Lord Watts
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Baroness Gustafsson (Lab)
The Government’s priorities are around driving economic growth within the UK, and I firmly believe that regulation has an important role to make sure that that growth is not short-term but long-term and sustainable. We have many trading opportunities within Europe, which is one of our largest trading partners, and there is an opportunity to make sure that we work to remove any barriers that get in the way of supporting that trade while making sure that we still support our own ambitions within the UK to drive that sustainable economic growth.
Lord Watts (Lab)
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on trying to reset the relationship between ourselves and Europe that was ruined by the previous Government. Can I urge the Minister to put growth and our trade relationship at the forefront of our policy and to take no notice of those people who live in the past and have no idea how to attain the growth that we need?
Baroness Gustafsson (Lab)
I thank my noble friend for that question. We completely agree that economic growth within the UK is our number one priority. A great way to achieve that is by freshening the relationships we have with our key trading partners both within Europe and beyond.