The noble Lord said that Brussels did not intervene in the negotiations at an earlier phase. The reason was perfectly simple. It was that both the United Kingdom and Ireland were in the single market; they were in the European Union together, and there was nothing for Brussels to intervene about. That is not now the situation.
EU Withdrawal
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hannay of Chiswick
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on EU Withdrawal.
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