Lord Duncan of Springbank
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EU: Trade and Security Partnership
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Lord True [V]
My Lords, the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee next meets on 12 June. I repeat that the Government do not consider an extension of the transition necessary or desirable. It will not happen from a UK Government point of view. The political declaration sets out the potential scope of our future relationship. We and the EU signed up to it, but any agreement based on it must be balanced and represent a balance of benefits to both sides.
The Deputy Speaker (Lord Duncan of Springbank) (Con)
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard? No? Lord West of Spithead.
Lord West of Spithead (Lab) [V]
My Lords, a lightning rod for EU seriousness on defence and security co-operation is Project Galileo. Is it still the intention to have scientific, technological and industrial UK involvement in this project, despite lack of access to the classified output of the system?