A New Partnership with the EU Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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A New Partnership with the EU
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts(7 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Bridges of Headley
The noble Lord actually answers his own question. He is absolutely correct that we need to ensure, as my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has said, that this Parliament is at least as well informed as the European Parliament, to ensure that we can continue to have these kinds of debates and this level of scrutiny, and therefore that the successful deal that we hope to achieve at the end of this process will have received the scrutiny it so deserves.
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
Would my noble friend care to give us a ballpark figure of how long a trade agreement in services would take to conclude?