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Ministerial statement on Monday, 20 October 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

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Statement on the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 15 and 16 October.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
481 c21-40 
Session
2007-08
Department
Prime Minister
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House of Commons chamber
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Deposited Paper DEP2008-2425
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lord Robathan | 481 c40 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister particularly spoke about insisting on openness and disclosure. He wants off-balan...
Gordon Brown | 481 c40 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is referring to private finance partnerships, those figures are published regu...
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Gordon Brown | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) Discussions on those matters are continuing with the Icelandic authorities, as the Chancellor said. ...
Lord Brady of Altrincham | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) What are the Government doing to protect the interests of the many British people who hold deposits ...
Gordon Brown | 481 c39 (Link to this contribution) This is part of the decisions that we made on nuclear energy. I think that the hon. Gentleman can se...
Tony Baldry | 481 c39 (Link to this contribution) On nuclear power, is the Prime Minister convinced that the City will be willing to meet the costs of...
Gordon Brown | 481 c40 (Link to this contribution) I hope that, on reflection, the hon. Gentleman, who is usually a moderate man, will realise the exag...
Anne Main | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) On Monday, a senior official from the Department for Communities and Local Government told the Selec...
Gordon Brown | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is referring to the development agencies as a whole and what we did to help housing. T...
Gordon Brown | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) We have published guidelines with the Council of Mortgage Lenders so that repossession is a last res...
Gordon Brown | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising that question. The trade talks fell down on a very narr...
Charles Walker | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) As the Prime Minister is going large on intervention, will he personally intervene with the banks to...
Bernard Jenkin | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Prime Minister that the IMF was warning about rising debt levels in the UK as long ...
Gordon Brown | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) I remind the hon. Gentleman that our debt levels, as published by the IMF, are 37 point—[Interruptio...
Peter Bone | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) The preference share subscription agreements and the ordinary share offering agreements for the £37 ...
Gordon Brown | 481 c38 (Link to this contribution) We are in discussions with the banks all the time about how we can implement the agreements that we ...
Brooks Newmark | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Prime Minister has called for greater transparency, with off-balance-sheet financing ...
Gordon Brown | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) Whatever the debate, the hon. Gentleman always asks me the same question about off-balance-sheet act...
David Curry | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) I have lost count of the number of times that the Prime Minister has announced the relaunch of the w...
Gordon Brown | 481 c36 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know, because his region is one of the beneficiaries of scientific investment in...
Peter Tapsell | 481 c36 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Prime Minister that on 11 November 1997, during the debate on the Bank of England B...
Gordon Brown | 481 c36 (Link to this contribution) I have great respect for the hon. Gentleman's recollection of history, but I should tell him that AI...
Kelvin Hopkins | 481 c36 (Link to this contribution) First, may I say how much I agree with the comments made by my hon. Friend and comrade the Member fo...
Gordon Brown | 481 c36 (Link to this contribution) Just to reassure my hon. Friend, may I say that we have no proposals to join the euro? We also have ...
Keith Simpson | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) As of today, to the nearest £1 billion, how much do the Government owe?
Gordon Brown | 481 c37 (Link to this contribution) That will be published in the pre-Budget report, as it is normal for every Government to do.
Gordon Brown | 481 c21-4 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the European Council held in B...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 481 c24-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. Rightly, the financial crisis was the most important i...
Gordon Brown | 481 c26-8 (Link to this contribution) Let me deal first with the issues that the right hon. Gentleman raised at the beginning. Of course t...
George Mudie | 481 c31 (Link to this contribution) Yes, why not? Wisely, the package that rescued the bankers had a price, which was help to household...
Gordon Brown | 481 c31 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly what we are dealing with now. I have been involved in the process for some weeks, fi...
Lord Risby | 481 c31 (Link to this contribution) Following the point raised by my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron), can the Prim...
Gordon Brown | 481 c32 (Link to this contribution) Because the Conservatives have the wrong analysis of the problem with which we are dealing, they can...
Stuart Bell | 481 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister confirm that the motto of the European Union is ““unity in diversity””? In th...
Gordon Brown | 481 c32 (Link to this contribution) I said to the European Council when we discussed the issue that there would be a new American Presid...
Elfyn Llwyd | 481 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to lengthy discussions on climate change. Is he going to use some of his...
Gordon Brown | 481 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his question. He has always taken a great interest in ener...
Gavin Strang | 481 c32 (Link to this contribution) Can my right hon. Friend confirm that the Council took note of a report from the presidency on the o...
Nick Clegg | 481 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Prime Minister for his statement. The summit was indeed a breakthrough. It was ...
Speaker | 481 c28 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let the Prime Minister speak.
Malcolm Rifkind | 481 c30 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister acknowledge that this is the first global financial crisis in over 100 years...
Gordon Brown | 481 c30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who served with great distinction in the Treasury, as well as...
Patricia Hewitt | 481 c30 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the action that my right hon. Friend has taken to stabilise the banking system. Can...
Gordon Brown | 481 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) I would take the right hon. Gentleman's party more seriously if the major item at his party conferen...
George Mudie | 481 c31 (Link to this contribution) The whole House should congratulate and thank the Prime Minister and the Chancellor for their sound ...
Gordon Brown | 481 c30 (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. and learned Gentleman knows, the G20, which was set up after the Asian crisis, inc...
Lord Lilley | 481 c35 (Link to this contribution) Is the Prime Minister aware that at a time of grave economic crisis, the House can rarely have heard...
Gordon Brown | 481 c35 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, because I know of his expertise in these matters and the work that ...
Denis MacShane | 481 c35 (Link to this contribution) On Russia, I welcome the Prime Minister's firm stand. Russia must not be rewarded, or allowed to con...
Gordon Brown | 481 c35 (Link to this contribution) I recall that the right hon. Gentleman was a Minister in the Conservative Government when borrowing ...
Colin Challen | 481 c34 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, welcome the reaffirmation of the climate change 2020 targets at the European Council las...
Stephen Hammond | 481 c35 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister continues to quote the historic borrowing number, but will he confirm that if one...
Gordon Brown | 481 c35 (Link to this contribution) The Council was right to say that this is not the time for a decision to be made about resuming talk...
Andrew Miller | 481 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's comments on climate change. If we are to succeed in producing the c...
Gordon Brown | 481 c33 (Link to this contribution) And council housing, my hon. Friend says. I had not anticipated last year that we would be part-owne...
Dennis Skinner | 481 c33 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that in 1945 the then Labour Government had to take some measures? The...
Lord Spicer | 481 c33 (Link to this contribution) Did the Prime Minister tell the Council about his promise to abolish boom and bust for this country?...
William Cash | 481 c34 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister, in referring to the statement, also refer to the presidency conclusions? Ca...
Gordon Brown | 481 c34 (Link to this contribution) First, we need international standards, not just European standards, for the future. There is a huge...
James Plaskitt | 481 c34 (Link to this contribution) On the financial and banking items, did the Council consider the future of the EU's capital requirem...
Gordon Brown | 481 c34 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the question of supplies of oil for the future. That is concern...
John Hemming | 481 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) The recent high prices and volatility in the price of oil is symptomatic of geological constraints o...
Gordon Brown | 481 c31 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the leadership role that he plays on the Treasury Committee, and...
Gordon Brown | 481 c34 (Link to this contribution) In a period of economic difficulty, is it not better that people come together rather than split apa...
Gordon Brown | 481 c33 (Link to this contribution) This country has had 10 years of economic growth under a Labour Government. I cannot recall that bei...
Crispin Blunt | 481 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) In the presidency conclusions, the European Council emphasises that"““the real performance of compan...
Gordon Brown | 481 c35 (Link to this contribution) Our figures are based on international accounting standards and on the independent Office for Nation...
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