Richard Foord

Richard Foord

Liberal Democrat — Honiton and Sidmouth

Speaking in the House of Commons on 22 May 2025

Debate

UK-EU Summit: Policy Priorities

Contribution

I am grateful to the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee for this thorough set of proposals, and especially for the call for a greater role for Parliament. The Committee red, amber and green-rated its 20 proposals and marked as green the UK-EU security pact. Yet the Prime Minister’s spokesman admitted: “This is a first step towards UK participation in Europe’s defence investment progression” and went on to say that it merely “opens the door towards joint procurement.” Will the Committee Chair acknowledge how much more there is to do before this amounts to a shared defence industrial base?

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