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Libya/European Council

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

526 c33-50 

Session

2010-12

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c46 (Link to this contribution) I share my hon. Friend's dream, but I have not had to stand on his shoulders, nor he on mine, to rea...

Jason McCartney | 526 c46 (Link to this contribution) I have a dream: I have a dream that one day our country will not be liable for bailing out the euroz...

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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c46 (Link to this contribution) Let me just say again that I do not think we should speculate on other countries' financial situatio...

Mark Reckless | 526 c46 (Link to this contribution) It is good that we will not be liable for bail-outs after 2013, but will the Prime Minister build on...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c45 (Link to this contribution) What we said very clearly with regard to Afghanistan is that anyone who is about to go on operations...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c46 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks the extremely difficult and very good question, because it is unclear what will ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c47 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for what my hon. Friend says. It is right to have debates in the House and to do so on...

Conor Burns | 526 c46-7 (Link to this contribution) Having prevented Gaddafi from doing to his citizens in Benghazi with guns what he did to our citizen...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 526 c47 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the biggest economic boost to Europe would be a successful conc...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c48 (Link to this contribution) The point I would make to my hon. Friend is that we had to come together in a coalition Government w...

William Cash | 526 c48 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister knows that in the past he has promised the repatriation of laws relating to small...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c47-8 (Link to this contribution) I think the simplest way of putting it is this: if we cut the deficit in half in four years, as Labo...

John Howell | 526 c47 (Link to this contribution) May I return my right hon. Friend to the communiqué on fiscal consolidation? I wonder whether he wou...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c47 (Link to this contribution) I certainly give that assurance. We are still updating daily the number of British citizens in Libya...

John Leech | 526 c47 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister assure the House that every effort is being made to protect the safety of UK...

Charlie Elphicke | 526 c48 (Link to this contribution) Rather than bail-outs, will the Prime Minister consider putting it to the European Council that ther...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c48 (Link to this contribution) I recognise the point that my hon. Friend makes, given his interest in the magnificent Honda plant i...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c33-6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on Libya and report back from last wee...

Ed Miliband | 526 c36-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. I want to concentrate my questions on Libya, but let ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much. I will certainly look at what arrangements need to be put in place for informat...

Ed Miliband | 526 c38 (Link to this contribution) Well done.

Richard Ottaway | 526 c40 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister use tomorrow's summit to clarify the rules of engagement? He will be aware o...

David Miliband | 526 c40 (Link to this contribution) May I strongly associate myself with the Prime Minister's words about the successes of the past week...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c40 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which is that Europe's engagement with north Afri...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 526 c40 (Link to this contribution) When considering any of the variety of proposals that may be on the table at tomorrow's meeting, wil...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c40 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for that question. This is a very important point. All ...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 526 c39 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that when he referred to the discussions that took place last May on ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) Fortunately, I have had a full discussion with the Chancellor about that issue and he was absolutely...

Peter Tapsell | 526 c39 (Link to this contribution) On the economic aspect of the Prime Minister's statement, does he agree that the recent election in ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c39 (Link to this contribution) I am not an expert in the politics of Baden Württemberg, but I suspect that this is partly about the...

Speaker | 526 c39 (Link to this contribution) Order. I just remind the House that, in keeping with the convention, Members who entered the Chamber...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c42 (Link to this contribution) I can go into even more detail if my hon. Friend wants: article 122 was turned into qualified majori...

David Winnick | 526 c42 (Link to this contribution) Is it the policy of the British Government to try to bring about a genuine ceasefire in Libya as app...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c41 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Businesses that are either starting up now or are yet to st...

Elfyn Llwyd | 526 c41 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the references in today's statement to the access to humanitarian help. Now that the rebel...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) First, in terms of diplomatic avenues, it is welcome that there is now British diplomatic representa...

Douglas Carswell | 526 c42 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has suggested that we are liable for the bail-out mechanism entirely thanks to th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c41 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, but I would disagree with anyone who says that destroying a Gadda...

Chris Bryant | 526 c41 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question asked by the former Chancellor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Edinburg...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c41 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look at the suggestion because I am absolutely clear about what the conversation wa...

Mark Field | 526 c41 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister rightly points out that the Budget last week went into some detail about the supp...

Dennis Skinner | 526 c43 (Link to this contribution) What steps is the Prime Minister taking, along with others, to avoid an inter-tribal civil war in Li...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c44 (Link to this contribution) We believe that the Libyan people should be able to choose their own future. I do not believe that t...

Roger Gale | 526 c43 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has rightly highlighted the plight of civilians in Misrata. That concern is sha...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 526 c44 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister on the initiative of the letter that he signed with nine other...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c42 (Link to this contribution) Of course, everyone would welcome a genuine ceasefire, but let us be frank—two ceasefires have been ...

Denis MacShane | 526 c43 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the grip that the Prime Minister has on the situation, after a slightly unhappy start. Whe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c43 (Link to this contribution) I am a great admirer and supporter of what Margaret Thatcher did for our country, and I am a great a...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 526 c42-3 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that Turkey is a key ally of the United Kingdom and a central part o...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c43 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a good point. Not only is Turkey coming to the conference tomorrow, but t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c45 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Lady will find that it was in 2004 that the previous Government extended EU co...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c45 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look into the case my hon. Friend mentions. I have received similar representations...

Thomas Docherty | 526 c45 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm whether those armed forces personnel who are either carrying out or ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c44 (Link to this contribution) I certainly will attempt to do that, but as my hon. Friend knows, one of the issues is that the only...

Mike Gapes | 526 c44 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to the need for maximum political and diplomatic unity. In that context,...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c44 (Link to this contribution) More than 40 Foreign Ministers will be attending tomorrow's meeting, and it is a meeting of Foreign ...

Martin Horwood | 526 c44-5 (Link to this contribution) I strongly welcome the London summit, particularly the inclusion of Turkey, which is very important,...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c45 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and indeed Lord Ashdown for his very good and timely re...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 526 c45 (Link to this contribution) I noted what the Prime Minister said about completing the single market and including services. For ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) I do agree. As I said, completing the single market can sound rather technical and dull, but when on...

Speaker | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) I must thank the Prime Minister and colleagues for their succinctness. Everybody got in, and we did ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) That is the arrangement that has been put in place. Obviously, it is both NATO's command and control...

Neil Carmichael | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's emphasis on deregulation and on strengthening the Single European Act...

Speaker | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) I feel rather left out not to have met Mrs Bone.

Stephen Gilbert | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm that France and the other allied countries will take part in militar...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) I am fast coming to the view that Mrs Bone is quite literally insatiable. I will—[Laughter.] I will ...

Bob Blackman | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister on extricating us from the eurozone bail-out mechanism by 2013. Gi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) It is important that we maintain our tax sovereignty. That is one reason why I think it is right to ...

Peter Bone | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) Over the weekend, my wife was saying what a wonderful job the Prime Minister was doing over the EU b...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c50 (Link to this contribution) We have assessed the liabilities. Debates have been held in this House and there is a great deal of ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a vitally important point. We want to do everything we can to try to make s...

Andrew Murrison | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is aware of the relatively peaceful progress being made in the Kingdom of Moroc...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. The last European Council—there have been quite a lot of them—whi...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) The euro-plus pact, which was endorsed by the European Council and which I am pleased the UK has not...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Everyone in Europe has the same challenge: how do we get on top of fiscal d...

Duncan Hames | 526 c49 (Link to this contribution) It is not just tanks and planes that Gaddafi uses against his own people but the poisonous propagand...

Bernard Jenkin | 526 c46 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has rightly been commended for the way he has averted a humanitarian catastroph...

Robert Buckland | 526 c48 (Link to this contribution) When my right hon. Friend spoke to the Japanese Prime Minister on Friday, did he receive assurances ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c47 (Link to this contribution) The issue is about trade both internally within Europe and externally between Europe and other count...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c38 (Link to this contribution) I will take the right hon. Gentleman's comments in reverse order. First, I thank him for what he say...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 526 c43 (Link to this contribution) We are doing just that. There are a number of humanitarian agencies that are trying to get aid into ...

Margot James | 526 c45 (Link to this contribution) I applaud the Prime Minister's progress on deregulation within the EU, but may I draw his attention ...

Subjects

Armed conflict Human rights International assistance EU internal trade International cooperation Economic and monetary union EU economic policy Japan Politics and government UN resolutions NATO European Council Earthquakes Libya International Red Cross Military intervention UN Security Council European financial stabilisation mechanism

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