Businesses: Debt Debate

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Businesses: Debt

Lord Tebbit Excerpts
Thursday 17th May 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Wilcox Portrait Baroness Wilcox
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The noble Lord, Lord Borrie, who is a former Director-General of the Office of Fair Trading, always comes up with something on which I would like to reflect, and I will do so on this occasion. If he would like to write to me explaining exactly what it is that he thinks is a good idea, this Government are always willing to listen.

Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit
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My Lords, does my noble friend agree that if we did not have to create legislation that suited all members of the European Community and could just do this legislation on our own to suit ourselves, it could have been done months ago—perhaps even years ago, during the time of the last Labour Government?

Baroness Wilcox Portrait Baroness Wilcox
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We are keen and happy members of the European Community, my Lords.