Brexit: Negotiations Debate

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Brexit: Negotiations

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Thursday 15th November 2018

(5 years, 5 months ago)

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait Lord Taylor of Holbeach
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My Lords, it is Labour’s turn to speak.

Lord Lea of Crondall Portrait Lord Lea of Crondall
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The Minister lays great stress on what might be summarised as “There is no alternative”—a phrase that we have heard somewhere before. This slogan is patently inaccurate. I know that the Minister would like it to be the case, but is she not obliged to consider alternatives as they are presented?

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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The Prime Minister, supported by the Cabinet, has brought forward this deal, which has been negotiated with the EU, and it is the deal on the table. There will be a Council meeting later this month for both parties to agree it, and it will then be put to Parliament, which will, I hope, support it.

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