EU: Plans for No Deal

Debate between Lord Fowler and Baroness Deech

Tuesday 2nd June 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)]

Lord Howarth of Newport. No? Baroness Deech.

[Baroness Deech (CB)]

Does the Minister agree that the only contingency worth considering at this moment is that if we stay tied to the European Union beyond 31 December, we face paying into a dramatically increased EU budget next year, with new taxes? It has been estimated that staying in might cost us £380 billion over the next two years. Is it not time to make sure that we get out by 31 December?