Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Sep 2014 NATO Summit
"Can we presume that the implication of the undertaking of those countries spending below 2% not to let that fall even lower is that those countries at or above 2% have undertaken not to allow their contribution to fall below 2%, particularly the United Kingdom?..." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech
"Further to the previous question, German Chancellor Merkel has decided that it is in Germany’s national interest to provide the Kurds with arms. Will the Prime Minister tell me when he thinks that it would not be in Britain’s national interest to do so, or what he would require to …..." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech
"On 9 July, in evidence to the Select Committee on Defence, the then Secretary of State for Defence—he is now Foreign Secretary—was asked whether he thought that events in Ukraine meant we ought fundamentally to reconsider our strategic defence approaches. He said:
"In his discussions, is the Minister reconsidering whether it would be wiser to have strategic, directly elected mayors in some of our regions so that we do not just give them the money, but have democratic accountability for areas greater than the current boundaries?..." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech
"Twenty-six to two is not just the score for the Prime Minister’s—very successful—negotiations to stop the Commission President; it is also the score for the countries that are either in the euro or under treaty obligation to be in the euro. There are only two countries that have got an …..." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech
"I am deeply grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I am listening with great interest to the coalition’s achievement. I just wonder whether part of that achievement is the fact that the Liberal Democrat Benches are empty...." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech
"I thank the hon. Member for North Dorset (Mr Walter)—or rather, I do not thank him because I am trying to wean myself off the subject of Europe but I cannot, given his speech. It is 39 years to the day since the United Kingdom, by a majority of two …..." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech
The funding streams for our cities are not working, which is a problem. I want to spell out some stark facts. I can pick any set of statistics and paint whatever picture of Birmingham I choose. It could be the most enterprising, the …..." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech
"I was reading the speech this morning. I thought it was stunning, including the reference to Eric Prickles, which I really loved. However, I do not think that the hon. Member for Portsmouth North (Penny Mordaunt) was the second woman; she may be the second Conservative. Just for the record, …..." Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston - View Speech