Ministerial statement on Monday, 29 March 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

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Statement on the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 25 and 26 March.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 508 c509-20
Session: 2009-10
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 508 c511-2 (Link to this contribution) I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Rifleman Daniel Holkham and Lance Corporal of Horse J...; Gordon Brown | 508 c509-11 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the European Council held in Bruss...; Gordon Brown | 508 c515-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his comments, which are, in essence, supportive of our...; Gordon Brown | 508 c512-4 (Link to this contribution) First, let me share with the right hon. Gentleman our sympathies, as I mentioned earlier, for those ...; Speaker | 508 c513 (Link to this contribution) Order. I gently say to the Prime Minister that I know he will want to focus his reply very specifica...; Nick Clegg | 508 c514 (Link to this contribution) I wish to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of Rifleman Da...; Gordon Brown | 508 c515 (Link to this contribution) I will tell the right hon. Gentleman the facts. There is a limit on the amount of support that the I...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 508 c515 (Link to this contribution) I prefer the Prime Minister's posters with a smile to the Leader of the Opposition's airbrushed imag...; Gordon Brown | 508 c515 (Link to this contribution) We made it clear a few months ago—this was a decision that we asked the European Union to make—that ...; David Curry | 508 c515 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree with the French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde that the eurozone h...; Adam Afriyie | 508 c520 (Link to this contribution) Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate served in the Household Cavalry in Windsor. I add my condo...; Gordon Brown | 508 c520 (Link to this contribution) We secured all our negotiating objectives, and made sure that the constitutional treaty—as it was ta...; Bob Spink | 508 c520 (Link to this contribution) Did the Prime Minister discuss referendums at the summit so that British people could vote on the Li...; Gordon Brown | 508 c520 (Link to this contribution) It is very interesting that every single question from the Conservative Back Benches has repeated th...; Gordon Brown | 508 c520 (Link to this contribution) We have talked about this many, many times in the House of Commons. We had a global banking crisis, ...; Gordon Brown | 508 c519 (Link to this contribution) Every time the hon. Gentleman speaks on Europe, we hear that he wishes to see the European Union fai...; William Cash | 508 c518-9 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that the Greek and the Portuguese crisis demonstrates that the Europe...; Ian Davidson | 508 c519 (Link to this contribution) ““Pink and smooth like a baby's bottom”” or ““A bit rough and grumpy””. Which poster would the other...; Peter Bone | 508 c520 (Link to this contribution) Last year, the British taxpayer paid £3 billion to the European Union. Next year, the British taxpay...; Gordon Brown | 508 c519-20 (Link to this contribution) The landfill levy has been strengthened over these last few years. It is our desire to make sure tha...; Lord Swire | 508 c519 (Link to this contribution) Since this Government came to power, the burden on British businesses from EU regulation has risen f...; Gordon Brown | 508 c519 (Link to this contribution) The non-airbrushed one.; Robert Goodwill | 508 c519 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister mentioned his pledge on climate change. Why, then, has the UK so abjectly failed ...; Gordon Brown | 508 c519 (Link to this contribution) Of course we want to cut down on unnecessary regulation. We have made proposals in the EU, as we hav...; Angus Robertson | 508 c517 (Link to this contribution) We associate ourselves with the Prime Minister's comments about the loss of service personnel and th...; Viscount Hailsham | 508 c518 (Link to this contribution) In the context of future changes to the governance of the European Union, of which the Prime Ministe...; Gordon Brown | 508 c518 (Link to this contribution) I think that the British people would be shocked if they heard what Conservative Members of the Euro...; Denis MacShane | 508 c518 (Link to this contribution) May I disagree with the Prime Minister when he says:"““Distancing ourselves from Europe makes no sen...; Gordon Brown | 508 c517 (Link to this contribution) I join the hon. Gentleman is his tribute to William Wolfe. I have to say to him, however, that when ...; Gordon Brown | 508 c518 (Link to this contribution) Those people who said that the national health service was a 60-year-old nightmare were completely w...; Nigel Griffiths | 508 c518 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend give a cast-iron guarantee that he will reject the policies of Conservativ...; Gordon Brown | 508 c518 (Link to this contribution) I have already mentioned the agreement made a few months ago that there would be no further institut...; Gordon Brown | 508 c516 (Link to this contribution) I have talked about this on a bilateral basis with President Sarkozy and with Chancellor Merkel, and...; Mike Gapes | 508 c516 (Link to this contribution) Did the Prime Minister have the opportunity, either in the meeting or at the margins of the meeting,...; Peter Tapsell | 508 c516 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister bear in mind that following the ratification of the Lisbon treaty, despite h...; Dennis Skinner | 508 c516 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister recall any conversation at all by the other countries in respect of joining ...; Julian Brazier | 508 c516-7 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister's opening remarks on the casualties in Afghanistan and on the terrorist attack in...; Gordon Brown | 508 c516 (Link to this contribution) That was a difficult decision, but it was the right decision. In other areas, such as the financial ...; Doug Henderson | 508 c517 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that any reasonable person—and any reasonable political party that i...; Gordon Brown | 508 c517 (Link to this contribution) This was a meeting to discuss two specific things: the economy and climate change. Of course, in the...; Gordon Brown | 508 c517 (Link to this contribution) There are more than 20 million people unemployed in Europe, and the attention of the European Counci...; Gordon Brown | 508 c516 (Link to this contribution) That is not the proposal.
Subjects: Debts Climate change Employment European Union Economic situation EU action Economic and monetary union Euro International Monetary Fund Economic growth Greece European Council Economic recession G20
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