Debates between Viscount Younger of Leckie and Lord Hannay of Chiswick during the 2010-2015 Parliament

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Mon 11th Feb 2013
EU: UK Membership
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Debate between Viscount Younger of Leckie and Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Monday 11th February 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait Viscount Younger of Leckie
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The answer to the noble Lord’s question is that we are fully focused on staying within the EU. We do not see a two-tier Europe coming forward.

Lord Hannay of Chiswick Portrait Lord Hannay of Chiswick
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Can the Minister clarify another simple point? How does the announcement of a referendum in four years’ time, the result of which cannot possibly be predicted, remove uncertainty?

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The Prime Minister emphasised in another place that now was not the right time to hold a referendum, and that it would be right to hold a referendum after the next election—and after, we hope, the current EU crisis has abated.

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