UK-EU Renegotiation

Stewart Malcolm McDonald Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Brendan O’Hara. No. He was here.

[Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South) (SNP)]

The German Government and the European car lobby see the renegotiation as an opportunity to water down new proposals on emissions standards and type approval. Does the Prime Minister accept that that would be unacceptable to British drivers, and will he ensure that it will not be a bargaining chip in the renegotiation?

[The Prime Minister]

There is no connection between this renegotiation and those directives. The only one I can see is the one I made earlier: for the good of our car industry and our consumers, Britain needs to be in the room when these decisions are made.