We're now going to head over to questions to the pline minister, in which I know call the

Prime Minister to answer questions from Sir Edward Lee.

Question of water.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.

I visited yesterday's Guy in St Thomas Hospital to see the first clinically approved vaccine being given to people in London as it is now across this country.

This is a fantastic moment for all of us in this House. And I know that everybody

want to join me in thanking the NHS, the Vaccine Task Force, the scientists, all the volunteers

who've made this possible. Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues

and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later

today.

Shredley, when I was a spear carrier in the Brexit referendum, that campaign led by my right honourable friend, we assured the British people that a trade deal was entirely achievable.

So can I urge my rightable friend to make one last effort?

And surely that deal is achievable because we have no intention of lowering our standards.

But the EU should know this, that if consistent with national security, he cannot secure that deal for us.

This parliamentary party will back him to the hilt because strength comes with unity.

Yes. I thank my right honourable friend and he's entirely right that a good deal is still

there to be done and I look forward to discussing it with Commissioner von der Leyen tonight. But I must

tell the House that our friends are currently,

our friends in the EU, are currently insisting that if they pass a new law in the future

with which we in this country do not comply or don't follow suit, then they want the automatic

right, Mr Speaker, to punish us and to retaliate.

And secondly, they're saying that the UK should be the only country in the world not to have sovereign control over its fishing waters.

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