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Department: Cabinet Office

European Council

Thomas Docherty Excerpts
Monday 30th June 2014

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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Well, I have set out my approach, which is always to follow the national interest. It is in the national interest to renegotiate our position in Europe to secure the changes that I have set out. I do not start a negotiation believing that we will not achieve those things; I set out wanting to achieve them and to come back to this country, but I will always do what is in the national interest.

Thomas Docherty Portrait Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab)
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I could not help but notice that not a single Lib Dem Minister is in the Chamber today. Where are they all?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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We have heard from two very prominent Liberal Democrats, and it is very good that they are present today. On this issue, I was the one attending the European Council, and my colleagues can answer for themselves.