Belarus: Roman Protasevich Debate
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
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Belarus: Roman Protasevich
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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con) [V]
My Lords, on areas of mutual interest, there is no question that the UK should and will continue to work with all its allies, including, of course, the European Union. As I mentioned earlier, we transferred into UK law 95 designations from the EU. So, we start from the same place.
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Con)
My Lords, a central tenet of the integrated review was the commitment of the United Kingdom to the international rules-based order. Yesterday was a crucial test of that. But surely—perhaps in contrast to other comments—yesterday was also the first test of security co-operation post Brexit. Does my noble friend not agree that the decisive nature of the UK’s action in complete lockstep with the European Union demonstrates that we passed that test?
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con) [V]
I thank the noble Lord for his comments and strongly agree.