Monday 18th February 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I did of course listen carefully last week to the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, and I paid tribute to him at the end of the debate. But, as the noble Lord will be aware, we do not think that a customs union border in the Irish Sea is acceptable for the constitutional integrity of our country.

Lord Rooker Portrait Lord Rooker (Lab)
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Are any Ministers going to Tokyo to discuss with Honda the announcement it has just made about closing the Swindon factory in 2022? Is this not relevant to parliamentary opinion at all?