Brexit: European Council and Commission

Baroness Ludford Excerpts
Tuesday 27th March 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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It will be a matter for the negotiations, but we hope to achieve an agreement at least as good as the existing trade agreement with South Korea, yes.

Baroness Ludford Portrait Baroness Ludford (LD)
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My Lords, is not the truth that, despite barbs often directed at Brussels, EU institutions have proved far more transparent, accessible and accountable—and, I might add, more honest—than Ministers and departments in Whitehall? There is no way that we would have this annotated withdrawal agreement if it had been left to the UK Government. Does not the Brexit process show how much our democracy and governance need modernising?