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Richard Ottaway

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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme) (No. 2)
Monday 20th May 2013

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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As I said to the shadow Foreign Secretary, I return to the House whenever there is a major development or change in Government policy. In all my time in government, I have never been one to try to deny the House an opportunity to make a decision about something.

Richard Ottaway Portrait Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con)
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If the Foreign Secretary cannot get agreement from his fellow EU member states to amend the arms embargo, will he veto its renewal?

Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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My hon. Friend will understand that negotiations with other EU states about the arms embargo are going on now, and there are different forms of amending it. We will meet as Foreign Ministers in Brussels next Monday to look at those discussions in detail. I can say to my hon. Friend that we are prepared to do that if necessary, but of course we are looking for agreement with other EU member states.

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