Brexit: Negotiations
Baroness Rawlings Excerpts(6 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Callanan
The first part of the noble Baroness’s question is totally wrong. The Secretary of State is doing an excellent job, and the Prime Minister is doing an excellent job in conducting the negotiations. We have said many times that we will avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland, and that remains the case.
Baroness Rawlings (Con)
My Lords, how many of the negotiations are now taking place with the Bulgarian Ministers, as it is their presidency at the moment?
Lord Callanan
We are conducting a wide range of discussions with all EU member states. I myself am visiting one on Thursday and Friday, and other Ministers are doing the same. We are advancing the UK’s cause and lobbying other member state Governments in advance of the full and special partnership that the Prime Minister has suggested.