Viscount Waverley
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(7 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
My noble friend is right. The Article 50 Bill is indeed a straightforward Bill: it is not about whether the UK should leave the European Union—that decision has been made—but about triggering Article 50.
Viscount Waverley (CB)
My Lords, I have never understood why Gibraltarians would not wish to have feet in both camps, although that is clearly a matter for them. The Prime Minister was absolutely right to draw attention to the economic well-being of LEDCs—less economically developed countries. Have the Government decided which competent UK authority will be responsible for preferential access negotiations post Brexit?
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
I am afraid that I do not know the answer to that question and will have to write to the noble Viscount.