9. Plaid Cymru debate: Continued membership of the Customs Union

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:32 pm on 28 February 2018.

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Photo of Mr Neil Hamilton Mr Neil Hamilton UKIP 5:32, 28 February 2018

No, not at all. It would be up to the United Kingdom Government to decide whether it wants to impose tariffs or not. For example, the common external tariff of the European Union applies a tax of 4.7 per cent on umbrellas having telescopic shafts. It applies a tariff of 1.7 per cent on swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, scabbards and sheaths. It applies a 15 per cent tariff on the import of unicycles. This is the absurdity of the complexity of the 12,561 items that are listed in the—