This debate is not about what kind of trade union laws we should have; it is about who makes those laws. The hon. Gentleman referred to young boys going up chimneys, but that practice was ended not by the European Union but by this Parliament, just as slavery was abolished by this Parliament and as women were given the vote by this Parliament.
European Union (Referendum) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Laurence Robertson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 5 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Referendum) Bill.
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