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European Council

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

512 c35-48 

Session

2010-12

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c35-7 (Link to this contribution) STATEMENT I am sure that the whole House will join me in paying tribute to Trooper Ashley Smith from...

Chris Bryant | 512 c39 (Link to this contribution) What about the Liberal Democrats?

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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) Well, the right hon. and learned Lady is right about one thing: the general election is over. The r...

Baroness Harman | 512 c37-9 (Link to this contribution) May I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to the two soldiers who have lost their lives: Troop...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 512 c41 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister tell us whether there was any discussion at the Council about the European se...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c40-1 (Link to this contribution) First of all, may I agree with what the hon. Lady says about the medical facilities in her constitue...

Mike Gapes | 512 c41 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to enlargement of the European Union only in the context of Iceland, but...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c41 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman is absolutely right in raising this issue. It was not specifica...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 512 c40 (Link to this contribution) May I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to the 300th member of the British armed forces who ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c40 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's question. The key is to try to get the maximum number of countrie...

William Cash | 512 c41 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to economic recovery. There are currently as many as 30 European directi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c41 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary was in Sarajevo recently. The hon. Gentleman will find th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c42 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good and reasonable point. There are threats to our competitive position...

Julian Brazier | 512 c43 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's comments on progress on Iran, but does he agree that the future of ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c43 (Link to this contribution) I can give that assurance. It is absolutely our view that we should not go further than the last Gov...

Michael Fallon | 512 c43 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the striking unanimity on urgent deficit reduction shows how ri...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c42-3 (Link to this contribution) What I can confirm is that the former Member for Barrow and Furness, John Hutton, is going to lead t...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 512 c42 (Link to this contribution) On tackling the deficit in pensions obligations, did the Prime Minister discuss his review of state ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c42 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right about supporting Turkish membership of the European Union. I thin...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 512 c42 (Link to this contribution) I join my right hon. Friend in paying tribute to the fallen, and I warmly congratulate him on the ju...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c42 (Link to this contribution) Getting involved in potential grief between Flemings and Walloons is an area that I do not want to h...

Angus Robertson | 512 c42 (Link to this contribution) I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to service personnel. These tributes resonate especially...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c43 (Link to this contribution) We did not discuss regional policy specifically. It is important that we make sure that investment c...

Louise Ellman | 512 c43 (Link to this contribution) European investment funds have played a major part in boosting jobs and the economy in Liverpool and...

Peter Bone | 512 c46 (Link to this contribution) Could the Prime Minister tell the House how he was received in Europe now that we have a British bul...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c46 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps when it is a person's first European Council, they give them a slightly softer ride. If Brit...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c46 (Link to this contribution) I was focused and listening to every minute of the discussions. We want to get it right in dealing w...

Damian Hinds | 512 c45 (Link to this contribution) After the Prime Minister's constructive discussions with European leaders, and the European Commissi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c45 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely the opposite. What is interesting is that, since what has happened in Greece and the prob...

Ian Davidson | 512 c45-6 (Link to this contribution) If the Prime Minister is telling us that there is widespread agreement across Europe that deficits n...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c46 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman takes quite a robust view on this, but I have to say that, from where...

Guy Opperman | 512 c46 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) accused the Prime Minister ...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 512 c47 (Link to this contribution) Understandably, much of the discussion focused on economics and the financial situation, but may I a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c46-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. If we look at what has happened over the past 13 years, we have had a succe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c44-5 (Link to this contribution) Can I say first how glad I am that my hon. Friend decided to quit the European Parliament and to joi...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 512 c44 (Link to this contribution) In this era of pan-European budget consolidation, will the Prime Minister confirm that he will insis...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c44 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can confirm—[Interruption.] ... I am not going to go there; neither am I applying for some E...

Speaker | 512 c44 (Link to this contribution) Order. I do not know what the former Minister for Europe had for breakfast, but perhaps we should be...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c44 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to sound uncharitable, but I remember that the last Conservative Government negotiated...

Alec Shelbrooke | 512 c44 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister on showing some leadership in Europe once more—Britain is grat...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c43-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and it is one that we should, and do, make all the time in ...

Dennis Skinner | 512 c44 (Link to this contribution) Did the Prime Minister show a little bit of gratitude for the decisions of the Labour party conferen...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c45 (Link to this contribution) I think that there is a good understanding in the European Union of the British position, and an und...

Baroness Hoey | 512 c45 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister made a statement on the formal business at the European Council, but as it was hi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c47 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. We must take a clear approach and talk with other European leader...

Stella Creasy | 512 c47 (Link to this contribution) May I press the Prime Minister to say a little more about his discussions in the European Council on...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c47 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. Two things stand out. First, if Iceland is to joi...

Jason McCartney | 512 c47 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Prime Minister how warm a welcome he received in Europe, bearing in mind the fact that...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c48 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. Obviously, our party did not support the Lisbon treaty or the cre...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c48 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that question. There was a long discussion about the issue of a transaction tax, a...

Philip Hollobone | 512 c48 (Link to this contribution) There did not appear to be any agreement on the future shape of the European External Action Service...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 512 c48 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. All the countries of Europe understand the need for action to red...

Nadhim Zahawi | 512 c48 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister tell the House the number of countries in Europe that have understood the di...

Speaker | 512 c48 (Link to this contribution) Last but not least, I call Nadhim Zahawi.

Richard Ottaway | 512 c40 (Link to this contribution) The Council called on the Foreign Ministers at their next meeting to implement the United Nations sa...

Chris Leslie | 512 c46 (Link to this contribution) As a matter of record, will the Prime Minister say that, at the European Council, there was absolute...

Subjects

Development aid Budgets EU enlargement Financial institutions EU internal trade Economic situation EU action Economic and monetary union Public finance Taxation Sanctions Afghanistan European Council Iran Iceland Trade competitiveness G20

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