I have been making effectively the same point myself for about the last year. We concluded that the EEA model would not work for Britain’s most important sector, financial services. The deal that the Prime Minister has negotiated has within it good and strong provisions for financial services and will be a much better result for the financial services industry than the EEA model would be.
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 January 2019.
It occurred during Debates on treaty on European Union (Withdrawal) Act.
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