European Affairs

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 12:45 pm on 3 June 2010.

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Photo of Kelvin Hopkins Kelvin Hopkins Labour, Luton North 12:45, 3 June 2010

The Foreign Secretary speaks warmly-as so many Europe Ministers and Foreign Secretaries have-about our trade with the European Union. Is not the reality that we have a massive trade deficit with the European Union, and we do much better with trade outside the European Union? We do not benefit from that trade; Europe benefits from us and our market.