Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 16 December 2020
16 Dec 2020 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Trade Arrangements (Post-Brexit)
Constitution, Europe and External Affairs
I know that Anas Sarwar is new to his portfolio, but there is no such thing as the UK single market. There is an internal market in the UK, but a “single market” has a very specialised definition and I do not think that anybody would accept that one exists within these islands—unless, of course, Mr Sarwar is proposing the end of devolution. I suppose that, in those circumstances, one could enforce a unitary market, but I am not sure that even Mr Sarwar would insist on that.
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