During a debate on concerns about new voting arrangements in the European Banking Authority and the likely dominance of a eurozone bloc vote, Anne Main urges the Government to use opportunities such as this to renegotiate the UK’s relationship within the European Union.

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con): Does my hon. Friend agree that we should use every opportunity and not waste any of them? We have an opportunity to make a difference. If we just keep noting everything and do not use our opportunity, that will be another chance gone and the electorate will not forgive us for it.

Mr Jenkin: I am afraid that my hon. Friend is right that failure to get the maximum leverage out of these opportunities means that they will be forgone for ever. We may well get to 2015 and find that all the major decisions to federate the eurozone will have already been taken and our opportunities to then renegotiate will look slim and incredible.

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