus.
We
now
know
it
was
a
campaign
that
also
appears
to
have
had
may
I
put
it.
This
way
extreme
irregularities
in
both
its
organization
and
financing,
and
it
is
extraordinary
to
me
that
those
people,
those
people
who
are
opposed
leaving
those
people
who
are
personally,
including
professor
Tompkins,
who
opposed
leaving,
are
now
the
most
slavish
supporters
of
it.
I.
I
B
Seem
to
me
it
doesn't
seem.
It
doesn't
seem
to
me
that
the
Frasers
is
a
very
keen
student
of
these
matters
because
it
seems
to
many
of
us.
It
seems
to
many
of
us
that
that's
not
likely
to
be
the
outcome
at
all.
What
is
much
more
likely
to
be
outcome
is,
for
example,
a
choice
between
a
blind
brexit,
a
very
vague
high-level
agreement
and
a
no
breaks
it
at
all,
but
I've
made
it
very
clear
in
my
statement.
Indeed,
mr.
Fraser
should
have
listened
to
my
statement.
B
I
mean
it
really
made
clear
that
a
checkers
agreement
which
isn't
no
agreement
because
it
cannot
be
agreed
in
its
present
form
and
the
Prime
Minister
can't
move
from
it
for
fear
of
Reese
MOG
at
all.
A
new
deal
from
the
people
who
have
no
connection
with
reality
at
all.
As
far
as
I
can
see
and
a
blind
breaks
that
are
all
unacceptable
options.
There
are
two
acceptable
options,
one
of
which
is
not
to
leave,
and
indeed
that
is
the
best
option.
B
The
second
one
is
to
have
as
close
as
alignment
as
possible,
and
that
is
through
the
single
market
and
the
customs
union.
So
I'm
not
going
to
be
I'm
not
going
to
be
pushed
to
two
sides
in
the
Tory
Civil
War
I
want
the
story
of
civil
war
to
stop
because
we
are
all
collateral
damage.
Presently,
risk
are
to.
J
Thank
you.
Sailors
across
this
country,
people
DND,
are
becoming
more
and
more
deeply
concerned
and
alarmed
about
whether
they'll
be
an
appropriate
brexit
deal.
Can
the
cabinet
secretary
therefore
outline
what
confidence
he
has
and
the
UK
government
reaching
a
deal
based
on
the
prime
minister,
so
called
checkers
plan
and
does
agree
with
me
as
high
time
the
Tories
halted
their
hugely
damaging
inter
and
fighting,
and
for
once,
just
for
once
to
the
interests
of
the
country,
forced
capitis,.
B
B
That
is
why
officials
describe
this
plan
as
evolving,
but
the
Prime
Minister
describes
has
settled
and
she
describes
it
is
settled
because
she
is
in
a
position
that
the
more
she
moves
away
inch
by
inch
to
the
checkers
plan
to
anything
that
get
at
a
deal,
the
more
trouble
she
will
have
with
the
Conservative
Party,
not
the
Conservative
Party
in
this
chamber,
which
is
utterly
spineless,
but
the
Conservative
Party
that
hates
the
idea
of
change.
So,
in
these
circumstances
we
are
in
a
very
difficult.
B
We
have
a
very
difficult
problem
to
face
and
the
way
to
face
that
problem
is
to
be
absolutely
clear,
as
I've
said
that
the
false
choice,
the
false
dichotomy
presented
to
us
time
and
again
by
the
Tories
trying
to
wriggle
wriggle
out
of
the
problems
they
have,
is
not
a
choice
at
all.
We
should
be
clear
about
what
is
acceptable
and
what
isn't
acceptable.
He
who
doesn't
find
checkers
acceptable.
Nobody
would
find
the
No
Deal
acceptable
and
the
blind
brexit
is
a
pig
in
a
poke
James.
B
Think
you
will
find
that
when
the
the
cabinet
secretary
comes
to
present
the
budget,
he
will
be
in
a
position
to
make
it
absolutely
clear,
as
he
should
what
the
effect
of
brexit
has
been.
There
are
issues
around
consequentials
and
I'm
sure
that
mr.
Kelly,
as
a
member
of
the
Finance
Committee,
will
have
a
chance
to
question
that
very
closely
at
the
time,
Anibal.
E
Presiding
officer,
given
that
the
Scottish
Government
is
now
faced
with
the
prospect
of
seeking
to
prepare
for
a
new
deal
breaks
it
because
the
Conservative
Party
have
been
too
busy
fighting
amongst
themselves.
Is
it
not
the
case
cabinet
secretary
that
the
UK
Tory
government
is
guilty
of
a
total
dereliction
of
duty
to
the
citizens
of
Scotland
and
the
rest
of
the
UK.
B
That
is
absolutely
true,
and
one
would
have
thought
that
the
Scottish
Conservative
Party
would
recognize
that
and
endeavor
to
to
do
something
about
it
by
showing
themselves
as
listening
to
Scotland.
Instead,
they
are
simply
making
the
situation
worse
by
their
slavish
adherence
to
the
checkers
agreement
and
to
the
Prime
Minister,
neither
of
which
are
going
to
last
terribly
long,
Morris.
L
B
Gosh
I
mean
it's
almost
like
a
machine.
Is
writing
these
questions?
I
have
to
say
the
the
yes
indeed,
what
a
machine
it
is.
No,
the
situation
is
that
at
some
stage
the
people
that's
calling
are
gonna
have
to
make
a
choice:
they're
going
to
have
to
they're
going
to
they're
going
to
have
to
make
a
choice,
they're
going
to
have
to
make
a
choice
between
the
the
brexit
that
is
being
presented.
Whatever
breaks
is
presented
by
his
colleagues,
the
size
of
the
border
and
the
normal
independent
future.
B
Now,
of
course,
the
reality
is
that,
during
during
the
independence
referendum
in
2014
colleagues
of
mr.
golden,
and
indeed
people
on
the
Labour
Party
benches
and
even
and
the
liberal
benches
went
around
saying
that,
if
you
were
independent,
you
couldn't
be
in
the
EU.
As
that
is
exactly
the
opposite
has
happened.
Then
I
commend
to
mr.
golden
what
I
was
talking
about
earlier
on
a
period
of
silence,
Julian
Martin.
M
Secretaries
made
mention
in
a
statement
of
some
of
the
sectors
we
know
will
be
extremely
negatively
impacted
by
the
20
LED
hard
breaks.
That
should
that
happen.
There's
more
bad
news
by
the
day
news
that
cannot
be
dismissed
as
scare
mongering
this
week
from
the
oil
and
gas
sector
can
I
ask
the
cabinet
secretary
for
his
response
is
to
today's
oil
and
gas
report,
our
own
turkey
report,
which
concluded
hard
brexit
this
the
court
could
lead
to
platforms
being
shut
down
because
of
challenges
in
recruiting
staff
from
the
EU
camera.
B
Second,
one
of
the
most
astonishing
aspects
of
this
whole
issue
is
the
way
in
which,
day
after
day,
there
is
evidence
from
those
who
know
what
they're
talking
about
about
the
damaging
effects
of
brexit.
Yet
it
is
completely
ignored
by
the
Tory
party
and
completely
ignored
by
the
prime
minister
and
completely
ignored
by
the
Conservatives
in
this
chamber.
You
know:
I
saw
that
report
today
and
it's
quite
clear.
B
There
is
huge
concern,
particularly
about
the
flow
of
labour,
and
that
there
is
a
need
for
labour,
and
the
response
in
the
UK
government
was
to
say
that
labour
would
still
be
available
until
the
end
of
2020
another
reality.
That
is
no
no
comfort
at
all.
This
is
an
industry
that
does
long-term
planning.
It
is
like
last
week
still
called
concession
on
seasonal
workers.
The
numbers
were
minuscule
compared
to
what
is
required.
I
have
to
say
that
somebody
earlier
talked
to
a
dereliction
of
duty.
B
N
Press
the
cabinet
secretary
for
some
detail
on
the
director
for
international
trade
and
investment
mentioned
in
the
statement.
Can
the
cabinet's
take
its
outline
further?
The
Cobie
offices
in
London,
Dublin,
Berlin
and
Paris
when
will
be
established
and
what
will
the
relationship
be
with
the
UK
trade
offices
because
I
think
that's
an
important
question
conversation
there.
B
Are
already
offices
in
London,
Dublin,
Berlin
and
Paris
is
just
about
to
open.
I
was
in
Paris
two
weeks
ago,
speaking
at
a
in
large
business
conference
and
was
talking
to
the
person
will
be
running
that
office,
so
those
are
in
place.
They
work
through
a
Scottish
development
international,
usually
and
through
Scottish
Enterprise.
There
are
close
relationships
between
those
bodies
in
the
UK
where
that
is
appropriate.
Now
that
has
been
the
case,
for
example
with
the
office
in
Washington,
the
members
staff
in
Beijing.
B
Those
have
continued
to
be
relationships,
but
the
important
thing
is
to
focus
on
promoting
Scotland
and
making
Scotland's
voice
heard
that
is
taking
place.
Those
offices
are
crucial
to
it,
and
I
have
to
say
that
my
experience
of
them
has
been
very
positive.
Indeed,
they
are
there
doing
the
things
that
need
to
be
done
very
often,
the
UK
government
isn't
doing
the
things
that
need
to
be
done.
I
thank.
A
You
very
much
and
apologies
to
those
members
who
didn't
get
the
opportunity
to
ask
their
questions,
but
I
did
allowed
the
topicals
to
run
on
somewhat
this
morning.
This
afternoon
we
move
on
now
to
the
next
item
of
business,
which
is
a
debate
on
motion.
One
three,
eight
one:
three
in
the
name
of
alien
Campbell
on
the
social
enterprise
world
forum
and
again
I,
would
invite
all
members
who
wish
to
ask
a
question
on
this
statement
to
press
their
request
to
speak
buttons.