Europe: Renegotiation

Hywel Williams Excerpts
Tuesday 10th November 2015

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am very keen to accommodate colleagues, but progress is leisurely—some might even describe it as lethargic. As I like guessing games and want to encourage Members to think, let me suggest that if they could model their contributions on those of the right hon. Members for Wokingham (John Redwood) and for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart), progress would be altogether speedier.

Hywel Williams Portrait Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC)
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I thank the Minister for his statement and for early sight of it. In his statement, he used the phrase “salary to be subsidised by the state.” How will the Government differentiate legally between salaries subsidised by the state for foreigners and tax credits to hand out to UK citizens?

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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Those are all matters that will be addressed during the course of the negotiations.