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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Ronnie Campbell Excerpts
Monday 27th October 2014

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I entirely understand the reaction of my hon. Friend’s constituents. It is exactly the reaction I found in my constituency at the weekend: people outraged that so much money could be asked for with so little time to pay it and with so little thought for the taxpayers who would be called on to do so.

Ronnie Campbell Portrait Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab)
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Some years ago, this country voted for the Common Market not this bureaucratic nonsense, so why does the Prime Minister not grasp the nettle and have a referendum on the day of the election next year and let the British people decide?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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There is a clear message: vote Tory in Blyth Valley and get a referendum.