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EU Council and North Africa

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

523 c23-40 

Session

2010-12

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Jo Swinson | 523 c33 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the European Council's strong position of support for the Egyptian people, particularly wi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c33 (Link to this contribution) I have made my view clear and I tried to state it in a calm and reasonable way, because I do not bel...

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Denis MacShane | 523 c33 (Link to this contribution) I think we heard two statements today, and they should have been separated. On al-Megrahi, does the ...

Andrew Murrison | 523 c34 (Link to this contribution) It is important that we do nothing to talk up the prospect of wider instability in north Africa and ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c34 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman makes a good point. That is one of the reasons why the Foreign Secretary is...

Mike Gapes | 523 c34 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred, rightly, to the efforts and the work of Baroness Ashton. He also said t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c34 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. We should not assume that those countries are all the same....

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, but we should also be clear with reformers and opposition figures...

Angus Robertson | 523 c33 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for an advance copy of the statement. The Prime Minister has long taken a different vi...

Julian Brazier | 523 c32 (Link to this contribution) Bearing in mind that several of the key moderate figures in Egypt have made pledges to have a refere...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c31 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. As I said in my statement, the EU has leverage over those cou...

David Winnick | 523 c31 (Link to this contribution) Fine words have been said by the Prime Minister, the President of the United States and other wester...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c31 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point and the Foreign Secretary will be going to Tunisia later today. We...

Daniel Kawczynski | 523 c31 (Link to this contribution) Trade between the United Kingdom and north African countries has historically been lamentable; we ar...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c32 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point and I am glad that the phrase ““muscular liberalism”” is catch...

Chris Bryant | 523 c32 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that trade should ever be the sole determinant when it comes to our foreign policy, w...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c32 (Link to this contribution) It is for Ministers to explain what they said and what they did not say. Clearly, they can rely on w...

Richard Ottaway | 523 c32 (Link to this contribution) The conclusion by Sir Gus O'Donnell that the previous Government did ““all it could”” to facilitate ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c31 (Link to this contribution) I did have discussions with Baroness Ashton about this, it was also discussed around the table and I...

Barry Sheerman | 523 c37 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister mentioned that he wants to see a strong and secure eurozone. On a day when our pa...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c37 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is pulling me into territory where I should not go, but it does seem to me to be a pr...

Keith Vaz | 523 c37 (Link to this contribution) Were there any discussions at the European Council concerning Yemen? The Prime Minister will be awar...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c36 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. In our relations with those countries, we want to look...

Andrew Bridgen | 523 c37 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister believe it to be a coincidence that, despite numerous a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c37 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which is that Yemen is vital to the security not ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c36 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks a very good question that requires quite a complicated answer. Because of the pr...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 523 c36 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said in his statement, ““It is time for Europe to take a more hard-headed approac...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c36 (Link to this contribution) What we discussed at the European Council was a specific declaration on Egypt, and I made sure that ...

David TC Davies | 523 c36 (Link to this contribution) Could the Prime Minister tell us whether the EU Council took note that Morocco, which has embraced a...

Peter Bone | 523 c36 (Link to this contribution) Is it not terrific that we now have a Prime Minister who goes to Europe and puts Britain's interests...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c35 (Link to this contribution) I do not entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman: 50% of our trade is with the EU, and 44% with euroz...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c35 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. When you consider how much money the EU has put into a...

Tony Baldry | 523 c35 (Link to this contribution) One fifth—20%—of the Egyptian population are Christians, mostly Copts and some Catholics. Does my ri...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c35 (Link to this contribution) I go a long way with the hon. Gentleman, who I think made the right judgment about the release of Me...

David Cairns | 523 c35 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister of State in the Scotland Office at the time, and as Mr Megrahi's constituency MP, I ...

Robert Halfon | 523 c34 (Link to this contribution) Given my right hon. Friend's important speech over the weekend, does he not agree that the previous ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c35 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, which is that when this happened a very bad message was sent abou...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c34 (Link to this contribution) That was a well-put question, which I will try not to glide around too diplomatically. The US and th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c40 (Link to this contribution) To be fair to the right hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr Straw), who is not here—although it is not my ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c40 (Link to this contribution) We did not discuss the EU migration issue at this Council, but we discuss it often. Greece and Italy...

David Rutley | 523 c39 (Link to this contribution) I was fortunate enough to work briefly with one of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing who was so t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c39 (Link to this contribution) I know that a number of victims' families will obviously be interested in the report, and some will ...

Alun Cairns | 523 c38 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has highlighted some significant inconsistencies between what the previous Admini...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) The relationship is extremely good, and I think it will go on being good. I discussed this issue wit...

Damian Collins | 523 c39 (Link to this contribution) In the Cabinet Secretary's report, he notes that the former Justice Secretary, the right hon. Member...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c37 (Link to this contribution) Of course we did discuss what lies at the heart of the eurozone crisis, part of which is about banks...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c38 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept what the hon. Gentleman says. At a European level, this is going to be helpful for t...

Lord Walney | 523 c38 (Link to this contribution) This further step towards our long-held goal of a single market for energy should open doors for are...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c38 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend puts the point very powerfully. I would say to all those who lost loved ones in that ...

Edward Leigh | 523 c38 (Link to this contribution) I know that the Prime Minister has to use diplomatic language, but we all know that the truth is tha...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c30 (Link to this contribution) Let me make two points gently to the right hon. Gentleman. First, although the Cabinet Secretary rig...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 523 c30 (Link to this contribution) The emphasis in these matters has always been on Mr Megrahi's condition, but, respectfully, it seems...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c29 (Link to this contribution) As ever, my right hon. and learned Friend brings a mixture of experience and precision to this issue...

Jack Straw | 523 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) I fully understand the Prime Minister's concern and that of colleagues on both sides of the House ab...

Ben Bradshaw | 523 c31 (Link to this contribution) What discussions took place at the EU Council about events in Egypt lending added urgency to breakin...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c30 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman puts it extremely clearly. The fact is that al-Megrahi was allo...

Speaker | 523 c30 (Link to this contribution) Order. Just because three of the most glittering stars in the parliamentary sky have asked very full...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c28 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments and questions. I think that he is right about the ...

Malcolm Rifkind | 523 c29 (Link to this contribution) As the then Secretary of State for Scotland, I had to visit Lockerbie on the night of that disaster,...

Ed Miliband | 523 c26-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. I want to start, because of their importance, with the...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c33 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a good point about civil society organisations here that can work with civil soc...

Stuart Bell | 523 c35 (Link to this contribution) May I tell the Prime Minister that the 17 member states of the eurozone will be quite comfortable in...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 523 c23-6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on last week's European Council and c...

Philip Hollobone | 523 c40 (Link to this contribution) Greece is responsible for an extremely leaky part of the EU's external border. Its asylum system was...

Subjects

Bombings EU internal trade Innovation Economic situation Economic and monetary union EU economic policy Politics and government Prisoners' release Lockerbie European Council British Petroleum Egypt Libya EU energy policy al Megrahi, Abdelbasit Ali Mohmed Scottish Government

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