The issue that the hon. Gentleman raises in his example is clear. He suggests that the French would be reluctant to give away the right to have the two sites. That just illustrates the point that my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Stephen Phillips) made about the French sticking up for their interests, and it touches on the whole point of this Bill. It seems extraordinary for a Member of Parliament to say, ““We don't like the Bill because sticking up for our interests might in some way damage the whole European project.”” That is not what we are trying to do.
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kwasi Kwarteng
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union Bill.
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