Asked by: Lord Tebbit (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 24 June (WA 153–4), stating that "this Government is clear that membership of a reformed European Union is in the United Kingdom's interest", what is their assessment of the United Kingdom's membership of an unreformed European Union.
Answered by Baroness Warsi
I refer the Noble Lord to the speech on the Future of the European Union by the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), on the 23 January 2013; and the speech on Britain and Europe by the Deputy Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr Clegg), on the 8th October 2013.
Asked by: Lord Tebbit (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 6 May (WA 356), whether they intend to ensure that the word "Europe" is used with qualification to make clear what meaning is attached to it in the context of that particular use.
Answered by Baroness Warsi
The Government has no plans to start ensuring that the word "Europe" is always used with qualification.