EU Exit: Future Relationship White Paper

Lord King of Bridgwater Excerpts
Thursday 12th July 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord King of Bridgwater Portrait Lord King of Bridgwater (Con)
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My Lords, does my noble friend recognise that this Statement and the White Paper do rather better than one or two of the statements that came out of Chequers in continuing to emphasise the point that frictionless trade is as important for jobs among our friends in the European Union as it is for jobs in this country? If that does not exist in any way, that would be hugely damaging to jobs in Europe as well as in this country.

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I totally agree with my noble friend, who speaks great sense as always on these matters. Of course, free trade is in the mutual best interest of both parties; we cannot say that too often.