EU: External Action Service Debate
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Lord Hunt of Chesterton
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EU: External Action Service
Lord Hunt of Chesterton Excerpts(13 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Hunt of Chesterton
My Lords, do the Government agree that the European external service may well provide a great opportunity for UK science and industry to have projects, many of the most advanced of which are done across the EU? We really need an EU presence and promotion of these projects, which I believe should be an important part of the external service.
Lord Howell of Guildford
I very much hope so, but of course that applies to other nations and other areas of the world as well. We want close scientific links with our American friends and with the rising powers of Asia, as well as with our European Union neighbours. Certainly, this may help as far as our immediate neighbourhood is concerned.