Just for the record, as I set out earlier, what the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) says is simply not true. When the Labour party was in government, we were very concerned about welfare payments being made when they perhaps should not have been, especially when it came to child benefit. Our Ministers made representations about that to European institutions and tried to do something about it, but to be perfectly frank, we hit a brick wall—and that is exactly what this Government are finding too. There is no difference between our parties on this issue.
European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Emma Reynolds
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 27 November 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill.
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