Carbon Border Taxes Debate

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Carbon Border Taxes

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Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I do not think that that is relevant to this policy. Most of our trade in food is with the EU, and the EU has a similar scheme to ours.

Lord Watts Portrait Lord Watts (Lab)
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My Lords, is not this another example of the mess that has been left by the previous Government? Does my noble friend agree that they did nothing to negotiate this, which is now causing problems to our industry?

Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I am very tempted to agree with my noble friend. I think that what he says is absolutely the case.

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