Brexit: Immigration

Lord Harris of Haringey Excerpts
Thursday 29th March 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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My noble friend makes a good point. That is one of the key questions that will need to be answered in designing and implementing the new system. I am sure the White Paper will take that fully into account. However, we will want to hear views and comments from all interested parties.

Lord Harris of Haringey Portrait Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab)
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My Lords, the noble Lord is entirely convincing about how confident he is that there will be a technological solution in time. He has just told your Lordships that the arrangements will continue through the implementation and transition stage. What if there is no transition stage because we crash out of the EU? What happens then in a year’s time?