Debates between Baroness Gustafsson and Lord Newby during the 2024 Parliament

Tue 28th Jan 2025

EU Law

Debate between Baroness Gustafsson and Lord Newby
Tuesday 28th January 2025

(2 days, 18 hours ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Gustafsson Portrait Baroness Gustafsson (Lab)
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I thank my noble friend for that question. We completely agree that economic growth within the UK is our number one priority. A great way to achieve that is by freshening the relationships we have with our key trading partners both within Europe and beyond.

Lord Newby Portrait Lord Newby (LD)
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My Lords, given that economic growth is the number one priority of His Majesty’s Government, does the noble Baroness agree that one way of promoting economic growth would be strengthening the labour force in the UK by reintroducing the youth mobility scheme with the EU?