EU: Financial Assistance Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

EU: Financial Assistance

Lord Kinnock Excerpts
Wednesday 15th December 2010

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Sassoon Portrait Lord Sassoon
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My Lords, I do not think there is any question of us being bypassed on key decisions in the European Union, as our participation in recent debates about Ireland and the wider crisis have demonstrated. It will be up to Europe to decide how the permanent arrangements are put in place. The October European Council resolved that there should be a crisis resolution mechanism, and there has been a verbal commitment that the UK will not be asked to be part of it.

Lord Kinnock Portrait Lord Kinnock
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My Lords—