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UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nicholas Soames (Conservative, Centre-right): Among the other important measures successfully negotiated by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, I welcome in particular the recognition of the Union’s need to become more competitive and explore the untapped potential of the single market, and indeed to press on with vital trade negotiations with the United States and other key partners. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that when the negotiations are, I hope, happily concluded, our national debate must move on to the real questions of this referendum relating to the safety, economic security and prosperity of the United Kingdom, and the role we are to play in the world in the decades to come?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. A very large number of right hon. and hon. Members are still seeking to catch my eye. Legendarily, the Prime Minister, on several occasions, has been here for long periods to respond to questions, but there is now a premium on brevity that will be demonstrated, I am sure, by the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Mr Jenkin).
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Civil Rights
Steven John Baker (Conservative, Centre-right): I very much admire the tenacity, the courage and the skill with which my right hon. Friend is defending—nay, polishing—this deal, but what happened to our 2010 manifesto commitments on the charter of fundamental rights and social and employment law?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): We have put in place, as I and my right hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Sir Eric Pickles), the former Communities and Local Government Secretary have said, all the things that we put in the manifesto—the manifesto on which my hon. Friend and I stood at the last election. The social chapter no longer exists; it is now merely part of the single market legislation. We have secured, for the first time, an annual reduction in legislation, which can of course include the sort of the legislation that my hon. Friend mentions.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I have been very clear. If we can achieve this negotiation, I will work very hard to convince people that Britain should stay in a reformed European Union. That would be very much in our national interest. I am not an expert on JK Galbraith, but when people have serious concerns—as people in this country do about the levels of immigration—it is right to try to act to address them, which is part of what this is about.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): Let me deal first with the harmonised directives. We now have this test for subsidiarity—we had only fine words in previous treaties because there was never a mechanism to go with them—so the European Council and the European Commission are going to have to look at all these competences and return to member states those that are no longer necessary. That seems to represent important progress in the area my hon. Friend mentions. On migration, the European Commission has said that Britain qualifies now. Where my hon. Friend is right is that although we know that what is proposed is the ability to stop someone getting full access to benefits for four years, we need to fill in the detail on how long such a mechanism will last and how many times it can be renewed.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): British people, including people in Wales, voted for a Government who would deliver economic stability while putting this great question about Britain’s future in front of the British people. As I have said before, public opinion in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland is all, to a greater or lesser extent, in favour of holding a referendum. I think this is the right policy for the whole of the United Kingdom.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Civil Rights
Christopher Robert Chope (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend has talked about what is going to happen with the European Court of Justice. Does he recall that under the Lisbon treaty there is a requirement for the European Union to join the European convention on human rights. That has not been implemented because the European Court of Justice has said that it is incompatible with the EU treaties. Does this not show that, ultimately, although something might need to be taken into account, there is no need for compliance?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Civil Rights
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): Let me say two things to my hon. Friend. First, I do not believe that the EU should join the European convention on human rights. I do not think that is the right step forward, and that has been the British Government’s position. Secondly, we are committed in our manifesto to change Britain’s position with respect to the European Court of Human Rights by having our own British Bill of Rights. We shall be coming up with proposals for that shortly.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): Provided that we secure the agreement that we need, yes, of course I do. We are seeing an industrial renaissance in the west midlands, much of it involving the automotive industry. I have had a number of meetings with car manufacturers in recent days: I saw representatives of Toyota and Ford yesterday, I have had conversations with Jaguar Land Rover and others, and I was with BMW representatives in Germany recently. They have all made the point that Britain is a great centre for the manufacture of cars, and of engines in particular. That is relevant to the issue of the standards set in Europe and our being a rule maker and not a rule taker, which is very important for our auto industry.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very sorry, but I have not been able to clear my own diary. Tomorrow is the Syria conference. In fact, many people will arrive tonight—more than 30 Presidents and Prime Ministers, I believe. The aim is to raise twice as much for the Syria refugee appeal this year as we did last year. However, I know that my hon. Friend is keen to have a word, and I will make sure that we fix that up.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): Let me make two points. First, I think that the reference to a different destination is significant. People have often talked about Europe moving at different speeds, but for the first time it is being said that we may not all be trying to achieve the same ends, and I think that that is very important The "euro ins-outs" section is probably the most technical and, in some ways the most impenetrable, but it contains some simple principles, such as the non-discrimination and no-cost principles that I mentioned to my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg). There is also the very important concept that, should we need to take action in the form of financial supervision to secure our own financial stability, nothing should get in the way of such action. That, I think, is a very important clarification for the good of our country.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is always very generous with his time, with his advice, and now with his clothing as well. The tie has arrived, and I feel that the blazer is soon to follow I do not think that I shall be able to come on 19 February—I hope that I shall still be in the thick of negotiations—but I will of course report the results to the House.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister is trying his best to renegotiate our position, but would he not agree that the reforms, as they stand, do nothing to make the immigration system in this country fairer to people, regardless of where in the world they come from?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I think they do make it fairer. As I explained in the statement, it has for years been frustrating that we cannot apply some of the rules for British citizens marrying foreign nationals to EU citizens marrying foreign nationals. The agreement opens the way to ensuring that we can. All sorts of sham marriages, fraudsters, criminals and others who have been getting round our immigration controls will no longer be able to do so.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Civil Rights
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): People in our country had fundamental rights long before the EU charter of fundamental rights was even thought of, so we do not need these documents in force in Britain. We have our own Parliament and our own rights, and soon we will have our own British Bill of Rights.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): 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.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes (Conservative, Centre-right): Small and medium-sized enterprises are the absolute lifeblood of our economy and small business owners in Romsey and Southampton North are looking at the targets for regulation reduction with optimism, but what they are really seeking is a reassurance from my right hon. Friend that these are stretch targets and our real goal has to be to go beyond them and make sure there is a real-terms reduction in the amount of bureaucracy small businesses face.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Domestic Commerce
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Inevitably these negotiations focus on important ideas and concepts of sovereignty and non-discrimination and deregulation and the rest, but we have to make sure this is a debate that is about consumers and how we are affected in terms of freedom to travel, freedom to study, the price of flights, the availability of roaming charges, and how we are affected, as my hon. Friend said, as pensioners and car workers and young people looking for university places. Hopefully, all the debate will engage with, and bring out, those issues.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for her remarks. Of course section B is important, but it is also worth looking at the draft European Council declaration on competitiveness which adds to section B and brings out some more details.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Domestic Commerce
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend, with his constituency, is right to talk about the importance of financial services and the City of London. We have 40% of Europe’s financial services here in the UK. The current arrangements work quite well because people can passport their way through to establish themselves in any European country, so those arguing for alternatives will have to answer some quite difficult questions about how exactly we put those sorts of protections in place.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Other
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): First, I do not think four months is a short period of time. I think by the end of four months people might be heartily sick of the whole subject. But I notice that the thumbscrews and the other instruments of torture available to the current First Minister have clearly been applied to the former First Minister as we have seen a miraculous conversion—once six weeks was enough; now six weeks is not enough. I wonder what she did to him.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
Chris Ian Brian Mynott Philp (Conservative, Centre-right): On the topic of in-work benefits, the Prime Minister has already said that the emergency brake is in the hands of the Commission. Does he agree that it would greatly help the "in" case if, over the next two or three weeks, he could get a slightly stronger commitment to apply that handbrake for a period into the future and not just initially? Secondly, on that topic, what would happen if we were to vote to stay in but the European Parliament did not subsequently ratify these measures?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
Paul Stuart Scully (Conservative, Centre-right): Benefits as a pull factor for migration might have been blunted somewhat by these proposals but they have not been eliminated. Arguably the bigger pull factor for migration is our successful economy and job creation in the UK. Will the Prime Minister tell us what the draft proposals will do to enable the UK to control immigration from within the European Union in the long term, beyond the four years of the emergency brake?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): On the long-term approach, we are dealing with the abuses of free movement with a more comprehensive package than ever before to deal with the fraudsters, the criminals and the sham marriages. We have the emergency brake which will deliver a four-year welfare brake, which I think is significant. Frankly, I am sure that the eurozone economies will start to recover over time; that has been one of the issues. In the long term, we need to do better at controlling immigration from outside the EU but we also need a welfare policy and a training policy inside our own country, which we increasingly have, to train up the people in this country to do the jobs that our strong economy is providing.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
Mark Steven Spencer (Conservative, Centre-right): Just as important as the result will be the legitimacy of that result, and a high turnout will be essential. What can the Prime Minister do to engage with trade, industry and businesses to encourage them to discuss with their employees the implications of the outcome, whichever way the debate goes?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Domestic Commerce
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): I will certainly do everything I can, in the event of a successful negotiation, to encourage engagement at all levels. I would also encourage businesses, charities and other organisations to ensure that they feel they can come forward. There are some in the business community who feel that that they will have to go through all sorts of corporate governance concerns, but I would advise them to get on with that process so that if they think they have important arguments to put forward to their workforce, their customers or their shareholders, they are able to do so.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): A key question for many is whether the UK will be able to say no to European migrants when we need to. This draft Council statement spells out clearly that we will be able to do so on the grounds of public policy, public health and public security, which include legitimate goals such as reducing unemployment or the suspicion of marriages of convenience. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is a considerable step forward for our own immigration and security interests?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes an important point. If we read section D of the main document, we see that it is quite refreshing about the number of instances in which the control of migration and the limitation of free movement will be possible. That document bears careful reading.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement. Is he aware that 90% of FTSE 100 chairmen would vote to remain in the European Union? Does he think that that is because they are part of some so-called "project fear"? Alternatively, is it because they run our very largest companies in the real world and know that a vote to leave is a vote for huge economic uncertainty and that a vote to remain, with the protections we will have on the single market and our currency, is a vote for our economy to go from strength to strength?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Domestic Commerce
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): It is important that we hear the voice of business, both large and small, and I encourage all businesses to speak out because they have an important contribution to make to the debate. The more that people can give concrete examples of how access to this market and to the rules of this market matter, the better.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
Andrew James Bridgen (Conservative, Centre-right): The German captain of the ship that is the European Union has deliberately steered it into a migration iceberg with all the watertight doors open. Rather than just rearranging the deckchairs, would it not be better to direct the British people to the available lifeboat while the band is still playing and before the inevitable happens?
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): The analogy was getting quite complicated, but I do not agree with that. If we were not outside Schengen, my hon. Friend would have a very fair point, but we are in a situation where we are able to have the best of both worlds. Let us keep our borders and let us not let in foreign nationals who do not have a right to be here—that is strengthened by this agreement—but let us keep the free movement, so that British people can live and work in other European countries. That is the best of both worlds.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): First, the European Commission’s statement is very clear, saying that it "considers that the kind of information provided to it by the United Kingdom shows the…exceptional situation…exists in the United Kingdom today." That would enable us to pull this brake to make sure that people could not get instant access to our welfare benefits. But there is another consideration that those thinking that we would be better off outside the European Union have to think about: when most of those countries outside the EU that want a close relationship with it ask for free access to the single market, the first demand is that there should also be the free movement of people. That is the case with Norway, for example. This is a deal from within and in many ways, even on this issue, it would be better than a deal from without.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
Kevin Paul Hollinrake (Conservative, Centre-right): In his statement, the Prime Minister outlines the work we have done to tackle migration from outside the EU. What conversations has he had with other European leaders about what they are doing to tackle the migrant crisis? Many of my constituents are very worried about the future implications of migration, particularly given that we are seeing such unsustainable levels of people coming into the UK at the moment.
UK-EU Renegotiation — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Immigration
David William Donald Cameron (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend asks a crucial question that needs to have a full and proper answer. The arrival of these people on to the European continent does concern people. What I say is that, first, we do not have to allow into our country foreign nationals resident in other states. That is why we keep our border controls Let us consider, for example, the situation in Germany. Getting German citizenship can take as long as 10 years and it is the product of a lot of work, tests and everything else. We must therefore, first, keep our Schengen no-borders agreement and, secondly, continue to exclude people if they are not European Union citizens and they do not have a visa. Thirdly, I should say that the changes here that mean that we can crack down on the fraudsters, criminals and sham marriages, and on those who are trying to get round our immigration controls, put us in a much better place to deal with the pressures of the future.
Tax Avoidance and Multinational Companies — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Michael Jon Wood (Conservative, Centre-right): Companies such as Simworx in my constituency are extremely successful at selling products around the world that are based on their intellectual property developed in the UK. Does the shadow Chancellor think the profits from that intellectual property should be taxed in the country where those products are sold, or here in Britain?
Tax Avoidance and Multinational Companies — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
Chris Ian Brian Mynott Philp (Conservative, Centre-right): On the point about international agreements, the United Kingdom Government have been at the forefront of the base erosion and profit shifting initiative. Richard Murphy, who describes himself as the author of Corbynomics, told the Treasury Committee yesterday that he was "pleased and very surprised" by the progress the Government have made since 2010.
Tax Avoidance and Multinational Companies — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): I have to inform the House that Mr Speaker has selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister Before I call the Minister to move the amendment, I should tell the House that a great many people have indicated that they wish to catch my eye this afternoon. More than 20 hon. Members wish to speak, and this debate will last for considerably less than two hours. There will be a time limit of three minutes initially on Back-Bench speeches. [Interruption.] There is no point in people complaining about it—that is the amount of time there is. There will be three minutes and, even then, not everyone who wishes to be called to speak will be called to speak I say, very importantly, to the House that people who have intervened and taken part in the debate must remain in this Chamber for the whole of the debate—leaving for the odd five minutes is fine—because they are taking up time that other people, who have sat through the whole of the debate, will then not have. This is nothing to do with old-fashioned rules or conventions—it is simple courtesy by one Member of Parliament to another. I call Mr David Gauke to move the Government amendment.
Tax Avoidance and Multinational Companies — House of Commons, 2016-02-03
Topic: Other
Richard Michael Bacon (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister is right, of course, that these issues are sometimes very complicated. However, sometimes there are loopholes that are exploited. Will he identify some of the loopholes closed by this Government that were opened by the previous Labour Government?