Finance Ministers’ Meeting (Ireland) Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Finance Ministers’ Meeting (Ireland)

John Bercow Excerpts
Wednesday 17th November 2010

(13 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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None Portrait Several hon. Members
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. There is much interest and little time, so in questions and answers alike I require brevity.

William Cash Portrait Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con)
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The €440 billion eurozone facility can be used without infringing either UK liability or sovereignty. The Darling guarantee mechanism with qualified majority voting involves, unnecessarily, both UK liability and sovereignty. Where it is in our national interest and we can afford it, why not provide a UK-Irish but non-EU loan?