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Proceeding contribution from Lord Deben (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 3 May 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on European Union Bill.

European Union Bill

The noble Lord really must not say that. It is not true. Most of our fishing grounds have always been shared with our neighbours—the French, the Belgians and the Germans—and we have always had to come to terms with them. All that the European common fisheries policy does is to have a sensible mechanism. It is not that the policy being common is wrong but that the policy is wrong. You have to have a common policy; otherwise you can only make these decisions with the marlinspike. It is just not true that we had 75 per cent of it before.

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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
727 c445 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Climate change Competition EU law Energy supply Human trafficking EU accession Financial services EU internal trade Legislation European communities EU internal relations Powers Referendums Piracy Sovereignty Treaties Regulation Treaty on European Union UK membership of EU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union EU aid Treaty of Lisbon
Legislation
European Union Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk