Dennis Skinner
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(12 years, 4 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend makes a good point. He often rightly criticises me for not delivering every part of Conservative policy, and now he is having a go at me for not delivering Liberal Democrat policy as well. I do occasionally make that point to our coalition partners, but as I have said, I think the sensible position to take is not having an immediate in/out referendum, but not ruling out a referendum in the future. Europe is changing; there are opportunities for Britain, and I am determined that we should take them.
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab)
With all these mixed messages, unlike the Thatcher regime, can the Prime Minister tell us whether he came to his present opinion before or after he met Andy Coulson?
The Prime Minister
Just to clear it up, I did not meet or speak with Andy Coulson at the weekend.