{"id":75335,"date":"2016-10-24T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9e216be8574752dfa94a576751f4dd4f"},"modified":"2016-10-24T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T15:43:00","slug":"press-release-joint-ministerial-committee-24-october-2016-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=75335","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Joint Ministerial Committee 24 October 2016: statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Downing Street spokesperson said:<\/h4>\n

Prime Minister Theresa May today told the devolved administrations she would strike a bespoke Brexit deal that works for the whole of the UK.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the first meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC<\/abbr>) for 2 years, the Prime Minister told leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that how the UK leaves the EU should not be seen as a series of binary choices.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister also told the devolved administrations that she wanted their input in shaping the negotiations to leave the EU \u2013 and that the final agreement will make a success of Brexit for everyone in the Union.<\/p>\n

Following a constructive meeting lasting 2 hours, a new cross-nations forum on Brexit talks will be set up, to be chaired by Brexit secretary David Davis.<\/p>\n

It was agreed that by the time of its first meeting in November a work programme would be established for this Joint Ministerial Committee on EU Negotiations to integrate it with the wider process of exiting the EU.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister also said she wanted the JMC<\/abbr> meetings to take place more regularly and would set up another session early next year.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister set out her commitment to the Union at the meeting, and said her vision for working with the devolved governments was for a relationship built on principles of mutual understanding and consensus and co-operation.<\/p>\n

Following the meeting, Prime Minister Theresa May said:<\/p>\n

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Working together, the nations of the United Kingdom will make a success of leaving the European Union \u2013 and we will further strengthen our own unique and enduring union as we do so.<\/p>\n

The great Union between us has been the cornerstone of our prosperity in the past \u2013 and it is absolutely vital to our success in the future.<\/p>\n

The country is facing a negotiation of tremendous importance and it is imperative that the devolved administrations play their part in making it work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Prime Minister told Nicola Sturgeon, Carwyn Jones, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness that how the UK leaves the EU should not be seen as a series of binary choices and will instead amount to a bespoke agreement for the UK.<\/p>\n

She said:<\/p>\n

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We have important work to do for the UK in terms of negotiating a smooth exit from the EU and getting the best possible deal for the whole of the UK.<\/p>\n

The UK has chosen to leave the EU and we\u2019re going to make a success of it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The JMC<\/abbr> was also attended by David Mundell, James Brokenshire and Alun Cairns \u2013 the secretaries of state for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.<\/p>\n

The group held constructive discussions on the possibility of a new memorandum of understanding to put the JMC<\/abbr> on a new formal footing, with guaranteed annual meetings.<\/p>\n

There was also agreement among the 4 administrations that with the memorandum of understanding having been drafted before the outcome of the referendum was known, it would need further work to make sure it reflected the result.<\/p>\n

It also heard from Business Secretary Greg Clark, who outlined the government\u2019s new industrial strategy and called upon the devolved administrations to play a part in helping to shape it.<\/p>\n

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Read the Joint Ministerial Committee communiqu\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Theresa May chaired her first Joint Ministerial Committee meeting with devolved administration leaders at 10 Downing Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}