Ministerial statement on Monday, 20 June 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Tony Blair.

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Statement on the European Council meeting in Brussels on 16-17 June 2005.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 435 c523-40
Session: 2005-06
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Common Agricultural Policy
Monday, 27 June 2005
Written questions
House of Commons; EU Budget
Monday, 10 October 2005
Written questions
House of Commons; EU Finance
Wednesday, 26 October 2005
Written questions
House of Commons; European Constitution Treaty
Tuesday, 21 June 2005
Written questions
House of Commons; European Constitution Treaty
Tuesday, 21 June 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Andrew MacKay | 435 c537 (Link to this contribution) How long does the Prime Minister define a pause to be?; Tony Blair | 435 c537 (Link to this contribution) What my hon. Friend says is right, in the sense that the environment is one area where Europe must a...; Joan Walley | 435 c537 (Link to this contribution) May I press the Prime Minister on the issues of globalisation and the environment raised by my hon. ...; Tony Blair | 435 c537 (Link to this contribution) Any budget decisions must be taken at a later time, but I understand the concerns of British farmers...; Tony Blair | 435 c538 (Link to this contribution) I did not quite approach the matter in that way. It is important to say, not just for the audience i...; Lord Maples | 435 c538 (Link to this contribution) I understand why the Prime Minister has closely linked the possibility of the reform of the rebate t...; Tony Blair | 435 c537 (Link to this contribution) As long as it takes.; Hugh Bayley | 435 c538 (Link to this contribution) The need for CAP reform will clearly bounce back at the G8, because development and trade justice fo...; Tony Blair | 435 c538 (Link to this contribution) I agree that those questions are important, but the financing deal must be fair to this country as w...; Dari Taylor | 435 c538 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend accept that many of the British electorate believe that EU funding is not ...; Tony Blair | 435 c535 (Link to this contribution) It would be unrealistic to think that we are going to get agreement on an entire reform package over...; Tony Blair | 435 c535 (Link to this contribution) That is why the constitution, in our judgment, represents a sensible set of rules for the future, bu...; Adrian Sanders | 435 c535 (Link to this contribution) For as long as we exercise our veto on the removal of our veto, France will veto CAP reform. That is...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 435 c536 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister rightly said that this is a case of reaching agreement not just among the politic...; Tony Blair | 435 c536 (Link to this contribution) I understand entirely what my hon. Friend is saying. Most people are now concentrating on the debate...; Lord Lilley | 435 c536 (Link to this contribution) In light of the Prime Minister’s call for a fundamental review of the European Union, its purpose an...; Tony Blair | 435 c536 (Link to this contribution) Because if we started a debate now about renegotiating our own treaty obligations to the rest of Eur...; Martin Linton | 435 c536 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the most important aspect of our commitment to Africa is not th...; Tony Blair | 435 c536 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right, and that is exactly what we should do. As I said, it is perfectly reasonabl...; James Paice | 435 c537 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister knows that there is little support in this country for using our taxpayers’ money...; Stuart Bell | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) Building on the questions asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, East (Dr. Strang) ...; Tony Blair | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) That is right, they are not my words, but in this case they are not Margaret Thatcher’s words either...; Tony Blair | 435 c535 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is right to say that there are all sorts of risks and dangers in the debate...; Mark Hendrick | 435 c535 (Link to this contribution) I commend my right hon. Friend’s position on retaining the British rebate until the CAP is reformed ...; Tony Blair | 435 c534 (Link to this contribution) To put my hon. Friend’s mind at rest might be too vaulting an ambition, but I can tell him that the ...; David Curry | 435 c534-5 (Link to this contribution) Is there not a danger of enormous collateral damage resulting from the row? Is not one of the areas ...; Tony Blair | 435 c534 (Link to this contribution) I think that we have already gone through the position on the referendum. On his first point, the ho...; Jeremy Corbyn | 435 c534 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister put my mind at rest? [Interruption.] Well, perhaps he can help me. I watched...; Tony Blair | 435 c534 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that, as we should be, our country will be a major player in any debate about the future o...; Richard Shepherd | 435 c534 (Link to this contribution) Central to opposition to the European Union has always been the question of democratic and accountab...; Gavin Strang | 435 c532 (Link to this contribution) In supporting my right hon. Friend, I put it to him that we should not lose sight of the achievement...; Tony Blair | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) We have to decide what is in the interests of everybody in Europe. As I said, it is not that countri...; Peter Tapsell | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) Surely the Prime Minister is being too modest. I welcome his belated application to join the Eurosce...; Tony Blair | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the hon. Gentleman and I really agree on the European Union. I still believe tha...; Tony Blair | 435 c532 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my right hon. Friend is right. What is more, it is important to realise that the new accession ...; Lord Bannside | 435 c532 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the controversy raging over the Common Market and the commo...; Tony Blair | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) I sort of agree with some of that. What is important is that the deal on the common agricultural pol...; Ronnie Campbell | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has done a pretty good job in Europe over the past few days, but how on earth wil...; Julian Lewis | 435 c533 (Link to this contribution) Not my words, Mr. Speaker, but those of . . .; Tony Blair | 435 c540 (Link to this contribution) I suppose that realistic Euroscepticism is better than unrealistic Euroscepticism. However, the prob...; Tony Blair | 435 c539 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the hon. Gentleman’s point is right. It is important to emphasise that, for the ...; Mike Gapes | 435 c539 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement that this country will continue to champion enlargement, bu...; Tony Blair | 435 c539 (Link to this contribution) It is important that we keep to our obligations in respect of Turkey, which we intend to take forwar...; Tony Blair | 435 c538 (Link to this contribution) I understand the points raised by my hon. Friend, and I will do my best.; David Heathcoat-Amory | 435 c540 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister on treading the familiar path for British Prime Ministers from unc...; Tony Blair | 435 c539 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that helpful advice, which I shall pause to reflect on.; Lord Redwood | 435 c539 (Link to this contribution) Will the UK Government table a paper on the budget, in a spirit helpful to our partners, pointing ou...; Tony Blair | 435 c540 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that we need to make progress quickly, particularly on the economic reform a...; Chris Bryant | 435 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is surely right to say that there should be a period of reflection, but does he w...; Speaker | 435 c530 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I ask hon. Members to co-operate with me by asking far briefer supplementary questions?; William Cash | 435 c530 (Link to this contribution) Against the background of this historic opportunity, does the Prime Minister recall the words of Wil...; Tony Blair | 435 c530 (Link to this contribution) That is certainly true, anyway. It is also true to say, though, that this change in Europe will not...; Dennis Skinner | 435 c529-30 (Link to this contribution) Is the Prime Minister aware that, notwithstanding the many reasons that he advanced for the no vote ...; Charles Kennedy | 435 c528 (Link to this contribution) Naturally, those of us in the fundamentally pro-European camp feel a degree of pessimism about the p...; Tony Blair | 435 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) First, let me thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his initial comments when he said that ...; Tony Blair | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) That is why this is important. If we were to start talking about renegotiating the existing terms, i...; Denis MacShane | 435 c530 (Link to this contribution) As I will be in Warsaw this weekend, may I welcome the Prime Minister’s generous statements about he...; Tony Blair | 435 c530 (Link to this contribution) I think that William Pitt went about things in quite a military way, as I seem to recall, and I do n...; Tony Blair | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) What my style is? It is the budget we are debating, not fashion.; Alex Salmond | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) The question is what your style is.; Tony Blair | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. If we were making real strides forward on economic reform, deali...; Keith Vaz | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister on fighting so hard to preserve the British rebate? I realise ...; Tony Blair | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) I can tell the hon. Gentleman exactly. In the latter part of the last Government, I am afraid that B...; Alex Salmond | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that, right through his premiership, he has lectured us that the diff...; Tony Blair | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Gentleman have accepted it or not?; Tony Blair | 435 c532 (Link to this contribution) It is for precisely that reason that we need to push forward with enlargement. The point that the ho...; Ian Taylor | 435 c531-2 (Link to this contribution) I suppose that the events of the past few days have turned us all into Eurosceptics, but the questio...; Lord Howard of Lympne | 435 c525-7 (Link to this contribution) When the Prime Minister returns from a European Union Council, it is customary to start with those a...; Tony Blair | 435 c523-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement about the European Council held in Brussels o...; Alex Salmond | 435 c531 (Link to this contribution) How many allies?; Elfyn Llwyd | 435 c538 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister appreciate that one consequence of failing to set the budget is that west Wa...; Tony Blair | 435 c529 (Link to this contribution) On the latter point the answer is yes. We have set a target of 2013 on international development. Th...
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