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European Union (Accessions) Bill

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that a man whom I doubt is close in his affections—Jacques Delors, the former President of the European Commission—has also stated on record on a number of occasions his own doubts about the pursuit of an over-integrated EU social model in terms with which the hon. Gentleman would agree? Does he not agree that his stereotype of what it is to be sceptical or pro-European is wildly out of date, when fervent pro-Europeans such as Jacques Delors agree with him, at least in part, on something as crucial as social policy?