Brexit: Outstanding Commitments Debate
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom
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Brexit: Outstanding Commitments
Lord Hamilton of Epsom Excerpts(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Bates
I am very happy to agree with that sentiment. We want a deep, ongoing relationship with our European friends; part of that means honouring what we signed up to. This was what we signed up to at the Council meeting back in November, and we should support it.
Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)
My Lords, was not the £39 billion made up of our annual contributions for the two years of the implementation stage? I cannot see how we would owe that if we were to leave with no deal. Did a committee of your Lordships’ House not say that we would not owe the EU anything with no deal?