Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:01 pm ar 5 Mehefin 2018.
Lord Cunningham of Felling
Llafur
3:01,
5 Mehefin 2018
My Lords, is the Minister sanguine about the negotiations on our membership of the Galileo programme? Has he or his department done any calculation as to what the consequences will be for the United Kingdom if we are excluded from that very important programme?
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