Adjournment debate on Thursday, 12 June 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Jim Murphy. The answering member was David Lidington.

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Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on the European Commission. [Relevant documents: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions—Annual Policy Strategy 2009—and Chapter 6 of the Eighteenth Report of the European Scrutiny Committee, HC 16-xvi.]

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 477 c137-74WH
Session: 2007-08
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: European Scrutiny Committee. Eighteenth report, with minutes of proceedings.
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
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Proceeding contributions: Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c152WH (Link to this contribution) That might be a long-term approach, but in the short term the decision went in favour of employers, ...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c151-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and having called frequently for such European debates, I ...; Denis MacShane | 477 c152WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the principal cases that he refers to in Sweden, Germany and Finland ...; Denis MacShane | 477 c150-1WH (Link to this contribution) The UN has commissions in the region, and the very distinguished Baker Commission is working on the ...; David Lidington | 477 c164-6WH (Link to this contribution) May I offer the apologies of my hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh (Mr. Francois), who would normal...; David Drew | 477 c158WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Bayley. The hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey) is right. This is the b...; Ed Davey | 477 c159WH (Link to this contribution) I agree. It is not absolutely clear what purpose the document is intended to serve. The Minister, in...; Jim Murphy | 477 c159WH (Link to this contribution) A UK Parliament.; Ed Davey | 477 c159-64WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister wishes to correct me and I am happy to be corrected. If we are to do that, it is incumb...; Ed Davey | 477 c158WH (Link to this contribution) Before he goes to his next meeting, I congratulate the hon. Member for Luton, North (Kelvin Hopkins)...; David Drew | 477 c158WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Ed Davey | 477 c158WH (Link to this contribution) In a second. To be fair to the hon. Member for Luton, North and the right hon. Member for Rotherham,...; Speaker | 477 c158WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the hon. Member for Stroud intervenes, I point out that it is for the Chair to decide ...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c157-8WH (Link to this contribution) Clearly, fish do not speak languages, so that is very difficult. They do not wear badges or flags. M...; Jim Murphy | 477 c170-4WH (Link to this contribution) I shall have to curtail my remarks then, if I have only three quarters of an hour. It is interestin...; Jim Murphy | 477 c169-70WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to respond to the debate, which has, to quote the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidi...; Speaker | 477 c170WH (Link to this contribution) It is just three quarters of an hour, to make sure that the speech fits the time.; Ed Davey | 477 c169WH (Link to this contribution) For the record, I am sure that the hon. Gentleman would like to tell the House that the Conservative...; David Lidington | 477 c169WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is accurate in what he says, but he does not mention that those Conservative peer...; Ed Davey | 477 c166WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a strong point. Was he as concerned as I was to read that Chancellor Merkel...; David Lidington | 477 c166-9WH (Link to this contribution) I dread the thought of a pan-European FSA, not least because the City of London has been of huge ben...; Jim Murphy | 477 c166WH (Link to this contribution) Transparency.; David Lidington | 477 c166WH (Link to this contribution) Well, I am certainly not going to stand here and argue that there is no case for revising systems of...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c152-5WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. My plan B would be to retain the strength of the democratic Parliaments...; David Drew | 477 c155WH (Link to this contribution) Bizarrely, at a time when we need to subsidise agricultural prices and look again at the traditional...; David Drew | 477 c152WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with my hon. Friend. Does he find it surprising that, as far as I can see from all ...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c155-7WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. I have made the point in the past that price maintenance policies are a...; Denis MacShane | 477 c157WH (Link to this contribution) If someone catches a fish in the North sea, how do they know whether it is German, Danish, Dutch, Be...; Denis MacShane | 477 c143-4WH (Link to this contribution) Having lived in Switzerland and seen the massive subsidies—a much greater share of state revenue tha...; Ed Davey | 477 c144WH (Link to this contribution) Can the right hon. Gentleman tell us the price of a bushel of wheat?; Denis MacShane | 477 c144-6WH (Link to this contribution) That is precisely why I am not a very successful politician. I did not study long and hard enough at...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c146WH (Link to this contribution) There has been a suggestion of partition for some small bits of Kosovo, which would allow the remain...; Denis MacShane | 477 c146WH (Link to this contribution) I travelled from Prizren to Kacanik in the southern part of Kosovo and went through Brezovica, which...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c146WH (Link to this contribution) Wales.; Denis MacShane | 477 c146-50WH (Link to this contribution) Perhaps. The answer to my hon. Friend's question is no: the frontiers are set. Many Albanians living...; Michael Connarty | 477 c142-3WH (Link to this contribution) That point is very well made. As a former Minister for Europe, my right hon. Friend knows this terri...; Denis MacShane | 477 c143WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Government's finding time for this debate, although, like my hon. Friend the Member fo...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c143WH (Link to this contribution) I think the idea of national agricultural policies has great appeal. Does my right hon. Friend not a...; David Drew | 477 c150WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend alluded to Western Sahara, in which I take a particular interest. Surely the French c...; Jim Murphy | 477 c138WH (Link to this contribution) I was on my final sentence, but I shall happily give way.; Philip Hollobone | 477 c138WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Denis MacShane | 477 c142WH (Link to this contribution) The fundamental point is that no country will surrender control over its immigration policy to Bruss...; Michael Connarty | 477 c141-2WH (Link to this contribution) In fact, the role of the European Scrutiny Committee is not to discuss and make policy on the merits...; Philip Hollobone | 477 c141WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening with interest to what the hon. Gentleman is saying, and he has now come on to the imp...; Michael Connarty | 477 c139-41WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed I can. Although this is a very deep and important subject, the Commission sums it up by sayin...; Kelvin Hopkins | 477 c139WH (Link to this contribution) I am interested in what my hon. Friend is saying; I always listen with care to what he says on these...; Michael Connarty | 477 c138-9WH (Link to this contribution) As the Minister knows, the European Scrutiny Committee examined last year's annual policy strategy i...; Jim Murphy | 477 c138WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. As I explained in my introduction, the annual policy s...; Philip Hollobone | 477 c138WH (Link to this contribution) This debate is about the European Commission's annual policy strategy. Is there anywhere in it a com...; Jim Murphy | 477 c137-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Bayley, in today's three-and-a-half-hour debate...
Subjects: Administration of justice Conservation Climate change Competition Immigration Energy EU enlargement European Union EU internal trade Labelling Financial markets EU institutions Standards Bosnia and Herzegovina North Macedonia Reform Regulation Kosovo European Commission Renewable energy Croatia Serbia Turkey Galileo system EU trade Treaty of Lisbon
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