Exiting the EU

Lord Maude of Horsham Excerpts

Monday 9th July 2018 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Waverley (CB)]

My Lords—

[Lord Maude of Horsham (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con)]

My Lords, we will hear from my noble friend Lord Maude.

[Lord Maude of Horsham]

My Lords, will my noble friend be minded respectfully to suggest that this plan will mean that for trade in goods, for some years at any rate, this will mean that Britain will remain effectively in the single market—of course, the single market in services, especially financial services, is very far from complete—but that these arrangements will not be set in perpetuity? This is a moveable feast. It was not the case that Britain was in the EU in perpetuity. Those who comment on this should be careful not to assume that everything has to be done all at once. The one thing that is absolutely clear that would be catastrophic for this country, given the decision made last June, would be for us to falter and not deliver on the Brexit that people voted for.

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

I entirely agree with my noble friend.