G20 Summit - Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 6:38 pm on 3 December 2018.

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Photo of Lord Soley Lord Soley Labour 6:38, 3 December 2018

My Lords, in view of the rather chaotic state of the Government, this might seem a slightly premature question, but the Statement refers to various attempts to make deals with other countries on trade. There are some interesting references to how that might be done. Given that we are going to be a rule taker from the EU for quite some time—some of those rules are very good: data protection rules, for example, are of a very high standard—is it our intention to negotiate trade deals with other non-EU countries using those rules, or are we going to have different rules for every country we negotiate a deal with?