EU: Repatriation of Powers Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

EU: Repatriation of Powers

Lord Liddle Excerpts
Tuesday 6th December 2011

(13 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Liddle Portrait Lord Liddle
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Does the noble Lord agree with the article in the Financial Times this morning by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Jo Johnson, in which he says that the last thing the City of London needs to protect its interests is for the British Eurosceptics to plaster a union jack all over it? Does he agree that the best way to defend our vital national interests in Europe is to be in, engaging our partners, rather than out, shouting on the sidelines and demanding repatriation of powers?

Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, I entirely agree with the article, which I thought was excellent, and I am very happy that the chair of the relevant European Parliament committee on this is a British Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament, Sharon Bowles.