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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Lord Bruce of Bennachie Excerpts
Monday 27th October 2014

(10 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am not accepting that we should pay anything like what has been asked. I think it is very important that we make that clear. I am always happy to have votes in this House. They can happen through Opposition days, Back-Bench days or, indeed, Government days.

Lord Bruce of Bennachie Portrait Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD)
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The Prime Minister said at the start of his statement that he went asking for €1 billion to tackle Ebola and he got it, and that he went asking for a climate change agreement that had been piloted by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with his green growth group and he got it. Does that not demonstrate that leadership from the UK can deliver results in Europe, and that we should stay in?