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Written Question

Europe

Tuesday 17th June 2014

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.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 May 2014
Nigeria: Chibok Abductions

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 May 2014
Nigeria: Chibok Abductions

"My Lords, does my noble friend agree that, while we are all horrified and disgusted at the atrocity of the kidnapping of these young girls, Nigeria is no longer a British colony, that the Prime Minister would not wish to intrude upon its internal affairs and that the telephone works …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Nov 2013
Nepal: Elections

"My Lords, when did Her Majesty’s Government conclude that they have all events in this country so well under control to the public benefit that they can afford to spend so much time, not least in this House, on discussing the affairs of other countries which are not within Her …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2013
Foreign Languages: European Institutions

"My Lords, did I hear my noble friend say that British civil servants going to the Commission lobby for British interests? Surely, that is contrary to Community law. Surely, my noble friend would agree that those who serve the Commission are required to serve its interests even after they are …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Feb 2012
EU: Recent Developments

"I am waiting for the noble and learned Lord to give us a precise description of his party’s policies towards this pact. Is it his party’s policy that we should see Greece destroyed in the way that it is being currently and that outsiders should take over in respect of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Feb 2012
EU: Recent Developments

"The noble and learned Lord suggests that I find something satisfactory in these difficulties. I do not. However, the sooner they are resolved by Greece leaving the euro, the sooner Greece will be able to conduct its own affairs and get back on its feet. That probably applies to Spain …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Jan 2012
Eurozone Agreement

"My Lords, does the doctrine of collective responsibility apply in these matters?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2011
International Democracy Day

"My Lords, will my noble friend assert the democratic principle very strongly this week by telling the foreign judges in Europe that it is up to this Parliament to decide whether prisoners in jail should have votes, and not for a bunch of foreigners to decide it for us?..."
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