On Thursday 7 November, the Prime Minister attended the European Political Community summit in Budapest, Hungary. Four months after the UK hosted the EPC at Blenheim Palace, 48 leaders from across the continent gathered to discuss our shared challenges, and how better to work together to respond to them, with...

On Thursday 7 November, the Prime Minister attended the European Political Community summit in Budapest, Hungary. Four months after the UK hosted the EPC at Blenheim Palace, 48 leaders from across the continent gathered to discuss our shared challenges, and how better to work together to respond to them, with...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (David Lammy) has today made the following statement:

On Thursday 7 November, the Prime Minister attended the European Political Community summit in Budapest, Hungary. Four months after the UK hosted the EPC at Blenheim Palace, 48 leaders...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (David Lammy) has today made the following statement:

On Thursday 7 November, the Prime Minister attended the European Political Community summit in Budapest, Hungary. Four months after the UK hosted the EPC at Blenheim Palace, 48 leaders...

A general debate on the work of the Council of Europe is scheduled for Thursday 8 June in the House of Commons chamber. This debate, selected by the Backbench Business Committee, will be led by John Howell MP.

A general debate on the work of the Council of Europe is scheduled for Thursday 8 June in the House of Commons chamber. This debate, selected by the Backbench Business Committee, will be led by John Howell MP.

Debate on a motion That this House has considered the matter of European affairs.

Debate on a motion That this House has considered the matter of European affairs.

Was the hon. Gentleman as disappointed as I was by the robust terms that the Foreign Secretary used about the long-term ambition to enter the eurozone, when the euro has so markedly failed on growth, on inflation, on unemployment and on its use as a reserve currency, compared with the...

Was the hon. Gentleman as disappointed as I was by the robust terms that the Foreign Secretary used about the long-term ambition to enter the eurozone, when the euro has so markedly failed on growth, on inflation, on unemployment and on its use as a reserve currency, compared with the...

I will do so briefly, as I have little time left.

I will do so briefly, as I have little time left.

Although I am tight for time, I am delighted that I took that very pertinent intervention. I shall not attempt to compete with my right hon. Friend the shadow Foreign Secretary in defending sterling, as there could be copyright issues there. All I will do is ask the Minister to...

Although I am tight for time, I am delighted that I took that very pertinent intervention. I shall not attempt to compete with my right hon. Friend the shadow Foreign Secretary in defending sterling, as there could be copyright issues there. All I will do is ask the Minister to...

I thank the House for a lively and interesting debate in which we heard 10 speeches from Back Benchers and three from Front Benchers. Apart from the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash), every speaker seemed to be asking the European Union to do more rather than less. It has...

I thank the House for a lively and interesting debate in which we heard 10 speeches from Back Benchers and three from Front Benchers. Apart from the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash), every speaker seemed to be asking the European Union to do more rather than less. It has...

Mr. Speaker, it would be utterly undemocratic of the Prime Minister to say that the Irish people should be allowed to vote twice while the British people have not been allowed to vote even once. Ultimately, democratic institutions can survive only with the consent of the people, and this is...

Mr. Speaker, it would be utterly undemocratic of the Prime Minister to say that the Irish people should be allowed to vote twice while the British people have not been allowed to vote even once. Ultimately, democratic institutions can survive only with the consent of the people, and this is...

Turn up on time.

Turn up on time.

I am sorry, I do not have time to take interventions. I do apologise, but that is what happens when debates are arranged in the way that this one has been. It is important that people realise that the European Union is the platform and the context in which we...

I am sorry, I do not have time to take interventions. I do apologise, but that is what happens when debates are arranged in the way that this one has been. It is important that people realise that the European Union is the platform and the context in which we...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am not going to give way given that I have been called to speak with 15 minutes to go after a series of rather lengthy speeches. The hon. Member for Stone said that this debate was important. I think that European debates are so important that I always find...

I am not going to give way given that I have been called to speak with 15 minutes to go after a series of rather lengthy speeches. The hon. Member for Stone said that this debate was important. I think that European debates are so important that I always find...

It is a pleasure to sum up this often lively debate for Her Majesty's Opposition. It has touched on a number of subjects, including the European economy, the Balkans, the Russian invasion of Georgia and the European summit later this week. We also touched on other subjects. The right hon....

It is a pleasure to sum up this often lively debate for Her Majesty's Opposition. It has touched on a number of subjects, including the European economy, the Balkans, the Russian invasion of Georgia and the European summit later this week. We also touched on other subjects. The right hon....

There are clearly different opinions on the strategy, and whether the degree of it is correct, but not about its direction. There are questions about whether the involvement with the banks is too constrictive and whether state interference, which I happen to think is necessary at the moment, is likely...

There are clearly different opinions on the strategy, and whether the degree of it is correct, but not about its direction. There are questions about whether the involvement with the banks is too constrictive and whether state interference, which I happen to think is necessary at the moment, is likely...

I have been in and out of this Chamber—

I have been in and out of this Chamber—

Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that?

Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that?

You're going to do it, aren't you? Okay.

You're going to do it, aren't you? Okay.