They have indeed spent many hours, days and months, and I have spent many hours, days and months in Committee dealing with those matters, too. We did not oppose what the Home Secretary brought forward; we supported it. There was no difference between us and the Home Secretary on those matters. It could have made a difference—and, dare I say it, it could make a difference now—if the Home Secretary had brought forward several months ago the measures she has just brought forward now. She could have had an in-principle discussion—
The UK’s Justice and Home Affairs Opt-outs
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Lord Hanson of Flint
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in the House of Commons on Thursday, 10 July 2014.
It occurred during Debate on The UK’s Justice and Home Affairs Opt-outs.
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