Mr. Stephen Kinnock:

In terms of the bottom line and a race to the bottom, Mr. Benn is right that the negotiations are about finding a compromise that enables there to be standards and regulations where one side does not feel it is being undercut unfairly. In the end, whatever the deal is, we are going to need to hear a clear message from the UK Government that Brexit is not going to be a vehicle for cutting environmental standards and workers' rights because that is about what kind of economic model we want to have as a country after Brexit. Do we want to become a sort of very low standard, low regulation and undercutting hub off the north-western coast of the European Continent or do we want to compete globally by being an absolute superpower in setting standards and regulations? In essence, that is the post-Brexit vision and is a huge piece of this jigsaw puzzle that has not been provided yet in terms of what actually is the post-Brexit vision for the United Kingdom. Obviously the negotiations are ongoing but that is going to be the huge question going into 2021.