Orders of the Day — European Communities (Amendment) Bill — [4th Allotted Day]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:05 pm on 17 October 2001.

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Photo of Stephen Ladyman Stephen Ladyman Labour, South Thanet 4:05, 17 October 2001

I should like to deal with the other side of the coin. If we were to take the right hon. Gentleman's argument to its logical conclusion—throwing out the Nice treaty and achieving enlargement by different means, thereby delaying it until 2006—the cost to British non-agricultural business would be nearly £4 billion, according to the figures that he has accepted as representing the benefit of enlargement. Is he prepared to pay that price?