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Oral Answers to Questions

David Nuttall Excerpts
Thursday 19th June 2014

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Barker of Battle Portrait Gregory Barker
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I recognise the hon. Lady’s long-term interest in this issue, and she is right to say that the responsibility has recently come across to this Department from DEFRA. I read the Hansard of the hon. Lady’s Westminster Hall debate on this topic, and she made some very sensible points. I can assure her that, in the context of the upcoming review, we are pressing the EU to make sure that these points are taken into account.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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A derogation is all well and good, but what we really want is a complete exemption. Will my right hon. Friend tell us what chances there are, in the forthcoming renegotiations of our terms of membership, of this country getting back the right to be able to use whatever light bulbs we want—without being told what to do by the EU?