Brexit: Economic Forecast

Lord Tebbit Excerpts
Wednesday 28th November 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit (Con)
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My Lords—

Baroness Ludford Portrait Baroness Ludford
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No; I will not give way to a third Tory. Can the Minister tell us whether this is the first Government in history who have deliberately pursued a policy that they know—as the Chancellor confirmed this morning—will make this country and its people poorer? If not, please can he name any other Governments who have acted in such a way?

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Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit
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My Lords—

Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con)
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My Lords, my noble friends will have to decide which of them will ask a question.

Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit
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My Lords, will my noble friend remind the questioner that square one for this country was to be a free, democratic country in which we elected our own Government and could sack our own Government? That is not the European Union.

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I will agree with my noble friend briefly and then perhaps we can hear from the noble Lord, Lord Bridges.