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Ministerial statement on Monday, 18 December 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Beckett.

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Statement on the European Council held in Brussels on 14-15 December 2006.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
454 c1157-70 
Session
2006-07
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) There was not detailed discussion about Ukraine, but the point was made clearly and firmly on a numb...
Denis MacShane | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Next year, Britain will celebrate two great acts of union—that with Scotland and that within the Eur...
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Speaker | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman makes a habit of this. He did it the last time that I called him. I did hi...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Of course there are different legal systems and jurisdictions throughout the EU, but when it comes t...
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Can my right hon. Friend assure me that the United Kingdom would never support any suggestion of a m...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) I am just wondering what my hon. Friend has in mind, but certainly I have seen no such proposal, nor...
Lord Risby | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Given the welcome remarks of the right hon. Lady regarding enlargement, would she be good enough to ...
Keith Vaz | 454 c1163 (Link to this contribution) May I join others in congratulating my right hon. Friend on pursuing the enlargement agenda and maki...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1163 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. He is entirely right. The House will always be extremely caut...
Stewart Hosie | 454 c1163-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Lady for an advance copy of the statement, which suggests that on justice and...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1165 (Link to this contribution) There are considerable and detailed ongoing discussions about the issue, as I am sure the right hon....
Speaker | 454 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Order. I heard the remark made by the right hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacShane). He has been lo...
Viscount Hailsham | 454 c1164-5 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Foreign Secretary whether in the margins of the Council—[Interruption.] May I ask the...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1165 (Link to this contribution) Who can query the notion that whether dealing with Russia or with other countries, we should always ...
David Howarth | 454 c1165 (Link to this contribution) Does the Foreign Secretary agree with what Mr. Barroso said about relations with Russia this morning...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1165 (Link to this contribution) I say to my hon. Friend, with affection as well as respect, that he is never comfortable with any co...
Andrew Mackinlay | 454 c1165 (Link to this contribution) May I tell the Secretary of State that I am uncomfortable about the cosy consensus between the three...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1166 (Link to this contribution) There was a certain amount—if not a massive amount—of discussion about migration and asylum, which i...
Bernard Jenkin | 454 c1166 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary might agree that it was a very quiet summit. Why would that be so? What has ha...
David S Borrow | 454 c1166 (Link to this contribution) It has been suggested that the question of enlargement be linked to a resolution of the difficulties...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1166 (Link to this contribution) No. Indeed, the view expressed by our Prime Minister at the Hampton Court summit during the British ...
Crispin Blunt | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) In the declaration on the middle east peace process, the European Council noted the importance of a ...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) May I press the Foreign Secretary a little bit further on Afghanistan, which was the subject of a se...
Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) What discussions were held on the future status of Kosovo, particularly considering the current stan...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that that is not something that I have had time to familiarise myself with since the Cou...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) There was no discussion really about the future status of Kosovo, but that was partly because there ...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to highlight the fact that that is a potential danger. A range of issues wil...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1168 (Link to this contribution) I shall not venture to advise Chancellor Merkel on the policy that the German Government should purs...
Kelvin Hopkins | 454 c1168 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware that Chancellor Merkel has suggested not just that a revised vers...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1168 (Link to this contribution) We do not envisage relaxation of our stance on civil and humanitarian rights, nor have I read into w...
Greg Hands | 454 c1168 (Link to this contribution) The German Government have said that central Asia will be one of their priorities for their presiden...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1168 (Link to this contribution) Certainly, there are some issues that will have to be considered because the Union has already made ...
Wayne David | 454 c1168 (Link to this contribution) While I agree with the former Foreign Secretary that the constitutional treaty is probably dead, doe...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1168 (Link to this contribution) There is already a mechanism for taking into account environmental issues and concerns alongside the...
Vincent Cable | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State endorse the comments made by Mr. Peter Mandelson this morning that the F...
Lord Harper | 454 c1169 (Link to this contribution) The French are alleged to have withdrawn their special forces from Helmand province. Given the press...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1169 (Link to this contribution) Let me gently point out to the hon. Gentleman that I am the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commo...
Andrew Dismore | 454 c1169 (Link to this contribution) In relation to Turkey’s application to join the EU, will my right hon. Friend say what discussions t...
Philip Hollobone | 454 c1170 (Link to this contribution) Given the Foreign Secretary’s enthusiasm for Turkish membership of the EU and the experience of the ...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1169-70 (Link to this contribution) I find myself slightly torn. While I entirely share my hon. Friend’s point of view, both as to what ...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1170 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that we are rather a long way from an agreement for Turkey to join the European Union. A...
David Gauke | 454 c1169 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Secretary referred to EU policy towards Africa. I am sure that she will agree that remov...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1169 (Link to this contribution) People are mindful that those are among the reforms and changes that we would wish to see in Turkey....
Hugh Bayley | 454 c1169 (Link to this contribution) Given that the problems with the Doha round have been due, to a considerable extent, to the EU’s inf...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1169 (Link to this contribution) There was not much discussion of the Doha round at the European Council. As the hon. Gentleman will ...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1170 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made a number of points in expressing his concern—which I know many will share—ab...
Chris Bryant | 454 c1170 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question from the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth), may I ask whether there ...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1170 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly confirm that there has been substantial progress. One always says that with great tr...
Richard Younger-Ross | 454 c1170 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for missing the beginning of the Minister’s statement. Further to the question from the...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1163 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but experience leads me to conclude that if I do not entirely understand what he is asking, I s...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1162-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, who I know has long taken a great interest in these matters, makes an interesting po...
William Cash | 454 c1163 (Link to this contribution) I have just returned with the European Scrutiny Committee from a visit to Berlin. Would the Foreign ...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1163 (Link to this contribution) That was a slightly convoluted sentence, if I may say so to the hon. Gentleman. Yes, but experienc...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1161 (Link to this contribution) First, I should say that on this occasion there was no particularly detailed discussion of the issue...
Michael Moore | 454 c1161-2 (Link to this contribution) This was hardly the most spectacular of summits, but in its own way, I suppose that that may be rega...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1162 (Link to this contribution) First, may I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome on some of the issues? One must always view su...
Stuart Bell | 454 c1162 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend mentioned enlargement. She is aware that next year we will see the presidencies...
Mike Gapes | 454 c1161 (Link to this contribution) May I also welcome the statement? The Foreign Secretary referred to keeping commitments to all the c...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1160-1 (Link to this contribution) First, to pick up on what the right hon. Gentleman said about Turkey, I recognise and much appreciat...
Lord Hague of Richmond | 454 c1159-60 (Link to this contribution) The focus of the summit, as the Foreign Secretary said, was enlargement, which has been the European...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1157-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the European Council held in Brus...
Jeremy Corbyn | 454 c1166 (Link to this contribution) When the Council met, what discussions took place about the humanitarian crisis facing people who ha...
Baroness Beckett | 454 c1166 (Link to this contribution) I can assure my hon. Friend that we have not only resisted any attempt to put in new criteria for me...
Ian Davidson | 454 c1167 (Link to this contribution) May I seek further clarification from the Minister on the question of the common asylum policy, whic...
Subjects
Climate change Africa Undocumented migrants EU enlargement Innovation EU common foreign and security policy EU justice and home affairs Afghanistan Israel Turkey European Council Palestine Iran Middle East Peace negotiations EU external relations EU immigration Lebanon EU energy policy Northern Cyprus EU trade
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