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Proceeding contribution from David Lidington (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 27 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on Council of Europe (UK Chairmanship).


Council of Europe (UK Chairmanship)

Ambitions must sometimes be tempered by the need to obtain the necessary consensus. In the context of getting 46 other countries to agree, the freeze that I talked about is a pretty good outcome. Further encouragement is that the combination of the freeze in the Council of Europe's budget and the recalculation of the relative contributions of member states to that budget means that the United Kingdom will pay a smaller proportion in 2012 than we did in 2011. That is a good outcome of our negotiations.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
534 c511 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Cyprus Democracy Homosexuality Human rights European Convention on Human Rights Gender European Union Internet Discrimination Freedom of expression European Court of Human Rights Parliament Sovereignty Reform Rule of law Turkey Council of Europe FIFA
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