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Proceeding contribution from Lord Adonis (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 30 December 2020. It occurred during Debate on bill on European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.

European Union (Future Relationship) Bill

I am sure it is much better to say exactly what we think about public affairs and this is certainly not a time when it is worth anyone’s while to court political popularity. I will therefore begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget, but which must be stated, that

“we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat”.—[Official Report, Commons, 5/10/1938; col. 360.]

Those were Winston Churchill’s words in the House of Commons on the Munich agreement 82 years ago. Alas, they apply word for word to the Brexit agreement we are being asked to rubber-stamp today.

5.41 pm

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
808 c1842 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Data protection Databases Criminal records Crime Devolution Arts Borders Cross border cooperation Employment Fisheries Extradition Human rights Environment Financial services Food Government assistance Gibraltar Higher education Import duties Free movement of people Qualifications Northern Ireland Professions Parliamentary scrutiny Musicians Reciprocal arrangements Scotland Sovereignty Security Safety Wales Trade agreements Service industries Henry VIII clauses UK trade with EU Impact assessments Legislative consent motions European arrest warrants Erasmus+ programme Dispute resolution UK relations with EU UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Turing scheme Northern Ireland Protocol
Legislation
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill 2019-21
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk