Brexit: Equalities Impact Assessment Debate

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Lord Pearson of Rannoch

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Budget Statement: Social Housing

Brexit: Equalities Impact Assessment

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HMP Liverpool
Thursday 21st December 2017

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I assure the noble Lord that Brexit will go ahead. We are committed to it and will be leaving the EU in March 2019. None of that will impact on our membership of the Council of Europe.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch Portrait Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP)
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Can the Minister explain why the Liberal Democrats feel that we need lessons in equality from the European Union, which is, after all, one of the most anti-democratic outfits on the planet?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I am afraid that of all the difficult questions I get asked in this House, asking me to explain the policies of the Liberal Democrats is an impossible one.

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