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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Brexit

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Waverley, with whom I share an interest in central Asia. Like him, I have always found, when in Kazakhstan and neighbouring countries, that they have great sympathy with our decision to leave the European Union, having themselves left …..."
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Written Question
Brexit
Tuesday 16th April 2019

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their contingency preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement are complete.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Government is continuing to prepare for all scenarios and we have taken appropriate steps to help mitigate the effects of no deal. We have passed critical legislation, signed international agreements, and guaranteed certain EU funding.

We are continuing to communicate with businesses and the public and this will increase as we approach EU Exit until we are confident that contingency planning is no longer needed.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2019
Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification

"My Lords, does my noble friend recall the Prime Minister saying at the opening of the referendum campaign,

“It will be your decision whether to remain in the EU on the basis of the reforms we secure or whether we leave. Your decision. Nobody else’s. Not politicians’, not Parliament’s. Not …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2019
Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification

"I recall them being endorsed by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and others. Would it not be an enormous betrayal of trust and undermine confidence in our Parliament and our system if we were to ignore the result and simply revoke Article 50?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 25 Mar 2019
Brexit

"My Lords, the most precious commodity in political life is trust, and trust depends on keeping your promises. We saw what happened to what was once a major party in our country when it broke its solemn pledge on tuition fees: it was reduced to a rump, and even now, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 25 Mar 2019
Brexit

"Did the noble Baroness not hear me read out the assurance from the Department of Health that there would be no interruption of supplies? Why is she indulging in this disgraceful scaremongering of vulnerable people?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2019
Brexit: Non-Disclosure Agreements

"My Lords, are the Government not in rather a strange position of preparing to ensure that we can leave with no withdrawal agreement on 29 March while playing down and hiding what they have done to achieve that and what has been achieved on a reciprocal basis between ourselves and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
Further Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

"I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. What I said was that the drop in the pound would compensate those whose tariffs were around the average of 4%, but that, in aggregate, the tariffs amount to £5.3 billion. The saving we make from leaving is more than …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
Further Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

"With respect, the money we save will not come from consumers; it will just no longer be available to the EU to finance its projects. Every year, we pay £10 billion more to the EU than it gives us back. We will no longer do so, and will therefore be …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
Further Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

"I am sure the noble Lord will want to congratulate Toyota on opening in this country a year later—in October last year—a line producing the best-selling car in the world, opened by the Secretary of State. That shows a rather different picture to that he was portraying...."
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