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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Nic Dakin Excerpts
Monday 22nd October 2012

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I remind the House and the Prime Minister that I do not have any policy on these matters, so I would be very grateful if he did not involve me in this exchange. Secondly, I gently and politely make the point that we are here to talk about the policies of the Government.

Nic Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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Talking about mates, which parties from Latvia did the Prime Minister meet at the Council?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I can certainly give a list of people I did not meet—the parties of the European Socialists party, which include the Polish communists, whom the Opposition sit alongside. They also sit alongside Romanian holocaust deniers, and, as I have said, the party’s Bulgarian president opposes gay pride marches. I will not refer to your mates again, Mr Speaker; they are the hon. Gentleman’s mates.