Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Debate

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Department: Department for Transport
Thursday 21st March 2019

(5 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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I presume that that is the case because we have the two-year implementation period and our future relationship will be subject to negotiations. As I said, our long-term aspiration is to share that information. We think a legal duty is inappropriate, because another authority might refuse to receive information or co-operate, so we would not be able to fulfil that duty.

Lord Deben Portrait Lord Deben (Con)
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Can my noble friend imagine any circumstances whatever in which the British Government would not want to share such information with our neighbours? Why on earth are we talking about negotiation? Of course we will do that and of course they will want to do that with us. What are we talking about?

Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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As I said previously, it is absolutely our intention to continue to share information. It is important that we do so, not least because of safety. We will continue to have a very close relationship with our European neighbours, and we very much hope to share the information with them. Obviously, they will have to accept that information from us, but our long-term aspiration is to continue to share it.