Brexit: Single Market

Lord Tomlinson Excerpts

Wednesday 14th September 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Howell of Guildford (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Tomlinson (Lab)]

My Lords—

[Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab)]

My Lords—

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[Lord Bridges of Headley]

My noble friend makes an extremely good point about services and all these things. I confirm that we are looking at these issues through the prism of the United Kingdom economy as it currently is and the strengths I have already outlined.

[Lord Tomlinson]

My Lords, the noble Lord in his earlier reply said that the Government were busy analysing the advantages and disadvantages relating to the single market. Does he not think that a sensible way to deal with something quite so significant and important to the British economy is to analyse the problem first before coming to a conclusion?

[Lord Bridges of Headley]

My Lords, we are looking at the British economy, sector by sector, to see the impact that Brexit might have on it and taking a sounding of views right across the economy. That seems to me to be the perfectly logical way to approach this, acting purely in the national interest.