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Ministerial statement on Monday, 22 November 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Sassoon.


Ireland: Financial Assistance

Lords statement on financial assistance for Ireland.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
722 c989-98 
Session
2010-12
Department
Treasury
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Republic of Ireland: Financial Support
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Written questions
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Skidelsky | 722 c994 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may draw the Minister's attention to Wolfgang Münchau’s statement in today's Fin...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c994 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not going to provide a commentary on the Irish economy. As I said when I repeated the...
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Lord Newby | 722 c994 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches welcome the Government's decision to support the bailout. I am depress...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c994 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for his questions. In response to his first observation, I point ou...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c993 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for his remarks. It is important to remember that the IMF is very mu...
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 722 c996 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does not the Minister agree that the statements made by the German Chancellor and the Fren...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c995 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, any bilateral loan, as my right honourable friend the Chancellor has said, will require pr...
Lord Higgins | 722 c994-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is very reassuring to hear what the noble Lord has just said. However, the Chancellor h...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c995-6 (Link to this contribution) It is always good to have the noble Lord with us on these occasions to share with us his big picture...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 722 c995 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, have Her Majesty’s Government yet understood that the euro was always designed for disaste...
Lord Reid of Cardowan | 722 c993 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for repeating the Statement. I wholeheartedly believe that the Mini...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c992-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, for confirming that the Opposition are in s...
Lord Eatwell | 722 c991-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement made by the Chancellor of t...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c989-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with permission, I will repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Chancell...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c998 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I have explained in repeating the Statement, we take the situation in Northern Ireland ...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 722 c998 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if it is true that relations between our two countries are the best that they have ever be...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c998 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I said in repeating the Statement, we have given our support for a possible contributio...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c996 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for his remarks. I shall not criticise other countries for the runni...
Lord Inglewood | 722 c996 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must first declare an interest, because the price of the beef cattle I sell has fallen b...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c996-7 (Link to this contribution) Interest rates and the other terms of the package will be negotiated between the Government of Irela...
Bishop of Chester | 722 c997 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister help me resolve an ambivalence that I detect in his answers? He seems to be saying ...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c996 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my noble friend and completely agree with his sentiments. It is always good to...
Lord Martin of Springburn | 722 c996 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the help that is being given to Ireland. I am mindful of the fact that, in the c...
Lord Kilclooney | 722 c997-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Ireland broke away from the United Kingdom and gained sovereign control over its taxation,...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c997 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have been giving it very considerable attention, which is precisely why the first serie...
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland | 722 c997 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have done the right thing, and we support them, but now that they have beco...
Lord Sassoon | 722 c997 (Link to this contribution) That is precisely what I am saying. As was confirmed by my right honourable friend the Chancellor in...
Subjects
Banks Economic situation Economic and monetary union International Monetary Fund EU grants and loans Republic of Ireland Foreign loans Overseas loans
Contains statistics
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