Brexit Negotiations Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Brexit Negotiations

Viscount Ridley Excerpts
Monday 11th December 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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My noble friend is correct that there will be many elements during the implementation period. We will now start to discuss that with the EU—hopefully come Friday, once we have made sufficient progress. We are extremely pleased that Donald Tusk has indicated that he wishes to get on with discussions on the implementation period as quickly as possible, because we need to clarify all these issues so that we can move on.

Viscount Ridley Portrait Viscount Ridley (Con)
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My Lords, I listened carefully to the comments from the Benches opposite, including those of the noble Baroness, Lady Smith. Can my noble friend go a little beyond her remit and speculate as to what she thinks the Labour Party’s position is on any of these issues this week?

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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I am afraid I would struggle to do that.