EC (Cost)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:22 am on 14 March 1991.

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Photo of Mr Bob Cryer Mr Bob Cryer , Bradford South 5:22, 14 March 1991

When we form a Government, we shall not have to wait for the Community. My hon. Friend suggested that we should have to negotiate to achieve something. It is important to recognise that we can set standards through the work of a Labour Government to which other member states can aspire if they wish. We do not have to go through a long set of complex negotiations to wait for those standards to be achieved in the United Kingdom.