Brexit: Negotiations
Debate between Baroness Ludford and Lord Taylor of Holbeach(5 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Taylor of Holbeach
The House will know that there is a limited amount of time. We ought to hear from the Liberal Democrat Back Benches.
Baroness Ludford
My Lords, the Statement says that,
“the broad terms of our future relationship”,
have been agreed in the outline political declaration. How can the Minister justify that assertion when that very short outline is nothing more than a shopping list? There are hardly any verbs in it. For instance, on fisheries, which my noble friend mentioned, it talks about the aim of the,
“establishment of a new fisheries agreement on, inter alia, access to waters and quota shares”.
That tells us nothing about the detail, which is a crucial issue. Can the Minister explain how on earth we are going to get from this to something more substantive in the next week or so? What is the process? At the moment there is no flesh on the bones.