May I confirm to my hon. Friend that he is entirely right in his observations? Of course this opt-out was negotiated by the previous Labour Government. I can also confirm that the Ministers and Secretaries of State who appeared before the European Scrutiny Committee did not have fits of uncharacteristic modesty when talking about the opt-out.
2014 JHA Opt-out Decision
Proceeding contribution from
Dominic Raab
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on 2014 JHA Opt-out Decision.
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