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Ministerial statement on Monday, 20 December 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Strathclyde.

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Lords statement on the European Council which took place on 16-17 December 2010.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
723 c851-61 
Session
2010-12
Department
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 723 c856 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may take the opportunity to thank my noble friend the Leader of the House for re...
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Lord Strathclyde | 723 c855-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for responding to the Statement and for the way in which he did so....
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c858 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not for us to work out the cost of Ireland or any other country leaving the EU.
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 723 c858 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since it must now be clear, even to our political class, that the euro is designed for fai...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c858 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly agree with what the noble Lord said at the end about Montenegro, which we hope...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 723 c857 (Link to this contribution) I perked up slightly at the Minister’s first answer to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, when he said that ...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c857 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not had time to study the stability report from the Bank of England to which the no...
Lord Liddle | 723 c857 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, has the Leader of the House had an opportunity to study last week’s financial stability re...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c856 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend is entirely right: we cannot have cake every day. Throughout Europe, diffe...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 723 c858 (Link to this contribution) Because it would save us pouring all these billions down the drain.
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c858-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we certainly played a part in the Irish bailout because we perceived it to be in our natio...
Lord Maples | 723 c859 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could my noble friend help me with my memory of the Maastricht treaty, which set up the eu...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c859 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend is right some of the conditions for entry into the euro that were laid out...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c860 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords. The noble Lord says that we have been accused of kowtowing too much to Europhiles. We...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c859-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, yes, we are in favour of stability in the eurozone, but we also feel that it is entirely r...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 723 c859 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I sympathise with the noble Lord, with the puppies snapping at his heels, but will he acce...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 723 c860 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has been under attack for trying to kowtow to his Eurosceptic Back-Benchers...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c861 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend is absolutely correct; they are substantial changes. However, the eurozone needs sub...
Lord Dykes | 723 c861 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Prime Minister’s Statement says that the eurozone needs major reforms. What specific i...
Baroness Northover | 723 c860 (Link to this contribution) I suggest that we hear from the noble Lord, Lord Trimble, and then the noble Lord, Lord Dykes.
Lord Trimble | 723 c860-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend is quite right to say with regard to the proposed new bailout proposals th...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c861 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure that that is plain to everybody, nor is it, I think, a desirable solution. W...
Lord Gilbert | 723 c861 (Link to this contribution) Has it not become clear to even the blindest Eurofanatic that the real problem with the eurozone is ...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c861 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not for us to tell the eurozone how to sort out its own problems. I have laid out so...
Lord Strathclyde | 723 c851-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it may be a convenient moment to repeat a Statement that has been made in another place by...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 723 c853-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, for repeating the Statement made b...
Subjects
Liability Economic situation EU action EU budget Economic and monetary union EU grants and loans Treaties European Council
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