Sanctions (EU Exit) (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Debate

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Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Sanctions (EU Exit) (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Lord Bradshaw Excerpts
Thursday 29th October 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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I too thank the Minister for his very thorough introduction. My question is very simple. We are still in negotiation with the European Union about the continuation of agreements between us and it after Brexit. Can the Minister give us an assurance, as I hope he will be able to, that the regulations we are about to approve will function properly if we withdraw from any co-operation agreements we have with the European Union about criminality in general, as opposed to money laundering and terrorism? Unless they do, I cannot see the reach of these new regulations extending worldwide, as I believe it must, since terrorism is a worldwide disease and not confined to the United Kingdom.