Brexit: Cross-party Discussions Debate
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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Brexit: Cross-party Discussions
Lord Wallace of Saltaire Excerpts(5 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)
My Lords, democracy is a dialogue and it requires Governments to carry their public with them and to continue to explain the rationales for their policies. Part of the problem we are now in is that we are getting from different members of the Cabinet a range of different opinions. We are not getting any clear message about what is and is not possible in getting out of the hole we are now in on Brexit. When can we expect the Government to return to Parliament and explain what they think is or is not a possible exit from where we are?
Lord Callanan
What we think is possible is the agreement that we have negotiated. The EU has said that it is the only agreement possible. I know that the noble Lord’s party do not believe in respecting the result of the referendum, but we do, and if we want to implement it the agreement that we have negotiated is the best way of achieving it.