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Debate on Wednesday, 10 February 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Ian Pearson. The answering member was David Gauke.

Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

Debate on a motion to take note with approval of the Government's assessment as set out in the Pre-Budget Report 2009 for the purposes of Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993. Amendment negatived on division. (227 to 179). Main question agreed on division. (216 to 189).

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
505 c942-69 
Session
2009-10
Department
Treasury
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 505 c963 (Link to this contribution) I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the Aye Lobby.
Ian Pearson | 505 c962-3 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I have a maximum of three minutes left, and rather than reope...
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Ian Pearson | 505 c962 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I shall respond briefly to the debate. First, I want to address the po...
Lord Tyrie | 505 c959-61 (Link to this contribution) That was as usual an extremely interesting speech from my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Mr. Cash...
Lord Tyrie | 505 c962 (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend will allow me, I will not, because I wish to conclude my remarks so as to give the...
Speaker | 505 c955 (Link to this contribution) Order. If hon. Members wish to hear a short reply by the Minister, there is limited time for those w...
William Cash | 505 c955-7 (Link to this contribution) The issue before us goes rather deeper than the pre-Budget statement and the report, and, if I dare ...
William Cash | 505 c958-9 (Link to this contribution) That is a good point, and it applies, as things stand, to the UK. It is precisely because those of u...
Jeremy Browne | 505 c959 (Link to this contribution) When the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) warned members of his party to stop ““banging on...
Jeremy Browne | 505 c952-5 (Link to this contribution) I shall seek to be reasonably brief, because others wish to contribute to our deliberations and our ...
David Gauke | 505 c951-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that excellent intervention. We should remember that all Labour ...
Alistair Burt | 505 c950 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend not think it is the most curious defence from a Labour Government facing the fig...
David Gauke | 505 c948-50 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. I am not in a position to answer him, but perhaps the Min...
Shailesh Vara | 505 c945 (Link to this contribution) Given the Minister's optimistic tone, is he confident that the anaemic growth that we had in the las...
Ian Pearson | 505 c945-6 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to speculate on that. The Treasury's policy has always been to make financial project...
David Gauke | 505 c947-8 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment (a), at end add:"'but regrets that the assessment does not demonstrate that ...
William Cash | 505 c948 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend is aware that a brand new Commission for the whole of the EU has been ...
David Drew | 505 c946 (Link to this contribution) One of the putative benefits of the EU, if there are any, is that it could take joint action against...
Ian Pearson | 505 c946-7 (Link to this contribution) The EU has many benefits. I shall not list them, but having a home market of 500 million people is a...
Ian Pearson | 505 c945 (Link to this contribution) I see that the hon. Gentleman agrees. That flexibility is one of the great strengths of our actions....
Jeremy Browne | 505 c944 (Link to this contribution) I accept, as many reasonable-minded people would, that Government intervention can play a part in pr...
Ian Pearson | 505 c944 (Link to this contribution) Let me make some progress. To ensure that we will not have a repeat of the financial crisis, the Go...
Ian Pearson | 505 c944-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to point to some of the benefits of having flexibility in the labour mar...
Ian Pearson | 505 c943-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know the figures well. It is true that the budget deficit in the UK has incr...
David Gauke | 505 c944 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm to the House that the real-terms increases in pensions will be clawed back...
Ian Pearson | 505 c944 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the situation is as the hon. Gentleman characterises it. As he will be aware, we...
David Gauke | 505 c944 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way on that point?
Shailesh Vara | 505 c943 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding what the Minister has just said, will he confirm that Britain has a higher budget de...
William Cash | 505 c942 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that, having regard to the crisis in Greece and in the eurozone as a whole,...
Speaker | 505 c942 (Link to this contribution) I must announce to the House that Mr. Speaker has selected the amendment that appears on the Order P...
Ian Pearson | 505 c942 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. We have gone through exceptional times in the global economy...
Jeremy Browne | 505 c957 (Link to this contribution) I am genuinely curious as to what solution the hon. Gentleman would suggest for Greece's problems if...
William Cash | 505 c959 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely none whatever. I was asked that question several months ago, and I said that I would make...
Ian Pearson | 505 c942 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House takes note with approval of the Government's assessment as set out in...
Subjects
Cost effectiveness Capital investment Credit European Union Infrastructure Economic situation EU action Economic policy Inflation Greece National insurance contributions Public expenditure Social security benefits Young people Taxation Research Unemployment European Commission Economic recession Stability and Growth Pact Labour market Pre-Budget report 2009
Legislation
European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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