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EU Council

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

537 c519-55 

Session

2010-12

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Nadine Dorries | 537 c535-6 (Link to this contribution) Over the weekend it was impossible to meet a resident of Mid Bedfordshire who was not full of praise...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c536 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I do not agree with my hon. Friend, grateful though I am for her support. We have t...

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Lord Field of Birkenhead | 537 c536 (Link to this contribution) At what stage of the negotiations did the Prime Minister realise that France and Germany would do th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c536 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend—[Interruption.] Well, we often agree. It was obviously a developing situation, ...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 537 c536 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Prime Minister will want to know that the toast of the people in Somerset was to ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c535 (Link to this contribution) The point about the Single European Act is that it was in Britain's interest, which is why Margaret ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c535 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support. The key issue for me was not whether this would be ...

Mark Pritchard | 537 c535 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister on his leadership on this issue and on putting the British nationa...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c535 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that the hon. Lady was listening, but the point is that there are some ways in which w...

Caroline Lucas | 537 c535 (Link to this contribution) Given that it was precisely the City of London's deregulated recklessness that did so much to exacer...

Julian Lewis | 537 c534 (Link to this contribution) Now that the Prime Minister has cast his vote on Europe so effectively in Brussels, does he think th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c534-5 (Link to this contribution) I wondered how long we would take to reach that issue. I believe that this is the most important use...

Mike Gapes | 537 c535 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister believe that if Baroness Thatcher and John Major had followed his negotiatin...

Andrea Leadsom | 537 c534 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister share my concern that Opposition Members just do not get it? They talk about...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c534 (Link to this contribution) There is great understanding of Britain's interests in the European Union and great support for our ...

Ben Bradshaw | 537 c534 (Link to this contribution) Given that Britain has, or perhaps had, many natural friends and allies in the rest of Europe, why d...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) International investors know that Britain has the advantage of being a member of the single market, ...

Michael Meacher | 537 c533 (Link to this contribution) Is it not utterly bizarre that the Prime Minister has marginalised this country and recklessly throw...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c533 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman clearly wrote his questions before coming to the House and listening to my ...

Martin Horwood | 537 c533 (Link to this contribution) This morning The New York Times questioned whether this country's interests—or, indeed, the City's i...

David Winnick | 537 c532 (Link to this contribution) We have heard the Prime Minister give his account of the meeting. Can arrangements now be made urgen...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) Let me be clear: the negotiating approach of the Government was agreed by the Government before I we...

Andrew Rosindell | 537 c533 (Link to this contribution) If there were ever any doubt before, may I tell the Prime Minister that there is none today in the m...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c533 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's support but would repeat the point I made last Wednesday. Of cour...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c532 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that that is completely wrong. Britain has been very consistent, tabling proposal after ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c532 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for what my hon. Friend says. The absolute key to this issue about the institutions is...

Bernard Jenkin | 537 c532 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on sticking to a very simple principle of fairness in the Eu...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c532 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for that question. Of course it is important to recognise in a coalition Governme...

Tony Lloyd | 537 c532 (Link to this contribution) The thing that was obviously lacking last Friday was any reference to growth or any ambition to get ...

Speaker | 537 c531 (Link to this contribution) Order. I appeal again for single, short supplementary questions.

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 537 c531-2 (Link to this contribution) Given that we are facing the worst financial crisis in living memory, does the Prime Minister agree ...

Stuart Bell | 537 c531 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister talked of us being a trading nation, of investment in jobs and of the importance ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c531 (Link to this contribution) I respect the hon. Gentleman, who has a long track record on these issues, but on the Greek bail-out...

William Cash | 537 c531 (Link to this contribution) On the protection of the national interest, will my right hon. Friend gently remind the Deputy Prime...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c531 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's support. I agree that it is important that, when considering chan...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) And it all started so well! The hon. Gentleman is right to say that there is a crisis of jobs and op...

Chris Bryant | 537 c530 (Link to this contribution) I think, Mr Speaker, that that was an example of irony. The single most important thing that our vo...

Hugh Bayley | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) Over the years to come, as a result of the Prime Minister's decisions, economic and financial power ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree that the Durban outcome is worth while and it is a staging post towards another gl...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) This is exactly the argument that was made about the euro. I remember it very well. People said that...

Frank Dobson | 537 c538 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm that British banks and finance houses hold about £75 billion of bond...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c538-9 (Link to this contribution) The exposure of the British banks to European countries is published by the Bank of England—quite ri...

Jo Swinson | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) Against the odds, an excellent deal on climate change was agreed in Durban this weekend, with the UK...

Keith Vaz | 537 c538 (Link to this contribution) Given the current economic crisis in Europe, does the Prime Minister believe that the Europe 2020 st...

Steve Brine | 537 c538 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Prime Minister that we on these Benches and the vast majority of the British people...

Speaker | 537 c538 (Link to this contribution) Order. Once again, I appeal to Members to help each other by being brief.

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c538 (Link to this contribution) I think what my hon. Friend says is important. The treaties belong equally to those who are in the e...

Conor Burns | 537 c537 (Link to this contribution) May I add my words of support for the Prime Minister, who at the weekend kept faith with this House ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c537 (Link to this contribution) On the issue of financial services, this is not about just one square mile of the United Kingdom. I ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c537 (Link to this contribution) I agree wholeheartedly with what my right hon. Friend says and I will reassure those businesses. The...

Elfyn Llwyd | 537 c537 (Link to this contribution) The UK is 90,000 square miles in area, but the Prime Minister seems to think that only one square mi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c536-7 (Link to this contribution) With huge respect to the hon. Lady, I think that she is wrong on both counts. I did not go to Brusse...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 537 c537 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend reassure successful, outward-looking businesses in Mid Sussex, some of whi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c536 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his such full-voiced support.

Natascha Engel | 537 c536 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said that he went to Europe seeking a treaty change and, had he got that treaty c...

Speaker | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman wish to repeat his question?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. One of the things that we are concerned about is that if we want t...

Lord Tyrie | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister must be right to do whatever is required to protect the 1.3 million jobs in our f...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) Yes.

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c530 (Link to this contribution) The other EU countries recognise that going ahead at less than 27 has its disadvantages: they do not...

Richard Ottaway | 537 c530 (Link to this contribution) As someone who is not known for his hostility to the European Union, I fully support the Prime Minis...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c530 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks. I have long believed, and still beli...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) May I, on behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends, commend the Prime Minister for the stance that h...

Speaker | 537 c530 (Link to this contribution) Order. If I am to accommodate the large number of Back Benchers, as I always wish to do, we will req...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c528 (Link to this contribution) Let me say to the right hon. Lady that I went to Brussels wanting a result at 27, but there were saf...

Baroness Hodge of Barking | 537 c528 (Link to this contribution) Any politician with experience of doing business in Europe knows that you never go to a key European...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c528 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. It is the case that on too many occasions under the previous ...

Lord Redwood | 537 c528 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his excellent statesmanship. Does he agree that Britain has m...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c528-9 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman, like so many of those who oppose what has happened, is part of exactly the...

Denis MacShane | 537 c528 (Link to this contribution) Out of every European Council meeting, there are perceptions and realities. The Prime Minister did l...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for that question. I always find this slightly surprising...

Lord Lilley | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best way to increase one's influence within Europe and, ind...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I missed the beginning of the right hon. Gentleman's question.

Nicholas Brown | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) Will the Basel III regulatory regime for financial services apply in the United Kingdom?

Speaker | 537 c527 (Link to this contribution) Order. Members must calm themselves. I am concerned for them, and I also feel that the Prime Ministe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c527 (Link to this contribution) For all the right hon. Gentleman's experience, I think that he is very naive about what is happening...

David Miliband | 537 c527 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm that in all the negotiations since 1973 the United Kingdom has never...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c527 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend makes an important point. This is not about the speed at which diff...

Malcolm Rifkind | 537 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) The leadership of the Prime Minister in Brussels compares favourably with the refusal of the Leader ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c526 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, the eurozone members wanted to create a new treaty within the EU, which h...

Jack Straw | 537 c526 (Link to this contribution) There was no draft treaty before the European Council last Thursday and Friday; there was a set of d...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c528 (Link to this contribution) Let me repeat again to the right hon. and learned Gentleman that I do believe that it is in Britain'...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 537 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his unequivocal statement that our membership of the Euro...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c527 (Link to this contribution) There have been any number of examples of frankly discriminatory legislation against financial servi...

Speaker | 537 c524 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am worried about the health of the right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames). He m...

Ed Miliband | 537 c522-4 (Link to this contribution) May I start by thanking the Prime Minister for his statement? We all note the absence of the Deputy ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c525 (Link to this contribution) A lot of sound and fury, but one crucial weakness—the right hon. Gentleman has not told us whether h...

Ed Miliband | 537 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) Next, I want to ask the Prime Minister about how he ended up with this outcome. The proposals he tab...

Speaker | 537 c522 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for having to interrupt the Prime Minister. Those on the Opposition Front Bench, ...

Speaker | 537 c525 (Link to this contribution) Order. Members must calm down. I have my eye on one hon. Gentleman from the north of England who ent...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c526 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with my right hon. Friend on the balance of effort that has been given, on the one...

Peter Tapsell | 537 c526 (Link to this contribution) May I declare my admiration and full-hearted support for my right hon. Friend at this definitive mom...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c519-22 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. Let me take the House through the events of last week. At this Council, the ...

Speaker | 537 c519 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for interrupting the Prime Minister. I hope that Members have now got it out of t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c519 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on last week's European Council—

Speaker | 537 c519 (Link to this contribution) Order. The House must calm itself, taking whatever medicaments are required for the purpose, and the...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c519 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. I went to Brussels with one objective: to protect Britain's national interes...

Chris Ruane | 537 c519 (Link to this contribution) Où est Clegg?

Speaker | 537 c555 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the Prime Minister and other colleagues, as 101 Back Benchers had the opp...

David Morris | 537 c554 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister on the strength he has shown in leading this country? The tabl...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c554-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. The point about the budget is important because, a...

Simon Kirby | 537 c555 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister on his strong and decisive leadership and on doing not only wh...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c555 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend, who has made a number of sacrifices on my behalf over the last 18 months, on...

Speaker | 537 c554 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am being helpful to the hon. Gentleman. I have known him since we were at university togeth...

Stephen Mosley | 537 c554 (Link to this contribution) It is only the tough action taken by my right hon. Friend's Government to tackle our own deficit tha...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c554 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. At the last election, British and Greek interest rates were...

Esther McVey | 537 c554 (Link to this contribution) The Populus poll reported today shows that only 14% of the public opposed the Prime Minister's actio...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c554 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that point. What I also noticed from that poll, which says that ...

Speaker | 537 c554 (Link to this contribution) Order. I simply say—[Interruption.] Order. I am perfectly capable of handling these matters myself. ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's support. I have spoken to a number of people over the last few da...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) There is one member of the Government who does not seem to share his colleagues' antipathy for all t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) Frankly, I have found huge support from the business community for what I have said—and that spans a...

Robert Buckland | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) As someone who has long advocated a positive role for Britain in Europe, may I welcome my right hon....

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Institutional arrangements and treaty arrangements in the EU must be agreed...

Toby Perkins | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has heard from Members on both sides of the House about the worries of manufactur...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) We have huge amounts of allies and support for action on the single market. If the hon. Gentleman lo...

Baroness Coffey | 537 c553 (Link to this contribution) Many jobs in Suffolk rely on a fair, level playing field in the single market. If last Friday mornin...

Nadhim Zahawi | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) May I add my support to the Prime Minister and to the coalition Government for taking a tough decisi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. We have a large trade deficit with Europe, apart from in on...

Martin Vickers | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware that he has the overwhelming support of my constituents from acro...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) I know how important the cod issue is to my hon. Friend's constituents and people right across that ...

Gavin Shuker | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has stated that he wanted to deal at the level of 27 nations. Why, then, did he e...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) The point is that it is quite clear that when it came to the issue of wanting a change to the treaty...

Christopher Pincher | 537 c551 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that François Hollande, the front-runner for the French presidency in ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c551 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to get drawn into the French election campaign, because despite reports to the contrar...

Gordon Banks | 537 c551-2 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has referred to today's Financial Services Authority announcement, and I have to ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) There are two points. First, the FSA mentions only three politicians, one of whom is the shadow Chan...

Bob Russell | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) I bring some grandfatherly advice to the proceedings. I urge the Prime Minister to let the dust sett...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's support. As I said, we have brought back the bail-out power. ...

Karl Turner | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) It is becoming increasingly obvious to everyone that the Lib Dem partners in this coalition are comp...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the grandfatherly advice. I remember the advice that the hon. Gentleman used ...

Bill Esterson | 537 c548-9 (Link to this contribution) In the words of one business leader today,"““Margaret Thatcher was a constant thorn in the side of E...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c549 (Link to this contribution) I think that business does understand that we must be in the European Union for trade, growth and jo...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) Did the hon. Gentleman really wait one hour and 34 minutes for that? I am keen to hold on to the reb...

Sam Gyimah | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) We are hearing from outside the House an answer that the Leader of the Opposition would not give on ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for looking at Twitter or whatever else it is that the Leader o...

Speaker | 537 c548 (Link to this contribution) I think that the sensible approach, in conformity with convention, is to stick to questions to and a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's support. Our position is that we want to get the best out of Euro...

John Baron | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister's veto has rightly struck a chord with the nation. May I suggest that instead of ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) The Deputy Prime Minister agreed to the negotiating strategy. I am not responsible for his whereabou...

Graham Stringer | 537 c547-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. Europe would not be in the economic and political mess that it is in now if ...

Speaker | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) Order. The House will want, without exception, I hope, to hear Mr Graham Stringer.

Daniel Byles | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) Most post-treaty analysis has focused on the use of the veto, but can the Prime Minister confirm tha...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good point. We know that the leader of the Labour party is committed to joining the e...

Paul Blomfield | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) What will the Prime Minister say to those leaders of the manufacturing sector who believe that his a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with that. A lot of these arguments were made when Britain did not join the euro. A n...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) The key safeguard that we did get was against a treaty without proper protections and safeguards for...

Jonathan Ashworth | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm that his veto does nothing to strengthen financial services in the w...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with that. We are members of the European Union, and that membership has not chan...

Simon Hughes | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) After last week's isolation, can the Prime Minister confirm that he still agrees fully with the word...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c551 (Link to this contribution) What I will be doing is sorting out the mess that the hon. Gentleman's party left when it left offic...

Chris Kelly | 537 c551 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend might be interested to hear that I have recently visited businesses in Dudley S...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c551 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. What we want to have is the best of both worlds. We want to have the single...

Mark Lazarowicz | 537 c551 (Link to this contribution) Is it not more likely than not that the 26 member states other than Britain will increasingly agree ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c551 (Link to this contribution) The new organisation outside the EU cannot draw up or implement agreements on financial services or ...

Karen Bradley | 537 c549 (Link to this contribution) We have heard much this afternoon about the number of people who are employed in financial services....

Anne Main | 537 c549 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we have a Chancellor who understands that we need to take tight control of the fis...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c549 (Link to this contribution) Year after year, Ministers have had to stand at this Dispatch Box and apologise as the EU budget has...

Nia Griffith | 537 c549 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has likened his experience of EU negotiations to playing chess against 26 differe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c549 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly do that. My hon. Friend makes the important point that this is an industry that is b...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) There is a growing number, with countries such as Mexico, and now we have the Korea free trade agree...

Alun Cairns | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) May I pay tribute to the Prime Minister for his practical approach to the negotiations last week? Ma...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c549 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her support. I have given my answer on a referendum. I think tha...

Ronnie Campbell | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) How many countries outside the European Union have free trade agreements with it?

Meg Hillier | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister had the opportunity to visit Feltham and Heston last week and arrived late at the...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman and absolutely confirm that that is the case. The coalition is u...

Greg Mulholland | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister was negotiating as the Prime Minister of the coalition Government. Does he agree ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) The point is that the Deputy Prime Minister and I agreed the negotiating strategy for the European C...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) As ever, I am grateful for her support.

Peter Bone | 537 c543 (Link to this contribution) I have received an important message to pass on to the Prime Minister: ““The efforts of the Prime Mi...

Speaker | 537 c543 (Link to this contribution) Order. Short, single-sentence questions and the Prime Minister's characteristically pithy replies wo...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c543 (Link to this contribution) What we did with Ireland, as a very close neighbour, long-standing friend and integrated economy, wa...

Kevin Barron | 537 c543 (Link to this contribution) Given that last Thursday was not about joining the euro but about protecting the interests of the eu...

Lord Barwell | 537 c543 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the Opposition's argument that one should never leave an empty seat at the table is su...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c542-3 (Link to this contribution) That is absolutely not the case because this new organisation cannot draw up or pass proposals that ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c543 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's support. His point about the creation of the euro being the funda...

Andrew Selous | 537 c542 (Link to this contribution) May I warmly congratulate the Prime Minister on standing up for British interests last week and on r...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c542 (Link to this contribution) What I would say to the hon. Gentleman is that ““I told you so”” is not an economic policy. I have e...

Stephen Timms | 537 c542 (Link to this contribution) Britain will continue to be subject to EU single market financial services regulation. Do we not now...

Robert Smith | 537 c542 (Link to this contribution) In Aberdeen in the north-east of Scotland and in Norway, there is considerable concern that the draf...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c542 (Link to this contribution) I do not think what happened last week will have any impact on that decision because these are issue...

Gregg McClymont | 537 c546 (Link to this contribution) There is great concern throughout the business community about the implications of the Prime Ministe...

Mike Weatherley | 537 c546 (Link to this contribution) Given that we are the second-largest contributor to Europe, does the Prime Minister agree that witho...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c546 (Link to this contribution) I say to the hon. Lady, first, that the RBS report reminds us of the terrible effect on the rest of ...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 537 c547 (Link to this contribution) For the sake of clarity, can the Prime Minister tell the House where the Deputy Prime Minister is an...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c546 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. That leads to something else, which is that the countries th...

Margot James | 537 c546 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware of the words this morning of Chancellor Merkel's spokesperson on last ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c546 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly give the hon. Gentleman that assurance, because we can say to international investor...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that question. We are working extremely hard, particularly in the area of the sing...

Pat Glass | 537 c545-6 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Prime Minister that it is the jobs of not just the banks and the City of London whi...

David Rutley | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) I should like to pass on the hugs, best wishes and kisses from people in Macclesfield, who are very ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I quite understand why particularly the Germans want this fi...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend had no option but to use his veto, if British interests were to be protected. D...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. I do not see financial services on their own, because th...

Barry Sheerman | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is aware that this situation represents one of the most fundamental changes in ou...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point, which is that we are a major player in the European Union, not le...

Chris Heaton-Harris | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) The UK wields its influence in the EU in many different ways, and our net contribution to the EU in ...

Chris Ruane | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister know the whereabouts of the Deputy Prime Minister; and will their tiff lead ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) First, I went to Feltham and Heston because I do not believe in the normal chicken theory that Prime...

Austin Mitchell | 537 c540 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to criticise the Prime Minister for using his veto because that job can safely be lef...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c540 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting argument. There are big questions to answer for the countrie...

Stewart Hosie | 537 c541 (Link to this contribution) The concordat on the co-ordination of European Union policy is very clear—it requires the UK Governm...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c541 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that. In the final analysis, our relations with the European Union are a reserved is...

David Nuttall | 537 c540-1 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the stance taken by the Prime Minister. Given that the other members of the European Union...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c541 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's question, but I am not as pessimistic as he is that there is no p...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c541 (Link to this contribution) I have great sympathy with what the hon. Lady says. What it requires is both action within Europe on...

Elizabeth Truss | 537 c541 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that Britain's influence in the world is dependent on our economic str...

David Evennett | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement and his standing up for British interests, which I am sure ...

Malcolm Wicks | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) Is this the first case in recorded history of a proud premiership team relegating itself to a second...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) Again, this is the same argument that we had at the time of the debate about whether Britain should ...

Philip Davies | 537 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister should be in doubt that he did the right thing last week. Will he confirm that he...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c540 (Link to this contribution) I am always grateful for my hon. Friend's support but he tends to take it just a little too far. The...

Clive Efford | 537 c540 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister explain specifically what safeguards are in place today for the City of Lond...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c540 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, if we had been able to achieve the protocol on financial services there would have been gre...

Henry Smith | 537 c540 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his bold and courageous stance in the early hours of the morn...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c540 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We do not yet know exactly how the new organisation and trea...

Dennis Skinner | 537 c534 (Link to this contribution) Is this not the same Prime Minister who month after month has been castigating working people for no...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c538 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for my hon. Friend's support. The point I made in my statement about Europe being...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c538 (Link to this contribution) The short answer is that the 2020 strategy needs to have a future and we must encourage European Uni...

Nicholas Brown | 537 c529 (Link to this contribution) Will the Basel III regulatory regime for financial services apply in the United Kingdom?

Alex Cunningham | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) We all know that an ill-prepared Prime Minister failed to build the alliances and friendships to ens...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c550 (Link to this contribution) Ah. Either the Leader of the Opposition has no control over his aides, who are randomly briefing the...

Kelvin Hopkins | 537 c542 (Link to this contribution) The great former Labour politicians Peter Shore and Bryan Gould both said that the single currency w...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c546 (Link to this contribution) It does mean that we have a huge amount of influence in the EU, and that we do drive, particularly i...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c545 (Link to this contribution) No.

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c541 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Every country in Europe is challenged at present in relatio...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c539 (Link to this contribution) Yes.

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c534 (Link to this contribution) I can absolutely assure the hon. Gentleman that I did not at any stage walk out of the meeting. What...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c534 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point—that the financial services go way beyond the City of London. As I...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c522 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. Our partnership with France was crucial in taking successful action in Libya...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) Of course, then we had a lecture on how to negotiate. I have to say that I am not going to take any ...

William Bain | 537 c552 (Link to this contribution) Successful completion of the single market could add 7% to UK gross domestic product. After Thursday...

Wayne David | 537 c544 (Link to this contribution) Is it correct that the Deputy Prime Minister said that he is not here because he does not want to be...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 537 c542 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his support. What we do not know is what the Opposition's approach is to ...

Baroness Hoey | 537 c541 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister must know that right across the UK, the majority of the public and—dare I say it ...

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