Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alan Reid and Vince Cable

Thursday 12th February 2015 Commons Chamber

[Vince Cable]

Of course it entirely depends what the alternative arrangements are, and I have never been terribly clear what those people who want to leave are actually seeking. If we had a Norwegian solution, we would still have the immigration movements. If we had a Swiss agreement, there would be a substantial degree of integration. I think that what many Members who want to leave the EU are asking for is an arrangement such as that prevailing with Turkey, under which there is minimal commitment to a single market but very few of the benefits of membership.

[Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD)]

12. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the location of the UK’s first space port.

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

Debate between Alan Reid and Vince Cable

Thursday 21st March 2013 Commons Chamber

[Vince Cable]

Yes, I think we do. That bears repetition and the hon. Gentleman has done it very well.

[Mr Reid]

Was my right hon. Friend as disappointed as I was that the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Mr MacNeil) intervened and did not thank the Government for the 18p cut in fuel duty that this Government have given his constituents, thanks to campaigns by myself and other Government Members?

[Vince Cable]

My colleague is absolutely right. He reminds us of two things that the Government have done. One is the freezing of petrol duty. The other is the allowance for remote communities, which he ably represents, as does the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Mr MacNeil).