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Proceeding contribution from Steve Brine (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 December 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on EU Council.


EU Council

May I remind the Prime Minister that we on these Benches and the vast majority of the British people support what he did last week and are very glad that it was this party leader and this party leader alone who was speaking up for Britain at this summit? Does he agree with one of his predecessors? She said:"““Europe is strongest when it grows through willing co-operation and practical measures, not compulsion or bureaucratic dreams.””—[Official Report, 22 November 1990; Vol. 181, c. 451.]"


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
537 c538 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Banks EU countries Financial services Financial institutions EU internal trade EU action Economic and monetary union Euro Referendums Treaties Regulation UK membership of EU European Council
Link
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