Ministerial statement on Monday, 23 March 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

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Statement on the European Council held in Brussels on 19-20 March 2009.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 490 c21-36
Session: 2008-09
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Financial Services: Crown Dependencies
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Gordon Brown | 490 c21-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement on the European Council held in Brussels last...; Speaker | 490 c21-3 (Link to this contribution) Order. The way we do things is that we hear the statement that the Prime Minister has to make, and t...; Gordon Brown | 490 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. When the private sector fails, and when banks ...; Peter Tapsell | 490 c29 (Link to this contribution) On Second Reading of the Bank of England Bill in November 1997, the Prime Minister may remember that...; Gordon Brown | 490 c29 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Independent directors are there not to rubber stamp decisi...; Gavin Strang | 490 c29 (Link to this contribution) Is it not time that the whole House, including the Opposition parties, recognised that the Governmen...; Lord Hain | 490 c30 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the fact that the European Council has adopted many of the ideas that the Prime Minister h...; Iain Duncan Smith | 490 c29 (Link to this contribution) I saw pictures at the weekend of the Prime Minister engaging in a lot of back-slapping and bonhomie ...; Gordon Brown | 490 c29 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is the first to say that we should not all do everything in exactly the sam...; Stuart Bell | 490 c28 (Link to this contribution) Is it not appropriate that the Prime Minister should seek consensus within the European Union, withi...; Gordon Brown | 490 c28 (Link to this contribution) This is a global problem that requires global solutions. I do not think that anybody in our country ...; Speaker | 490 c24 (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Austin, for a few months you have been quiet, and now you have begun to shout again. You ...; Nick Clegg | 490 c27 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement, in which there is much to welcome. The principle of a ...; Gordon Brown | 490 c25-7 (Link to this contribution) I will deal with each point in turn, but is the central point not that, in the face of a global rece...; Gordon Brown | 490 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman wants us to spend money on insulating homes, and we are doing that. He want...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 490 c23-5 (Link to this contribution) Before asking the Prime Minister about his statement today, may I ask him about reporting back to th...; Emily Thornberry | 490 c24 (Link to this contribution) Is this a question or a statement?; Emily Thornberry | 490 c33 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend help the House by answering this question? How many jobs would be secured ...; Gordon Brown | 490 c33 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. At the G20 we will receive a report from Mr. Lamy, the...; David Curry | 490 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) Whatever people's degree of enthusiasm for the European Union, it is commonly accepted that the free...; David Leslie Taylor | 490 c32 (Link to this contribution) The European Council's pledge to protect the world's financial systems from opaque and unco-operativ...; Gordon Brown | 490 c32 (Link to this contribution) Tax evasion is illegal, and we are dealing with it in the ways in which we can. If anyone has eviden...; Lord Maples | 490 c32 (Link to this contribution) Did the Prime Minister have a chance to discuss with his colleagues at the Council the five European...; Gordon Prentice | 490 c32 (Link to this contribution) Forty per cent. of the jobless in the United Kingdom are under 25, and we face the prospect of rapid...; Gordon Brown | 490 c32 (Link to this contribution) I can tell my hon. Friend what we are doing. We are determined to ensure that school leavers who lea...; Gordon Brown | 490 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) Long after 2004, we did a number of exercises with the American authorities about what we would do i...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 490 c31 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, the Prime Minister rightly highlighted the need to have economic stability, good g...; Gordon Brown | 490 c31 (Link to this contribution) Every pensioner in the United Kingdom got the benefit of the pension rise, every family got the bene...; Gordon Brown | 490 c31 (Link to this contribution) As you know, Mr. Speaker, some changes have taken place in Romania, and it is important to remind it...; Gordon Brown | 490 c30 (Link to this contribution) These matters are more appropriate for the NATO summit on 2 and 3 April. I hope that the right hon. ...; Lord Reid of Cardowan | 490 c30 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is right that the restoration of confidence in the financial sector and reforms d...; Elfyn Llwyd | 490 c31 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister recognise that his financial stimuli and counter-cyclical investments have h...; Gordon Brown | 490 c30 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is right at this time to use the Government's powers to...; Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 490 c30 (Link to this contribution) During the course of the Council, was there any discussion of the impact of the present financial cr...; Peter Bone | 490 c36 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) asked right at the beginning about the fort...; Gordon Brown | 490 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) It is in the interests of the whole world that these imbalances—they are imbalances not only within ...; Bob Spink | 490 c35 (Link to this contribution) We must all welcome the Prime Minister's positive programme of action to tackle the global economic ...; Gordon Brown | 490 c35 (Link to this contribution) These dependent territories have got to meet these standards—that is our position.; Lord Brady of Altrincham | 490 c35 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has congratulated Switzerland and others on moving towards OECD standards of tran...; Speaker | 490 c36 (Link to this contribution) Order.; Gordon Brown | 490 c36 (Link to this contribution) All tax havens are now under pressure. People will not see their money as safe in these havens after...; Andrew MacKay | 490 c36 (Link to this contribution) The European Council deserves our support in putting pressure on unco-operative tax havens. Why did ...; Gordon Brown | 490 c35 (Link to this contribution) I have never heard an Opposition who want to talk the country down as much as this Opposition. Durin...; Gordon Brown | 490 c34 (Link to this contribution) First of all, I have a copy of the conclusions of the European summit and they did change substantia...; Alistair Burt | 490 c34 (Link to this contribution) But with such enormous debt chasing a finite capacity to lend, some commentators are now talking abo...; Lord Cormack | 490 c33 (Link to this contribution) What reassurance and hope can be offered to those who, 20 years ago, were citizens of the Warsaw pac...; Lord Redwood | 490 c33 (Link to this contribution) I strongly welcome the Prime Minister's belief in more transparency. In that spirit, can he now tell...; Gordon Brown | 490 c33 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. We have a huge problem in parts of eastern and central Europe, because ...; William Cash | 490 c34 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister may know that today the hapless Lord Myners has signed off the European Commissio...; Gordon Brown | 490 c34 (Link to this contribution) This is the man who told us:""We see no need to continue to regulate the provision of mortgage finan...; David Heathcoat-Amory | 490 c34 (Link to this contribution) The published conclusions of the Council differ hardly at all from the conclusions circulated prior ...; Gordon Brown | 490 c36 (Link to this contribution) I think the timings of the parliamentary recess were agreed far before those of the G20. I worked ve...; Speaker | 490 c28 (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Mackay, you are another regular who seems to want to shout across the Chamber, particular...; Gordon Brown | 490 c32 (Link to this contribution) Environmental and other regulations have been put forward by the European Union. Part of our promise...; Lord Howard of Lympne | 490 c31 (Link to this contribution) In discussing the financial crisis with his colleagues at the Council, did the Prime Minister draw t...; Gordon Brown | 490 c30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who has taken an interest in the matter and written to me abo...; Gordon Brown | 490 c34 (Link to this contribution) I have with me a copy of the letter that the Chancellor sent to the Czech Republic, which has the pr...; Gordon Brown | 490 c33 (Link to this contribution) If we were looking for job creation measures, that would not be at the top of the agenda. I remind M...
Subjects: Banks Climate change Developing countries Broadband Finance Energy supply Financial services International cooperation Economic situation EU action EU economic policy International Monetary Fund Pay Regulation Trade Renewable energy Tax havens European Council
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