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Proceeding contribution from Lord Moynihan of Chelsea (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 14 May 2026. It occurred during King's speech debate on King’s Speech.

King’s Speech

My Lords, this week the Prime Minister—if indeed he still is the Prime Minister; I am not sure—abandoned his red lines to stealthily reintegrate with the EU, to change our laws to its laws, with the UK having very little say in what those laws will in future be. The direction of travel of the Government’s reset is not just a betrayal

of Brexit; it is a blundering destruction of our future economic opportunities. The long bond today trades 10% lower than it did at any time during the Truss Administration.

Brexit has not, as claimed by the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, who is not in his place—

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
856 cc122-3 
Session
2026-27
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Defence Aviation Business Competition Capital investment Billing British Steel Energy supply Financial services Infrastructure Food Economic situation Iron and steel Economic growth Northern Ireland Manufacturing industries Nuclear power Public expenditure Railways Nationalisation Regulation Trade agreements Social security benefits Small businesses Agricultural products UK trade with EU Overseas trade Public finance Windsor Framework UK relations with EU North of England UK internal trade Visitor levy
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