Horizon Europe: UK Participation Debate
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
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Horizon Europe: UK Participation
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Excerpts(1 year, 11 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
I always stand ready to receive advice from the noble Lord about how we can meaningfully enter into negotiations with someone who does not want to meaningfully enter into negotiations with us. Obviously, the Labour Opposition know better than we do on this.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
My Lords, does my noble friend not think that the Government might be more successful in delivering what everyone wants if the Opposition do not keep taking the side of the EU, which is responsible for this?
Lord Callanan (Con)
My noble friend gets the Opposition riled more than I do sometimes. Criticism of the EU is almost blasphemy in some parts of this House, but the reality is this is the fault of the EU. We stand ready to continue the negotiations and to associate as soon as the EU is prepared to talk to us about it.