Sentences with phrase «membership of the single market»

And we do not pretend that you can have all the benefits of membership of the single market without its obligations.

So we do not seek membership of the Single Market.

Membership of the single market means you accept the regulations which govern it and freedom of movement.

«No large country currently enjoys membership of the single market without free movement of people alongside a financial contribution,» it found.

Membership of the single market entails following regulations on goods and services.

Barry Gardiner has suggested that Labour could back the UK's continued membership of the single market after Brexit - a day after John McDonnell ruled it out.

Were the party to elect Lamb, it would signal a change of direction on Europe — he did not vote against the triggering of article 50 and has said the party's job should be to fight for membership of the single market rather than a rerun of the referendum.

Mr Smith's comments came a day after Mr Corbyn dropped his biggest hint yet that Labour could end up backing membership of the single market after Brexit.

Davis refuses to even acknowledge that membership of the single market even means anything anymore.

They benefit greatly from membership of the single market and the system of Europe wide regulatory harmonisation it has created.

The IFS also rejected the notion that Britain would able to secure a deal in which it retains membership of the single market while being able to impose limits on European immigration.

Some support the idea that the UK should try and retain complete membership of the Single Market after Britain leaves the EU (the Norwegian option).

Mr Leonard told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that it would be a «mistake» to «throw all our eggs in the basket of saying the Scottish Labour Party supports full membership of the single market» while Brexit negotiations were ongoing.

«What David Davis said this morning is that it's not that the government doesn't want membership of the single market, it's that they've been told that you can't have that with freedom of movement.

Barry Gardiner, the shadow trade secretary, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: «What we've said is that we need those benefits, and whether they're achieved through reformed membership of the single market and the customs union, or through a new, bespoke trading arrangement, is actually secondary to achieving the benefits.

Importantly, though, membership of the single market requires member states to accept the unlimited, free in and outward movement people, which resulted in immigration being a big concern for Brits.

First, the EEA offers membership of the Single Market without the Common Agricultural Policy, the Fisheries Policy or any entanglement with the Euro.

But most unhelpful of all has been their pretend notion that we are voting on membership of the single market.

We also know that restricting immigration will trump membership of the single market in her Brexit negotiations.

The fight over membership of the single market is set to become the next big battleground following the Brexit vote, with opposing groups of Tory MPs frantically lobbying Theresa May either for a «hard Brexit» option of leaving or a «soft Brexit» option of staying in.

The EEA provides membership of the Single Market, without pressing a reticent state like the UK into membership of an «ever closer union», the euro, EU agricultural policy, EU fisheries policy or any budding EU defence force.

The shadow chancellor dismissed suggestions the party's leadership was trying to quash debate on the issue, after pro-EU MPs, who are pushing leader Jeremy Corbyn to commit to permanent membership of the single market, failed in an attempt to stage a vote.

I am neither a lawyer or a politician, but to me this reads - quite clearly - that any deal will, for the most part, have to replicate the UK's current membership of the Single Market, the Customs Union and the European Court of Justice.

This would have begun back in the autumn, with the shadow cabinet and PLP coalescing around a clear position, spoken of publicly only as one of a number of options under consideration: continued membership of the single market with immediate application of an emergency brake on immigration, and a drive for serious reform to free movement.

So on Monday the party ordered its peers to vote against retaining UK membership of the single market.

Appearing on ITV's Peston on Sunday programme, the shadow chancellor said: «People will interpret membership of the single market as not respecting that referendum.»

«For the sake of jobs, prosperity and investment, for strong public services, and for opportunities for the next generation, Labour needs to put clear red water between the party's position and that of the Conservatives and back British membership of the single market and the customs union.»

«Just weeks ago, Labour MPs voted against membership of the single market and to give Theresa May a blank cheque for a hard Brexit,» he said.

What we criticised [Theresa May] for doing is taking membership of the single market off the table right from the beginning.»

In the speech, last week, May rejected membership of the single market and customs union, but gave a commitment that «UK and EU regulatory standards will remain substantially similar».

«The announcement that the UK will not seek membership of the single market underlines the importance of securing the greatest possible market access for the services sector, including the legal services sector and all those parts of the economy which depend on these services.

Remain voter Peter Wilding and Leave voter Adrian Yalland have instructed lawyers to argue that the EU referendum did not cover membership of the single market.

In relation to Brexit the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, stated on Monday that the Irish question could be solved by regulatory alignment across the UK, implying support for continued membership of the single market and customs» union.

As such, the battle for membership of the Single Market is nothing more than gesture politics and posturing.

The EU has been perfectly clear that freedom of movement can not be divorced from membership of the Single Market.

«British jobs and investments depend on our full membership of the single market.

Brexit is the main task of the next government and they want membership of the single market and free movement....

The shadow trade secretary, Barry Gardiner, suggested Labour would push for a bespoke trade deal or «reformed membership of the single market».

But I still maintain that the best Brexit available to Britain is one that sees us retain membership of the Single Market we were a frontrunner in creating.

The SNP complains that the Scottish Tories have indulged in yet another Brexit flip - flop, Davidson having campaigned for a Remain vote and initially backed continuing membership of the Single Market.

Barry Gardiner, a Labour front bencher who has ruled out any membership of the single market or customs union, was selected to tour the broadcast studios ahead of the speech.

«There was no clear manifesto for what happened to our membership of the single market or what happened to freedom of movement,» she said.

They may also be shocked to read reports in today's newspapers that pro-EU MPs will fight a rearguard defence to maintain our membership of the single market even as we exit the EU.

It could help determine future policy on key issues such as membership of the single market and customs union, freedom of movement and the rights of EU nationals.

But there's a strong feeling among many MPs and the public that we have not been asked about the big questions — from membership of the Single Market to «no deal», from a quota system of immigration to EU citizens» rights to stay.

Without membership of the single market, so - called «passporting rights» which allow UK financial firms to directly access EU businesses and customers will be at risk.

May ruled out continued membership of the single market and customs union while pledging to leave the jurisdiction of the European Court as soon as she crossed the threshold into Number Ten.

The wording of the UK / EU joint report all but mandates Northern Ireland's - and therefore the UK's - membership of the single market and customs union, in that we must remain «in full regulatory alignment» in all areas pertaining to the Good Friday Agreement and all - Ireland economy.

Nine out of ten members of the other parties support continued membership of the single market and the customs union, but only a quarter of grassroots Tories would like to see such a soft Brexit.