Derek Twigg
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Monday 7th November 2011
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The Prime Minister
None of our constituents wants to pay taxes to bail out the eurozone; that is not what our taxes should go towards. When we came to office we were part of the European financial stabilisation mechanism—the EFSM. I have got us out of that from 2013, but between now and then we are still at risk because of a very bad decision to which the previous Government agreed.
Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab)
If the eurozone continues to fail to deal with the crisis, what actions will the Prime Minister take to protect the interests of the UK?