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

EU Council

The new organisation outside the EU cannot draw up or implement agreements on financial services or other things that have an impact on the single market. Those things have to be done through the Single Market Council. Of course there will always be difficulties at that Council, where frankly my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has to fight Britain's corner very hard, but the danger for us was allowing the treaty of the 17 to come into the EU without proper safeguards. That is why we behaved as we did.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
537 c551 
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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