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Ministerial statement on Monday, 27 March 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Triesman.


European Council: 23-24 March 2006

Lords statement on the European Council meeting in Brussels on 23-24 March 2006.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
680 c577-91 
Session
2005-06
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Howell of Guildford | 680 c580-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating this fairly detailed Statement. After the rump...
Lord Triesman | 680 c577-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by the F...
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Lord Triesman | 680 c584-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a significant number of issues have been raised and there is only a brief moment to reply ...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 680 c582-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches recognise that this was an informal summit with, primarily, an economi...
Lord Triesman | 680 c586-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree strongly with both underlying propositions the noble Lord, Lord Brittan, has intro...
Lord Brittan of Spennithorne | 680 c586 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that the progress that has been made with regard to the services d...
Lord Dahrendorf | 680 c587-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may press the Minister even further on the question raised by the noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Triesman | 680 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree that protectionism is plainly self-defeating. It distorts and will destroy markets...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 680 c588-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, obtaining comparable numbers of students to those in European universities has been a cent...
Lord Triesman | 680 c588 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry if I did not answer the point clearly enough the first time. I am quite sure th...
Lord Triesman | 680 c590 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a great deal of the discussion on the interests of small businesses centred on regulation ...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 680 c590-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I press the Minister on the question asked by my noble friend Lord Howell of Guildford...
Lord Triesman | 680 c589 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fear that I do not share the hypothesis that lies behind that question. We have a consid...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 680 c589 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the question of economic patriotism, to which I would refer as patriotic Luddism, will ...
Lord Triesman | 680 c589-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have an obligation to speak up vigorously. We have been given something of a lead by Se...
Lord Harrison | 680 c590 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister say a little more about the discussion on small businesses? I understood...
Lord Radice | 680 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there are many fine words in the presidency conclusion. However, is my noble friend confid...
Lord Triesman | 680 c591 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can only repeat my answer that there was no substantive discussion. We are still in the ...
Subjects
Constitutions Elections European Union EU internal trade Gibraltar EU economic policy EU reform Regulation European Council Ukraine EU external relations EU energy policy Belarus World economy
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