Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 22 May 2025 EU-UK Summit
"I absolutely agree. I am afraid that the argument against EU membership, which was the trade imbalance, remains and has only grown with time.
I will not talk about our unhappy fish; we hear enough about those poor creatures. On defence, there has been no detail in the plan other …..." Danny Kruger - View Speech
"Does the hon. Lady share my regret that the Minister did not recommit the Government to introducing the Scrutiny Committee? Does she agree that we should continue to work to that end?..." Danny Kruger - View Speech
"The hon. Lady mentioned Churchill, so I cannot let her sit down yet. She talked about conflict within the Conservative party. Winston Churchill had a few battles in his own party, as she might recall—he was not averse to that. Sometimes one has to stand up for what is right, …..." Danny Kruger - View Speech
"I will start with a few words about the context of the debate. Clearly, the accusation—as though it were a negative—is that the campaign for Brexit had a sort of nostalgic, backward-looking spirit, and that those of us who supported it did so in that spirit. There is something in …..." Danny Kruger - View Speech
"I will therefore end just by saying that the amendment tabled by Reform, which I appreciate was not selected, demonstrates that we are on the same page and I deeply regret their opposition to what we are trying to do...." Danny Kruger - View Speech
"There are two things. First, we could do better on Northern Ireland, but let us leave that whole topic for another day. Secondly, the Brexit agreement that we negotiated was absolutely right, but the problem is the EU and the fact that it is a protectionist bloc. We decided to …..." Danny Kruger - View Speech
"All sorts of things go wrong when we mention Reform, so we had best leave that topic.
I pay tribute to the Conservative Front-Bench Members, who have put forward an important and principled statement of the declaration that our party will stand for. We support the decision of the British …..." Danny Kruger - View Speech
"It is not the first time that the 4% figure has been referenced. Is the hon. Gentleman aware that it was based on the assumption that UK-EU trade would fall and there would therefore be a hit to our productivity? In fact, EU-UK trade has risen since Brexit, so the …..." Danny Kruger - View Speech