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EU Council

Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 5 January 2016, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton.
Statement on the European Council meeting on 17-18 December 2015.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
604 cc26-55 
Session
2015-16
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 cc26-8 (Link to this contribution)

With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the European Council meeting tha...

Jeremy Corbyn | 604 cc28-30 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister for his statement, a copy of which I received a short time ago. I wish...


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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 cc30-1 (Link to this contribution)

Let me wish the right hon. Gentleman—along with you, Mr Speaker—a very happy new year. Let me als...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 604 c31 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Prime Minister remain confident that he will obtain a full British opt-out from the ever...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c31 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend makes two very powerful points. First, the ever-closer union doe...

Angus Robertson | 604 cc31-2 (Link to this contribution)

It is our first day back in Parliament so this is our first opportunity to say that our hearts go...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 cc32-3 (Link to this contribution)

On the right hon. Gentleman’s last point, Scotland had a referendum on whether to remain part of ...

Crispin Blunt | 604 c33 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Prime Minister agree that the focus on the success or failure of his renegotiation risks...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c33 (Link to this contribution)

Once this negotiation is complete, people will have to ask the big question about whether Britain...

Yvette Cooper | 604 c33 (Link to this contribution)

Before Christmas, I met 11 and 12-year-olds who were living in the “jungle” in Calais. They are o...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c34 (Link to this contribution)

We are going to consider this in a very proper way, as I said during the Syria debate, because th...

William Cash | 604 c34 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend has just stated that his package would “require changes” that are “legally b...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c34 (Link to this contribution)

There have been occasions when countries have voted in referendums, or indeed when we have voted ...

Dennis Skinner | 604 c34 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister said that he ruled “nothing out”. If he loses this referendum, will he resign?...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c34 (Link to this contribution)

This referendum is the Government’s policy, and the country will decide whether we stay in the Eu...

Julian Lewis | 604 c34 (Link to this contribution)

Did the Council discuss how free societies with free media should react to terrorist propaganda? ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c34 (Link to this contribution)

First, on what my right hon. Friend says about what Britain is doing in the EU to counter terrori...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 604 c35 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister said in his statement that in relation to euro and non-euro countries he was l...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c35 (Link to this contribution)

I think if we have non-discrimination, no disadvantage and no costs, that gives us the parity tha...

John Redwood | 604 c35 (Link to this contribution)

What treaty and other changes does the United Kingdom need so that the Prime Minister can impleme...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c35 (Link to this contribution)

What we need to do is address migration from both within the European Union and from outside it; ...

Gregory Campbell | 604 c35 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister has indicated that the nation must “not be part of an ‘ever-closer union”. At ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c35 (Link to this contribution)

That is a very good question. What I am seeking is a legally binding and irreversible change that...

Liam Fox | 604 c36 (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree with my right hon. Friend on that point. However, the European Court has never...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c36 (Link to this contribution)

Clearly, if we have a legally binding and irreversible approach that says that Britain is not par...

Ben Bradshaw | 604 c36 (Link to this contribution)

Given that the Daesh terrorist apparently responsible for the latest disgusting video and the col...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c36 (Link to this contribution)

The experts say that the terrorism prevention and investigation measures as amended are every bit...

Cheryl Gillan | 604 c36 (Link to this contribution)

Given that the Prime Minister has optimistically shared with us his hope that he can reach full a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c36 (Link to this contribution)

I would love to fill in my right hon. Friend’s diary. Indeed, I would love to fill in my own diar...

Lord Cryer | 604 c36 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister made only one very brief mention of the principle of free movement in his orig...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c37 (Link to this contribution)

Let me be clear: I support the principle of free movement whereby people in the European Union ca...

Edward Leigh | 604 c37 (Link to this contribution)

Before people cavil too much, let us pause for a moment to remember that it is only because this ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c37 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. One of the reasons that the problem of the draw of our we...

Jim Shannon | 604 c37 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister referred to terrorism in his statement—terrorism in the middle east. It is all...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c37 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is right to make the point that there are many victims of terrorism and famili...

David Nuttall | 604 cc37-8 (Link to this contribution)

The Conservative party manifesto said:

“We will insist that EU migrants who want to claim t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c38 (Link to this contribution)

No. I very much stand by what we put in our manifesto. The four issues that we are renegotiating ...

Baroness Hoey | 604 c38 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister is right to give his Ministers a free vote, as Harold Wilson did in 1975, but ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c38 (Link to this contribution)

I think people can see that this is a process in which they can trust. We promised a referendum; ...

Damian Green | 604 c38 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister laid great stress on the fight against terrorism and it is, sadly, clear that ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c38 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is right. In many of the debates about Europe that we have had in the past 1...

Chuka Umunna | 604 c38 (Link to this contribution)

Many of those who argue for us to leave the European Union suggest that we could continue to be p...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c39 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Look, my argument will in no way be that Britain cou...

Peter Bone | 604 c39 (Link to this contribution)

Grassroots Out, or GO, was launched yesterday. Politicians from different political parties are w...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c39 (Link to this contribution)

I will look carefully at what happens when you “pass go”! I believe that we are getting closer to...

Mark Durkan | 604 c39 (Link to this contribution)

It is not only Save the Children but UNICEF and others, including the International Development C...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c40 (Link to this contribution)

I think that we will be in a strong position at the donor conference because we have done more th...

Neil Carmichael | 604 c40 (Link to this contribution)

Of course the referendum will revolve around the political advantages and economic strengths that...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c40 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making an important point. If we were not in the single market, we would not be...

Emma Reynolds | 604 c40 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister clearly believes that he can negotiate a good deal with our European partners ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c40 (Link to this contribution)

The entire Government are signed up to having a successful renegotiation and holding a referendum...

Philip Davies | 604 c41 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister has for many years rightly berated the Labour party for giving up our rebate a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c41 (Link to this contribution)

I hope my hon. Friend had an enjoyable Christmas and new year; he seems to have started in a slig...

Ivan Lewis | 604 c41 (Link to this contribution)

Prime Minister, on the question of European funding, hundreds of my constituents in Radcliffe hav...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c41 (Link to this contribution)

First of all, I send the hon. Gentleman’s constituents my sympathy for the flooding that they suf...

Lord Garnier | 604 c41 (Link to this contribution)

Beyond the talks that my right hon. Friend is co-hosting next month, what other discussions are h...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c42 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. It is why a defence co-...

Stephen Gethins | 604 c42 (Link to this contribution)

May I commend the Prime Minister for, on this day of all days, demonstrating to the Leader of the...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c42 (Link to this contribution)

The entire Government are behind the strategy of holding a renegotiation and having a referendum,...

Andrew Rosindell | 604 c42 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Prime Minister’s commitment to end the imposition of ever closer union, if that can...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c42 (Link to this contribution)

We have just achieved the biggest return of powers since Britain joined the European Union, which...

Kelvin Hopkins | 604 c42 (Link to this contribution)

The recent elections in Portugal and Spain have seen a surge in support for left-wing Eurosceptic...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c43 (Link to this contribution)

We are all democracies, so we accept the results in each other’s elections. I am happy to say tha...

Lucy Frazer | 604 c43 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Prime Minister agree that it is neither unfair nor inappropriately discriminatory to pla...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c43 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. One of the problems that has emerged is that the ...

Barry Gardiner | 604 c43 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister has said that the EU referendum will reflect the choice of the British people,...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c43 (Link to this contribution)

This is the choice of the British people. Our aim is to set forward a choice for the British peop...

Gerald Howarth | 604 c43 (Link to this contribution)

May I salute my right hon. Friend’s decision to allow Ministers to exercise their freedom of choi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c44 (Link to this contribution)

I make it a policy not to answer questions beginning with “If”, even if they are put as charmingl...

Graham Stringer | 604 c44 (Link to this contribution)

The common agricultural policy puts up the price of food for people in this country and is an unn...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c44 (Link to this contribution)

If we look at the facts of the CAP, we will see that the days of the great wine lakes and butter ...

Bernard Jenkin | 604 c44 (Link to this contribution)

May I invite my right hon. Friend to make a list of the European laws and European Court rulings ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c44 (Link to this contribution)

I am very happy to come back to my hon. Friend. I do not have the list on me, as it were—I do not...

Tom Brake | 604 c44 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister has heard a call from first the Labour party, then the Scottish National party...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c44 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely understand the weight of argument behind the proposal. We are looking at it. I canno...

Victoria Atkins | 604 c45 (Link to this contribution)

As the RAF seeks to destroy Daesh in Syria and Iraq, does the Prime Minister agree that our commi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c45 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right; it not only provides the resources that the RAF, our Navy and...

Mark Hendrick | 604 c45 (Link to this contribution)

However the Prime Minister wishes to characterise ever closer union, is it not the case that most...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c45 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes an important argument, but I think there are forces going in both direct...

Jacob Rees-Mogg | 604 c45 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister tells us that other EU Heads of Government say that the EU needs Great Britain...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c45 (Link to this contribution)

I will bear that in mind when I see Chancellor Merkel in the snows of Bavaria on Wednesday evenin...

David Anderson | 604 c46 (Link to this contribution)

At the recent meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, huge concern was expressed by ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c46 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. One of the strongest voices of support for the B...

Mark Pritchard | 604 c46 (Link to this contribution)

On security, one thing that safeguards the United Kingdom against terrorism, although it is not f...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c46 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about this issue. I raised it personally at the European Counc...

Geraint Davies | 604 c46 (Link to this contribution)

Happy new year, Mr Speaker. [Interruption.] And to you all.

Britain is taking great leaders...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c46 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman raises an important point, and I will ensure that it is properly dealt with. T...

Suella Braverman | 604 c46 (Link to this contribution)

EU migrants can claim up to £700 a month in tax credits, which is almost double the amount to whi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c47 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that issue. Britain’s requirement on these welfare ch...

Patrick Grady | 604 c47 (Link to this contribution)

Given that the ballot paper in the European referendum makes no mention of the Prime Minister’s r...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c47 (Link to this contribution)

The right thing to do is to wait for the renegotiation and see whether we want to remain in the E...

James Cartlidge | 604 c47 (Link to this contribution)

Given the critical economic impact on this country of whether we leave or remain in the EU, will ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c47 (Link to this contribution)

That is absolutely key to our negotiating aims, and a country that is a member of the single mark...

Wayne David | 604 c47 (Link to this contribution)

Being part of the single European market is obviously vital to the British economy. Will the Prim...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c47 (Link to this contribution)

I certainly believe that documents need to be published, and I think that the other place insiste...

Simon Burns | 604 c48 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend rightly told the House about the discussions on aviation security and passen...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c48 (Link to this contribution)

We did not go into that level of detail, but clearly the aim now is to have far greater collabora...

Steve McCabe | 604 c48 (Link to this contribution)

The Polish Foreign Minister is reported as saying that Poland will support the Prime Minister on ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c48 (Link to this contribution)

I do not think a NATO base has been discussed. Certainly, we support the idea that more NATO forc...

Richard Graham | 604 c48 (Link to this contribution)

After the latest European Council meeting, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “It is important...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c48 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I think there is good will towards Britain. As I said, many o...

Toby Perkins | 604 c48 (Link to this contribution)

I wish the Prime Minister well in his renegotiations. I shall be campaigning for Britain to stay ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c49 (Link to this contribution)

What I am looking for are changes that are legally binding and irreversible. Should a future Brit...

Jason McCartney | 604 c49 (Link to this contribution)

In the shadow Foreign Secretary’s well-received speech in the Syria debate, he quoted Karwan Tahi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c49 (Link to this contribution)

I can confirm that. As was set out in that debate, if we believe in shrinking and eventually erad...

Paul Farrelly | 604 c49 (Link to this contribution)

In the Prime Minister’s remarks, he described one of his four pillars, that regarding in-work ben...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c49 (Link to this contribution)

The UK has put its proposals on the table in each of the four areas, and of course, in the area o...

Jonathan Djanogly | 604 c49 (Link to this contribution)

If, as seems increasingly likely, Switzerland successfully negotiates restrictions on the freedom...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c49 (Link to this contribution)

As my hon. Friend might imagine, I am watching closely the Swiss attempts to renegotiate its posi...

Jonathan Edwards | 604 c50 (Link to this contribution)

Given the lack of progress and detail in the Prime Minister’s renegotiation wish list and conside...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c50 (Link to this contribution)

We have made a lot of advances in recent years in making sure that devolved views are clearly tak...

Alberto Costa | 604 c50 (Link to this contribution)

As well as our armed forces, will the Prime Minister also pay tribute to British police officers,...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c50 (Link to this contribution)

As my hon. Friend says, this is a good moment to pay tribute to the police. They worked incredibl...

Clive Efford | 604 c50 (Link to this contribution)

May I take the Prime Minister back to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Norma...

Clive Efford | 604 c50 (Link to this contribution)

That is what the Prime Minister said. I will give him the chance to put the record straight, but ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 cc50-1 (Link to this contribution)

Let me be clear—I hope I did not mislead the House in any way—the right hon. Member for Normanton...

Henry Smith | 604 c51 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the Prime Minister for his statement. Will he confirm that UK personnel will not take p...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c51 (Link to this contribution)

We are not a Schengen country, so there is no prospect of us being part of a European external bo...

Peter Grant | 604 c51 (Link to this contribution)

In his earlier replies to my right hon. Friend the Member for Moray (Angus Robertson), the Prime ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c51 (Link to this contribution)

Very easily. If Scotland had voted to leave the United Kingdom, which the people of Scotland wise...

Tom Pursglove | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

Does it not remain the case that by focusing our efforts in the region and by helping in those ar...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The figures speak for themselves. We said we would take 20,00...

Andrew Gwynne | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

Has the Prime Minister discussed his renegotiation efforts with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

I have not discussed the issue recently with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, with whom I am on v...

Steve Brine | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

Returning to the subject of Syrian refugees, I was fortunate to meet in the week before Christmas...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments. That is the right way of doing it. We have to k...

Diana Johnson | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

This afternoon the Prime Minister has talked about the national security angle being a compelling...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c52 (Link to this contribution)

I have set out the position, which is that we will make a recommendation following the conclusion...

David Rutley | 604 c53 (Link to this contribution)

As chair of the all-party group on Denmark, I noted with interest that in the recent referendum t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c53 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right. Europe has to address individual concerns of individual countries. That ...

Debbie Abrahams | 604 c53 (Link to this contribution)

The UK helped to draft the UN refugee conventions after the second world war, when we promised th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c53 (Link to this contribution)

I have just replied to that powerful letter and made a number of the points we have discussed tod...

Andrew Stephenson | 604 c53 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome what the Prime Minister has said about the Commission’s proposals on firearms. Some of ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

Like my hon. Friend, I have had some letters as a constituency MP from people who are enthusiasts...

Danny Kinahan | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

Just before Christmas, there were reports in the media that some tens of thousands of blank EU pa...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

I am not aware of that report. I will look into the matter and perhaps write to the hon. Gentlema...

Andrew Bridgen | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the controversial decision to grant asylum to Abdul Rahman H...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

Such decisions are made independently, according to the asylum rules. However, let us be absolute...

Daniel Kawczynski | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

NATO strategy and priorities must not be conflated with the EU renegotiation. Will the Prime Mini...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

No one has talked about a base of the kind that my hon. Friend describes. However, I strongly bel...

Nigel Huddleston | 604 c54 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Prime Minister agree that there is nothing progressive or noble about handing over more ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 604 cc54-5 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right. That is why, as I have said, Britain’s engagement on Europe is not half-...

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