against our will in the customs union and much of the single market for the 1st time in almost 5 decades the u.k. will be able to strike free trade deals with our friends across the world to benefit the whole country including northern ireland article 4 of the protocol states northern ireland is part of the customs territory of the united kingdom it adds nothing in this project culture prevent northern ireland from realizing the preferential market access in any free trade deals on the same terms as goods produced in other parts of the united kingdom on the gate and so focused on the uniquely sensitive nature of the border between northern ireland and the republic and we have respected those sensitivities above all we and our european friends have preserved the letter and the spirit of the belfast good friday agreement. held the longstanding areas of cooperation between the u.k.

and ireland including the common travel area and as i told the house on the 3rd of october in order to prevent a regulatory board on the island of ireland we propose a regular trees are covering all goods including agra food eliminating any need for associate he checks at the border but mr speaker. in this agreement we have gone further by also finding a solution to the vexed question of customs which many in this house have raised our agreement ensures and i quote unfettered access market access for goods moving from northern ireland to the rest of the united kingdom's internal market 18 shoes that there should be no tariff on goods circulating within the u.k. customs territory that is between great britain and northern ireland in less they are at risk of entering the e.u. it ensures an open border and open border on the island of ireland

a common objective of everyone in this house and 18 sure and it ensures for those living and working alongside the border there will be no visible practical changes to their lives they can carry on as before i believe that this is a good arrangement reconciling the special circumstances in northern ireland with the minimum possible bureaucratic consequences the few points of a right in your ideas precisely to ensure that those arrangements are acceptable to the people of northern ireland that we have made consent a fundamental element of this new deal so arrangements can be imposed on northern ireland if they do not work for northern ireland the people of northern ireland will have the right under this agreement to express all with hold their consent to these provisions by means of

a majority vote in their assembly 4 years after the end of the transition time if you simply chooses to withhold consent these provisions shall cease to apply after 2 years during which the joint committee of the u.k. and e.u. would propose a new way forward in concert with northern ireland's institutions. and as soon as this house allows the process of extracting all souls from the e.u. to be completed the exciting and to price of building a new relationship with our friends can begin which again to. a brother mr speaker i do not wish this project to be the project of any one government or any one party but rather the endeavor of the united kingdom as a ho. lee. only this parliament can make

this new relationship the work of the nation and so parliament should be at the heart of decision making as we develop our approach and i ignore the age but that's in the past we have not always acted perhaps in that spirit so as as we take forward as we take forward our friendship with our closest neighbors and construct that new relationship i will ensure that a broad and open process drools upon the well of expertise in every part of this house including senate committees and their chairs every party and every member who wishes to contribute will be invited to do so and we shall start by debating the mandate for our negotiators in the next phase mr speaker the ambition for a future friendship is contained in the revised political declaration which also provides for this house to be free to decide our own laws and regulations. i have complete

faith in this house to choose regulations that are in our best tradition of the highest i was high it was ok i've got 5 kids of environmental protections and workers right no one no wife anywhere believes in lowering standards and i was. a lot of just icky nation the statement by the prime minister must be and it will be the prime minister this is big i reckon no one believes in very standard instead we believe in improving the. indeed we will be able to do as we will be able to do and seizing the opportunities of on you freedom is for example free from the common agricultural policy we will have

a far simpler system where we will reward farmers for improving our environment. animal welfare. many of whose provisions are impossible under the counter arrangements instead of just paying them for their acreage and free from the common fisheries policy we can ensure a sustainable yields based on the latest science notes i dated methods of setting craters and these were stored powers will be available not simply to this government but to every future british government of any party to use as they see fit that is what restoring sovereignty means that is what was meant in practice by taking back control of our destiny. and our 1st decision which i believe there will be unanimity. is that in any future trade negotiations with any country our national health service will not be on the table was.

that i thank you carol and this is because i am convinced that a. mr speaker i'm convinced that an overwhelming majority in this house regardless of off personal views wishes to see bricks' it delivered in accordance with a referendum with a majority. and in this crucial mission that could no longer be any argument for further delay it is someone who actually believed that we had to go back to our european friends to seek a better agreement i must tell the house that with this new deal the scope for future negotiation of fruit will be goshi ation has run its course they said they said he said they couldn't but we couldn't agree and couldn't so we could all agree. they said we couldn't reopen who drove even they said we couldn't change the

comma of the real growth they said we couldn't abolish the backstop if to speak up we've done both. but it is not my judgment that we have reached the best possible solution so there's who agree lycoming the brics it must be deliberate and who like me prefer to avoid a new deal outcome must abandon the delusion that this house could delay again and i must tell the house in all candor that there is very different appetite among our friends in the e.u. for this great business to be protected by one extra day they have had 3 and a half years of this debate has distracted them from their own projects and their own ambitions and if there is one feeling if there is one feeling that unites the british public with a growing number of officials in the e.u.

it is a burning desire to get it done. and i must tell lies again in all candor that whatever that is they may seek to enforce the government seek to force the government to write it cannot change my judgment that further delay is pointless expensive and deeply corrosive of public trust yeah people simply will not understand how politicians can say with one breath. they want. to avoid and no deal and then with the next breath that they still want to lay with a great deal is there to be alright i'm trying. now is the time mr speaker to get this thing done and i say to all members they just come together to end i just come together as democrats to end this debilitating

fuge let us come together as democrats to get behind the steel the one proposition that fulfills the verdict of the majority but which also allows us to bring together the 2 hogs a bar to bring together the 2 halves of our nation it's not for the $52.00 and for the $48.00 that. could heal this country let's go for a deal that can heal this country and you know are all to express our legitimate desires for the deepest possible friendship and partnership with our neighbors a deal that allows us to create a shared destiny with them and a deal but also a deal that also allows us to express our confidence in our own democratic institutions to make our own laws to determine our own future to believe in ourselves once again as an open generous global good looking free trading united

kingdom bacchis the prospect that is the prospect that the steel office our country it is a great prospect and a great deal and i commend it to the ha ha the to it is well known leader of the opposition generally call ben thank you thank you mr speaker i join you in sank you all the stuff that have come into the house this morning to help us cleaning stuff catering stuff security stuff officials and their own stuff they get. nupur weekend in order to help our deliberations i also want to thank the prime minister for an advance copy of his statement he has renegotiated the withdrawal agreement and maybe even worse. he's renegotiated the political decoration and made that even worse we having a debate today on a text for which there is no economic impact assessment and no accompanying legal

advice this government has sought to avoid scrutiny throughout the process and yesterday evening mate empty promises on workers' rights and the environment the same government that spent the last few weeks negotiating in secret to remove from the draw an agreement legally binding commitments on workers' rights and the environment this government cannot be trusted and these benches will not be duped. neither will the government no i don't is to speak your worldly government's own work because the head of the civil service union prospect yesterday met the right on the board member of a sorry heath and at the conclusion of that meeting he said and i quote i asked for reassurances that the government would not diverged on workers' rights after breaks it he could not give me those assurances and as for the much hyped

bleeding environment bill the legally binding targets will not be enforceable until 2037 for this government the climate emergency can always white mrs make-a this deal risks people's jobs rights at work our environment and our national health service we must be honest about what this deal means for our manufacturing industry and people's jobs not only. as it reduce access to the market of our biggest trading partner it leaves us without a customs union which will damage industries all across this country in every one of our constituencies. from nissen in sunderland heintz in wigan boss in broughton and jaguar land rover in birmingham sauza news of british jobs depend on

a strong manufacturing sector and a strong manufacturing sector it needs markets through fluid supply chains all across the european union. a vote for this deal would be a low tech cut manufacturing jobs all across this country. this deal mr speaker what inevitably and absolutely never to be late to a trump trade deal. for saying the u.k. forcing the u.k. to divert from the highest standards and expose our families once again to chlorine washed chicken and hormone treated oh. well this tale. did say that the statement by the prime minister must be her the response of the leader of the opposition the best traditions of parliamentary democracy must also be heard and it will generally corbin head. ills to

ensuring the principle that we keep pace with the european union on environmental standards and protections putting at risk our current rules from air pollution standards to chemical safety we all know the public concern about these issues all at the same time that we are facing a climate emergency and as for workers' rights we simply cannot give the government a blank check this is big you don't have to take my word for all of this listen for example to the tea. you see general secretary frances o'grady who say's this. she just. she does represented organize a show and she does represent an organization that has 6000000 members affiliated through a this stale mr speaker what great i disaster for working people abraham of the

economy cost jobs and sell workers' rights down the river. listen to make you k. representing british manufactures say and i quote this is my cue case comments on this deal members opposite might care to listen to them commitments to the closest possible trading relationships in goods have gone under the steel differences in regulation between the u.k. and the e.u. without cost and bureaucracy our companies will face a lack of clarity inhibiting investment and planning listen also to the green alliance who said the deal amounted to a very sad breaks it read from a climate percent perspective the message mr speaker is clear this tale is not good for jobs damaging for our industry and threat to our environment and our natural world it's not a good deal for our country and future generations will feel the impact it should

be voted down today by this area. mr speaker i also totally understand the frustration and the fatigue across the country and in this house but we simply cannot vote for a deal that is even worse than the one the house rejected 3 times the government's own economic analysis shows this deal would make the poorest regions even poorer and cost each person in this country over 2000 pounds but you. yeah if we vote for a deal that makes our constituents poorer we're not likely to be forgiven for doing that mr speaker the government is claiming that if we support their deal it will get done and that backing them today is the only way to stop a no jail i simply say nonsense supporting that government is afternoon would

merely fire the starting pistol in a race a race to the bottom in regulations and standards and if anyone had any doubts about this we only have to listen to what their own orrible members have been saying like the one yesterday who rather let the cat out of the bag saying members should back this deal as it means we can leave with no deal by 2020. the catch is truly got out of the bag so. can the prime minister confer whether this is the case and that if a free trade agreement has not been done it would mean britain falling on to world trade organization terms by december next year with only northern ireland having preferential access to the e.u. market no wonder the foreign sector has said this represents and i quote

a cracking deal for northern ireland they would retain frictionless access to the single market it does beg the question mr speaker why can't the rest of the u.k. get a crack again by maintaining access to the single market the t. shirt said and i quote it's allows the all out and economy to continue to develop and one which protects the european single market some members of this house to welcome an all around economy but i didn't think that included the governments in the conservative in unionist party and the prime minister that could. in the summer under no circumstances will i allow the e.u. or anyone else to create any kind of division down the irish say you cannot trust a would not the size. of my. missis make up voting for a deal to die and break stage it wants to live

a certain say and the people should have the final say labor is not prepared to sell out the communities that we represent. the way. we are not prepared. we are not prepared to sell our future and we will not back this sell out deal this is about our communities now and about our future generations yeah the prime minister. wishes to speak i must confess that i'm disappointed by the time that the writer was trying to divert so i i had full that he might rise to the occasion and see that the electorate ruled and indeed he that i be i believe his his own electorate. would want to do not just to get a break sit down and i must say i thought that he would wish to reflect the will of

the people who voted for breaks in such numbers in 26 to have waited for a very long time he's wrong about environmental and social protection this government this country will maintain the very high standards and he believes in environmental protection and social protection across. the well we lead for instance in our commitment to be called a neutral by trade the 50 and i as i've told him many times before this this freedom breaks it gives off the opportunity to. to do things that we have not been able to do and that how deeply desired by the british people such as banning the live export of animals and i do hate to say nothing of shocked into many many other things that we can do differently and and better he's wrong this to speak about business the overwhelming view of business is that there are great opportunities

for granted but also guys. stuart rose is made stuart rose who i think was a former chairman of the remaining campaign. i and the governor of the bank of england have said today this is a good deal for the british a combat i had as i look ahead mr speaker the only risk i see to the british economy other catastrophic blacks of the right old world and the semi marxist party what what british business wants is the certainty and the stability of getting brics it done on october 31st and then the opportunity to build a new future with our european partners and to do free trade deals around the world this is because he is wrong about northern allam which will exit the e.u. customs union along with the rest of the u.k. i may say in defiance in defiance of what the commission and indeed the irish

government had intended and he talks about trust mr speaker mr b. i can't believe that this is a this is a right on the budget i don't i don't wish to be honest sarah the adversary today i think is a is a right honorable gentleman is a right on the generosity of peyton he does not trust his own party he doesn't trust the shadow and he doesn't trust the shadow chancellor who he has not been willing to trust the people of this country why don't you like want to go right to adjudicate told him and his policies in a general election he won't trust the. oh and he doesn't trust the people by delivering on the results of their referendum in 2016. i suggest you know your humility and candor to. the pleading of the owner will join to vote for an action to take this country and take the whole of europe forward.

speaker. prime minister began here. all right so commons proceedings are well underway there you've been watching johnson's opening statement on his new breaks that deal with the e.u. let me just recap for you a couple of the points that he said as we watch ken clarke one of the conservative party grandees there responding and said this is this is the 2nd deal in the 4th vote. brags that he said friendships have been strained and families divided and that this at times it seemed to be an issue which was insurmountable he spoke with conviction about the shared destiny of the u.k. and europe he said the deal allows the entire u.k. to leave in october 31st whilst looking forwards to new ties with the e.u. he said the agreement takes back control of lords of finance of farming fisheries trade and removes the contentious backstop he said that the deal ensures an open

border on the island of ireland and that there be no visible or practical changes to the lives of people in the border area and interestingly he said there's no argument for further delay perhaps reaching here out to e.u. leaders watching the speech that he believes that most people want to abide by the results of the 2016 referendum is that his government has reached the best possible solution and very and there's very little appetite in the e.u. for an extension well in a stinging rebuff from jeremy corbyn leader the labor party he said that boris johnson has renegotiated the deal and made it work. he said there was no economic assessment or no legal advice he said the government cannot be trusted and that labor m.p.'s weren't b.g.p. said thousands of british jobs depend on the e.u. and a vote for this deal will undoubtedly lead to big job cuts across the u.k. he said labor will not back what he described as a sell out deal well we've got 2 correspondents covering. today's proceedings need

standing by for us in belfast with the latest reaction out of northern ireland 1st let's go to paul brennan in westminster paul you've been watching events as they unfold in the palace of westminster this morning boris johnson laying out his stall there what do you make of the speech and the chone and do you think he's done enough to convince the doubters. and will it make a difference to the numbers game this mathematical game 'd that you've been talking us through this morning when the vote comes later today. well a predictably spirited opening salvo in today's debate in the house of commons the prime minister coming out all guns blazing if you believe what he has to say this is a real brics it's an agreement that gives a real brics it's with britain taking back control but the opposition leader jeremy corbyn coming back at him saying actually this agreement simply fires the starting gun on a race to the bottom damaging workers' rights and environmental protections so

answer a question as to whether it's done enough to get the deal through we won't know until later this afternoon the numbers really are still too tight boris johnson the prime minister believes he can count now on the support of around 266 conservative m.p.'s they're all pretty much loyal to him he's got around 9 labor rebels who have indicated that they will defy the party whip and side with the government on this there are around 14 independents now what he needs in total is $320.00 if you can get to $320.00 he passes the deal but there are potential pitfalls along the way there is the possibility of an amendment passing us all of a letter an amendment which even if the deal passes would force a deal.