I always regard the hon. Gentleman as my friend. Does he not agree that Norway does two and a half times more trade per capita with the EU from outside than we do from within, and that Switzerland does four and a half times more trade per capita from outside the EU than we manage from within? It is, therefore, perfectly possible to trade more freely with Europe from outside the EU than it is from within.
Commission Work Programme 2014
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Douglas Carswell
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 22 January 2014.
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