My hon. Friend is quite right. Leaving aside the badinage induced by Opposition Members, the serious point is that even before the renegotiation, the Government have made an extremely serious attempt at deregulation in the EU, working with British business to identify the most important things—I will send a list of them to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann), too, because I doubt he has taken the trouble to read what has already been widely published—but that is an arduous undertaking. By contrast, the Bill deals with those things that we can manage under our control in this House, and we should do so right away.
Deregulation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Oliver Letwin
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 3 February 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Deregulation Bill.
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