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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Nov 2018
Brexit: Proposed Agreement

"My Lords, will my noble friend confirm that, if Parliament rejects this agreement—as may well be the case given that the opposition to it spans the vast gulf between a brace of Johnsons—taxpayers will save £40 billion, which could be spent on taxpayers’ priorities? The second consequence is that we …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Oct 2018
Brexit: Preparedness for EU Exit

"My Lords, can my noble friend confirm—since I am sure that, like me, he has in fact read the report, unlike many who are going on newspaper reports of the report—that it is about process and does not forecast any of these chaotic outcomes? It accepts that customs will prioritise …..."
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Written Question
UK Trade with EU
Thursday 25th October 2018

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of whether the EU can reach a legally binding agreement with the UK on their future trading relationship before the UK has left the EU.

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

As the Prime Minister made clear in her Statement to the House on Monday 20 October 2018, the Future Framework agreement will take the form of a political declaration that will accompany and be referred to in the Withdrawal Agreement. Although the EU is only able legally to conclude the final agreements on the future relationship once the UK has left the EU in March 2019, this political declaration will nevertheless carry significant force.

Written Question
UK Trade with EU: Republic of Ireland
Wednesday 24th October 2018

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of whether the EU can reach a legally binding agreement with the UK on the future trading relationships across the border between Ireland and the UK, before the UK has left the EU.

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

While we remain committed to resolving the Northern Ireland border through our overall economic relationship, the backstop is a critical issue and we stand by all our commitments. There must be a legally operative backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement - and one that is fully consistent with all the commitments made in the Joint Report.

We agree that we need to maintain a measured and pragmatic approach to this issue, whilst respecting the key principles of both sides and we are confident that a deal is in the interests of both sides, so we approach these negotiations anticipating success.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Apr 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"My hon. Friend and the Government are right to seek—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Apr 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Although my hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) and I are of one mind, we have two questions—and only one knighthood.

The Government are right to seek a continuing free trade agreement with the European Union: it will be in the interests of the European Union as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Is my right hon. Friend as puzzled as I am that the Scottish nationalists appear to oppose any devolution of powers from Europe back to the United Kingdom and Scotland? It seems that they would rather be governed entirely from Brussels than see some of those powers returned to this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I would not dream of correcting my right hon. Friend, but I would ask him this question. When it appeared that we were going to stay in the EU, was he concerned about the terms of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and what that would have done to British …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"Is my hon. Friend not puzzled about why the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) and others now want to be able to vote on and control legislation on whole swathes of which, for the last 40 years, they have been content to have no vote—no vote before negotiations, …..."
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