The hon. Gentleman is talking about words and rhetoric, and he will recall the common fisheries policy objective and rhetoric were about conserving fish stocks, but it presided over the decimation and historic destruction of our fish stocks, which shows that we cannot trust pure rhetoric from Europe. Carbon emissions in Europe, for instance, are growing day on day.
Treaty of Lisbon (No. 8)
Proceeding contribution from
Bob Spink
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 February 2008.
It occurred during Debates on treaty on Treaty of Lisbon (No. 8).
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