Chloe SmithThis week marked an historic point in the Brexit process for the United Kingdom. The EU Withdrawal Bill received its Royal Assent from the Queen this week. This means that the EU Withdrawal Bill is now law and can be referred to as an Act of Parliament. The Bill’s passage through Parliament...
I blog about Brexit because I want constituents to have important and useful information. I know in particular that there are many people in Norwich who need to know about their future lives, being EU citizens living here, or with British friends and family in EU countries. So I wanted to share a...
This week, Members of Parliament participated in the final voting stage of the EU Withdrawal Bill’s passage through Parliament. Now that the House of Commons has finished voting, the Bill will be sent to the Queen for Royal Assent. That Bill prepares our statute book for exit day,...
You may be aware from previous Brexit Blogs that I have held a series of industry themed Brexit Roundtables in Norwich, which set out to seek the views of local industry leaders throughout the retail, science and digital & creative sectors. Following these meetings, I wrote to the S...
You may be aware that on Monday the Brexit Secretary held a press conference with his negotiating counterpart, Michel Barnier, to announce that an agreement had been reached on the implementation period once we have left formally the EU. I wanted to blog a little about it today to set out the facts ...
In December of last year I held the first and second of a series of Brexit roundtables, whose purpose is to underline the importance of bringing more good jobs back to Norwich. I want to see a Brexit deal that brings back good jobs to our city. So the roundtables are aimed at major industries and se...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North, will this week be delivering Norwich’s feedback ahead of the next round of Brexit Negotiations. Chloe has held a series of Brexit roundtables with key Norwich industries and stakeholders, to gather information on how Brexit migh...
Back in January I held the third of a series of Brexit roundtables – this time with the retail sector in Norwich. Norwich employs 17,000 people in retail – this is nearly twenty per cent of the city’s jobs total and higher than most other regions of the UK. N...
You may be aware of the Prime Minister’s speech recently, in which she sought to set out her vision for the UK and EU’s post Brexit security relationship. I wanted to blog a little about this today, as this is a crucial issue for both the UK and the remaining 27 members of the EU. ...
You may be aware that over the past couple of weeks, members of the cabinet have been making a series of speeches in what has been termed ‘The Road to Brexit’. Now that David Davis and Liam Fox have delivered their speeches on the Government’s proposals for a future economic partne...