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Calais
Tuesday 14th July 2015

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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We debated this at length in Westminster Hall a couple of days ago. We had the resolution, which Britain eventually supported. It is for the ICC to make those judgments itself and we respect its decision.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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Have the Scottish Government had a consistent position on the issue of EU reform when making representations to UK Ministers, or is it more a case of one position in Scotland and one here in Westminster?

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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It is obviously for the Scottish Government to defend their own positions. We always listen seriously to points that Scottish or, for that matter, Welsh or Northern Irish Ministers make to us about UK Government policy. At the end of the day it is a United Kingdom-wide policy that we adopt in our dealings with the EU.

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