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UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
John Charles Baron (Conservative, Centre-right): Following the Prime Minister’s response to my recent parliamentary question, I have taken his advice and cleared the diary for a debate in the Chamber tomorrow on parliamentary sovereignty. Given the importance of sovereignty to the EU negotiations, will he join us for that debate, and, perhaps, respond to it on behalf of the Government?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): What I said was that because this measure does not rely on changes in the treaty but will be in European legislation, it can enter into force relatively shortly after the referendum. It will require some legislation, but, as I said earlier, the leader of one of the biggest parties in the European Parliament said that it could be a matter of months, because the process can be accelerated. It just goes to show how much we need to bind everyone into the agreement that we hope to achieve in the coming weeks, so that the Parliament can pass the legislation as swiftly as possible.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Nick Herbert (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that one of the biggest concerns about the direction of travel in the European Union is that countries within it, the eurozone members, wish to integrate more deeply in order to protect their currency? We have our own currency, but an incredibly important part of my right hon. Friend’s negotiation ambition was that we should be protected from any discriminatory measure that might result from those countries’ ability to integrate more closely. Is that not why this proposed package is indeed significant? Is it not the case that it does protect us, and that not only are there now two different speeds, but we have a different destination from our European partners, which puts us in a relatively advantageous position?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): Obviously I am keen to end the uncertainty, but I am not in any hurry if we cannot get the right deal. I think we have set out very clearly what needs to be done, and I think it is possible for that to be agreed in February, but if it takes longer we shall have to be patient, because getting this right really matters.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Peter William Bone (Conservative, Centre-right): A week or so ago, 2,500 people turned up in Kettering for the first GO conference. GO—Grassroots Out—is an organisation whose aim is to get us out of the EU. We had cross-party speakers at the Kettering conference, and we shall be holding another in Manchester What has not been mentioned by commentators—I received an e-mail from the Prime Minister about this yesterday—is the fact that he rules nothing out. This is a process, and he may not get what he wants. I understand that he will not be able to come to Manchester because he is still involved in the negotiations, but if he does not get what he wants, could he come to our GO conference on 19 February, and would it be possible for me to drop off a tie for him at Downing Street?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Agriculture
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I will want to address all those issues when I go to Northern Ireland. Already the reform of the common fisheries policy has led to some improvement, but there is more to be done. On the rules that manufacturers face, I have set out how we will cut bureaucracy. The documents also address directly the problem between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland of sham marriages and people trying to get round our immigration controls, but we now need to carry them into force.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Constituents and families will be thinking about what the future holds. All four tranches of the agreement are important to all our constituents, but the most significant is the protection for non-euro countries. Will the Prime Minister assure the House that he will look at the detail—the devil is in the detail—to make sure that there are no loopholes and that, as the eurozone countries integrate, we are protected and not discriminated against?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I will certainly do that. It will be a complex negotiation. The eurozone counties want the ability to integrate further and to know that we are not trying to block the action they need to take, but clearly we want to make sure that we, as members of the single market, are not disadvantaged.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Energy
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I am delighted with that news, because the Government have given great support to Siemens and DONG Energy. We have—I think—the biggest offshore wind market in the world, because we have provided the regulatory certainty the industry needed. In the east of England, that has achieved not just one big factory, but the industrial regeneration of all the related industries. Irrespective of the outcome of the referendum, we have to make Britain the best place in the world to invest and grow a business. When the arguments come, I am sure many of those who want us to stay in a reformed EU will argue it will make us even more attractive, but we should wait until the starting gun is fired.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Neil Carmichael (Conservative, Centre-right): The scope and scale of the reform package reflect the key interests of a wide range of people in the Chamber. Does the Prime Minister agree that the important thing now is to make sure the details are legally binding and absolutely right and, above all, to sketch out the economic case for staying in the EU—not least the fact that more than half of our foreign direct investment comes from the EU?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right. The next few weeks will be about trying to secure this deal and nail down the details. If that is successful, there will then be the bigger arguments he refers to.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Clearly, if agreed, this will be a legally binding arrangement, for the reasons I have given, but we are aiming in it for treaty change—on those things that need to change—the next time the treaties are altered. He makes a good point though: the more we can bring this together in one place and explain what it is about, the better the British people will see the force of the arguments.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Foreign Trade
David Nuttall (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Prime Minister accept that if the UK left the EU, we could regain our seat at the World Trade Organisation, thereby regaining our voice and influence on this crucial body for global trade, which we lost when we became a member of the EU?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Foreign Trade
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right that, outside the EU, one option would be to take our seat at the WTO. The only problem is that the WTO has not signed many trade agreements in recent years. Those have tended to be bilateral agreements, such as the EU agreement with Canada, which we hope is about to come in, and that with Korea. Of course, Britain could, independently, sign trade agreements, but we have to weigh up how much influence Britain has as a member of the EU—a market of 500 million people—when negotiating the biggest and best trade deals with the fastest-growing countries in the world.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Sarah James (Wollaston) (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has set out the many things that remain to be reformed, but if this grudging and threadbare deal is the best the EU is prepared to concede, what serious hope is there of meaningful renegotiation if or when we are tied in long term under a referendum?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I would make two points to my hon. Friend. First, this is not coming at the time of a more general treaty change; it is a one-off. We are the first Government, and I am the first Prime Minister, I can think of who from a standing start have achieved a unilateral agreement for the good of their country inside the EU. I do not think it is threadbare; as others have said, it is very solid. I am sure that treaty changes will be coming down the track—the process of reform is never fully completed—but there is no danger, once the agreement is signed and, I hope, confirmed in a referendum, of Europe running away with a whole lot of other plans for Britain, because we have the referendum lock. Nothing can happen to Britain without a referendum in this country. That was such an important piece of legislation back in 2010, but I think sometimes we forget about it.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Government Operations
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. What has been achieved so far is something like an 80% reduction in the number of proposals coming forward, but of course what we want to achieve is a reduction in the existing base of regulation and legislation where it is unnecessary, and that, again for the first time, is what we have secured targets towards.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Social Welfare
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I can give the hon. Lady that reassurance in terms of those guarantees and also the action we have taken domestically on things like shared parental leave, which I am very proud of and makes Britain a more family-friendly country. The tampon tax issue is difficult because of the VAT rules in Europe so I have nothing to add to what I have said before about that, but I totally agree about the desirability of trying to get it fixed.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Ben Howlett (Conservative, Centre-right): May I join other colleagues in thanking the Prime Minister for all his work in negotiating a better deal for Britain in the EU? I agree with him that these reforms are a substantial and fundamental change to our relationship with the EU, but what assessment has he made of the impact of these reforms on the car manufacturing worker or the student who is looking at their Erasmus placement next year, as well as those who share similar concerns to those of a pensioner constituent of mine who contacted me yesterday and said, "What is the impact on my grandchild if we leave the EU?"
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Agriculture
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I cannot give a date for the referendum because we do not yet have an agreement in place. I would say that in recent years there have been quite significant improvements in the common fisheries policy, not least in dealing with the appalling situation of discards. As for farmers, let the debate begin; let’s hear from farmers and farmers’ representatives about what they think about the support they get, the actions we have taken to try to simplify the bureaucracy with fewer inspections and the rest. I look forward to hearing from all farmers and their representatives.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Foreign Trade
Felicia Jane Beatrix Drummond (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Prime Minister for a very good negotiation. This report is fantastic, but may I draw my right hon. Friend’s attention to section B? Does my right hon. Friend welcome Mr Tusk’s comments on competitiveness, which commit to "lowering administrative burdens and compliance costs on economic operators, especially small and medium enterprises, and repealing unnecessary legislation" That is what so many companies complain about. This is very welcome to all businesses, particularly those in Portsmouth who want to invest in Europe, and it is exactly the reason why we should be staying in this market which has over 500 million people.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Transportation
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I will look very carefully at that issue, but I seem to recall from conversations I had with the Taoiseach that there are particular arrangements for the common travel area. But I will come back to the hon. Gentleman on this.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Macroeconomics
Robert James MacGillivray Neill (Conservative, Centre-right): The legal certainty that the Prime Minister referred to and the protections in the economic governance section of the document are very important to maintain the status of London as an international business and financial centre, but does my right hon. Friend agree that one of the risks to that position that would remain if this agreement were not successful would be the uncertainty of leaving a market which we can grow, improve and strengthen, and having then to try to get back into the market from the outside with uncertain cost, time and terms?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (Conservative, Centre-right): May I, too, thank the Prime Minister for giving the country the chance of a referendum? Does he agree that he, I and this Government are nothing more than tenants whose duty while we serve is to protect our island inheritance—our democracy, sovereignty and freedom—and that we have no right whatsoever to sell it all, let alone cheaply, to a bureaucratic and unaccountable institution like the EU?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): We are tenants; my hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why I think after 40 years of the British people not having a say when Europe has changed so much, it is right to give the British people a say again, and what I wanted to do was give them the very best possible chance to have a say—not between the status quo today and leaving altogether, but with an improved settlement and plan for Britain by which they can choose to stay in or get out.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): As the document sets out, this will be an annual process. What is different about this is that, instead of just words about deregulation, two mechanisms are being put in place: one to enforce subsidiarity so that whole competences can be returned to member states, and one for burden-reduction targets. Those two things are new.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Miriam Jane Alice Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): We on this side of the House want what is best for Britain when it comes to jobs and security. I have one vote, and I believe that there are aspects of the EU that need serious scrutiny and reform. My constituents share those thoughts. This party has provided this opportunity for a much-needed referendum and the reality of reform, and we can look at this and examine what is before us. Does the Prime Minister agree that voters want an open argument on this matter, rather than open warfare?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): Well, several out campaigns, as the hon. Gentleman says. Once the deal is agreed, we also need to ensure that independent organisations, businesses, non-governmental organisations and any others who think that they would be affected are encouraged to come forward and give their views.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Macroeconomics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): We are currently giving the Scottish Parliament the immense responsibility of being able to raise its own taxes. We are still negotiating that, but it is probably the biggest act of British subsidiarity that we have had for many years, and I would urge the SNP to pick up the baton and run with it.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): On my hon. Friend’s latter point, the European Parliament is a party to these negotiations and I have had a number of meetings with it. If he looks at the draft declaration of the European Commission on the safeguard mechanism, it is very clear that we are justified in triggering the mechanism straight away. On his other point, he is absolutely right to say that we need to secure in the negotiations the best possible agreement on all the other aspects of the operation of this mechanism: how long it lasts for, how many times it can be renewed, and all the rest of it.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I can let the House into a little secret. The reason why there were 500 days between the announcement of the Scottish referendum and the referendum itself is that I was so determined that there was going to be one question and one question only that I granted the former First Minister, the right hon. Member for Gordon (Alex Salmond), the right to name the date. He wanted to make sure that the referendum took place after as long as possible, after the anniversary of Bannockburn, after everything—everything he could throw in. I have to say that, from my point of view, the result was still very clear.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Robin Caspar Walker (Conservative, Centre-right): As one of the top five economies in the world, Britain has to have a world view, and we need friends and allies not just in one continent but in six. I agree with the Prime Minister that this should be a question not just about whether we could manage outside the European Union but about where we would be better off. With that in mind, what feedback has he had on his negotiations from our allies in the Commonwealth and from Britain’s wider networks around the world?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): The advice has been pretty comprehensive from all of them: they value their individual relationship with Britain, but they think we are better off inside a reformed European Union. The Prime Ministers of New Zealand, Australia and Canada, the American President and others are all pretty clear about this—not simply because they think we are better off, but because they think the influence we bring to bear on the European Union is positive from their point of view.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Alberto Castrenze Costa (Conservative, Centre-right): The SNP, in rummaging for an argument, referred to a 1953 case, the case of MacCormick, and to obiter comments—that is, comments made in passing. May I remind the Prime Minister that he among EU leaders has unique up-to-date experience of tough negotiations that led to a referendum agreement, which in turn led to 55% of the Scottish electorate voting to keep the sovereign United Kingdom together? He should take comfort from that success, because those 55% will be voting, just like the English, the Welsh and the Northern Irish, to listen to the British Premier about what is in Britain’s best interests.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend. What these two referendums have in common is that, as a country, we should be confronting and dealing with these big issues. Does Scotland want to stay within the United Kingdom? Does the United Kingdom want to stay within a reformed Europe?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the Prime Minister’s statements so far. I particularly welcome the fact that, for the first time in my lifetime, a Prime Minister is doing a deal in Europe and coming back to this country to give all the British people a chance to have a say on it, rather than just Members of Parliament. Can he reassure me that, even if people do vote to remain in the European Union on the basis of this deal, we will still have a vision that Europe should be doing less and doing it better?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree with that; the idea of Europe only where necessary but nation states wherever possible is absolutely right. There will be people who say, "Maybe we have addressed some issues of concern to the British people but there is more to be done." Let me say again that that is a perfectly acceptable view, but I would argue that the "more to be done" should be done from inside the EU, rather than by us slamming the door and trying to do it from outside.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Mark Julian Francis Pawsey (Conservative, Centre-right): It is now clear from the renegotiations that Britain can improve its position within Europe by continuing to benefit from influence over a market of 500 million people, while maintaining our borders and preventing abuse of free movement. Is the Prime Minister as encouraged as I am by the very positive support that has come from business across the piece?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Macroeconomics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): It is important that business raises its voice, particularly as regards jobs and investment. We need to demonstrate that this negotiation and this outcome can actually lead to a strong and more secure economy, for the sake not just of business, but of people who want security.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
Michael Jon Wood (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Prime Minister for his efforts to secure the best deal available. Today’s newspaper reports suggest that the changes needed to introduce an emergency brake would require approval from the European Parliament. Has he had an opportunity to assess levels of support among MEPs for these changes?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: International Affairs
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right in what he says. Obviously, it is a great advance that the European Commission has said that Britain qualifies for this brake, and if it existed now it would be brought in straightaway. As for the advice I have about the position of the European Parliament, I mentioned earlier that the head of the largest group in the European Parliament thinks this could be sorted out in a matter of months and is supportive of the approach.