DOCSLIB.ORG

View of Its Actions, Which It Will 431 Oral Answers16 JULY 2009 Oral Answers 432 Publish Shortly

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Thursday Volume 496 16 July 2009 No. 113 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Thursday 16 July 2009 £5·00 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2009 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Parliamentary Click-Use Licence, available online through the Office of Public Sector Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/ Enquiries to the Office of Public Sector Information, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU; Tel: 0044 (0) 208876344; e-mail: [email protected] 427 16 JULY 2009 428 that does not necessarily mean that the process of House of Commons approving the money needs to be long term. There needs to be greater dispatch in bringing things to a conclusion, particularly where strategically important Thursday 16 July 2009 companies are involved that are part of the global and regional economies, one example being Jaguar Land Rover in the west midlands and in the north-west. The House met at half-past Ten o’clock Mr. McFadden: Constructive discussions between the Government and Jaguar Land Rover are continuing. PRAYERS The Government are keen to help, but of course the terms must be right. I assure my hon. Friend that the Government are not seeking to delay help at all, but we [MR.SPEAKER in the Chair] want to ensure that the help that we give is in line with the aims of the scheme as set out when we launched it. I remind my hon. Friend, who represents the area covering Oral Answers to Questions Longbridge, that only last week we were being criticised for being too ready to put Government money into the car industry. It is absolutely right that we ensure that in BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS doing this we get appropriate value for money and do it for long-term reinvestment projects that can help to The Minister of State was asked— secure the long-term health of the UK automotive industry. Automotive Assistance Scheme Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire) (Con): I fully endorse 1. Sandra Gidley (Romsey) (LD): What assessment he the concerns expressed about the urgency of dealing has made of the rate of take-up of the automotive with Jaguar Land Rover, but the supply chain in the assistance scheme. [287048] automotive sector is also in crisis. Is the Minister able to clarify his position on closing the gap in eligibility The Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr. Pat under the enterprise finance guarantee scheme and the McFadden): As we said at the time of its launch, the automotive assistance programme to help the supply automotive assistance scheme is for long-term reinvestment chain? in the industry, not short-term rescue funding. The Department has been in contact with about two thirds of all companies who may qualify for assistance under Mr. McFadden: The hon. Gentleman echoes a point the scheme, resulting in 19 formal expressions of interest that has been raised by several potential applicants so far. Projects in the pipeline could involve total under the scheme about the £5 million threshold. My Government support of about £1.45 billion. officials have worked with companies in that position to help them to brigade potential projects. We want to take Sandra Gidley: I thank the Minister for that reply. a flexible and helpful attitude to this; we are not in the There seems to have been some delay in allocating loans business of turning away companies for no good reason. or guarantees under the scheme. Could the Minister clarify why that is? Is it because the conditions set out in Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD): I have listened carefully the scheme’s criteria are too strict? Clearly, the money to what the Minister is saying about long-term investment, has not yet found its way to most manufacturers. but that does not mean long-term lead-in. If we look across the channel to France and Germany, and then Mr. McFadden: As I said, it is important to understand further afield to the US and Japan, we can see that they that this scheme is about long-term reinvestment projects, have already delivered substantial amounts of assistance, not short-term rescue. The Secretary of State said at the so I do not understand why it is taking so long in the time of its launch: United Kingdom. For the past six months, while Parliament “There is no blank cheque on offer and there are no operating has been sitting, nothing has happened—not a single subsidies. We are committed to ensuring that anything backed by the scheme offers value for taxpayers’ money, enables us to green penny has been given to any automotive company. Now Britain’s economic recovery” that we are going into recess, perhaps the Minister and could give a guarantee about at least some funding coming through to the automotive sector—and during “delivers significant innovation in processes”.—[Official Report, House of Lords, 27 January 2009; Vol. 707, c. 178.] his holidays, perhaps he would like to pop over to France and Germany to see how they have managed to We are working through these projects with the companies do it there when we cannot seem to do it here. concerned. I can assure the hon. Lady and the House that there is no delay on the Government’s part. We are working closely with the companies concerned, but we Mr. McFadden: I have to disagree with the hon. Lady also want to ensure that we get value for money and the when she says that no help has been given to the long-term benefits of reinvestment for the industry automotive industry. She ignores the car scrappage concerned. scheme, which has been in place for some months and has helped to boost a significant number of sales in the Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab): I UK automotive industry. That is giving real help in the endorse what my right hon. Friend says about the short term to automotive companies. I think that it is automotive assistance scheme being about long-term widely recognised as being a success. This scheme is investment in green technologies, and so on. However, different in that it is geared towards long-term reinvestment, 429 Oral Answers16 JULY 2009 Oral Answers 430 not only towards the short-term issues facing the car businesses in the west midlands, particularly in the industry. We are working diligently, carefully and Coventry area. How can Advantage West Midlands productively with the companies that are making assist small businesses to speed that help up? applications under the scheme. Ms Winterton: As my hon. Friend is aware, my hon. Learndirect Programme Friend the Minister for the West Midlands, through his taskforce, has looked very closely at how to help small and medium-sized enterprises. I know that the Advantage 2. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire) (Lab/Co-op): West Midlands transition bridge fund has made offers What recent representations he has received on the of loans totalling some £9.3 million to 55 local businesses future of the Learndirect programme; and if he will to date, and I believe that nine of those are located in make a statement. [287049] his constituency in Coventry and Warwickshire. The Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships Mr. Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford) (Con): and Consumer Affairs (Kevin Brennan): There has been Yesterday, the chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, recent interest in Learndirect’s proposals to develop its such an important business in the west midlands, announced technology and support more learners directly over the 300 job cuts and said that further action would depend internet and telephone. We are examining the results of in part on how quickly the agreed loan from the European the trials, but for the foreseeable future we will continue Investment Bank was forthcoming. Given that Ministers to see face-to-face contact as a core aspect of delivery agreed on that loan three months ago, why are the for many learners. company and its workers still waiting? The French and German Governments delivered their loans from the David Taylor: With more than one in 10 young people EIB months ago. Why is it that under this Government, not in education, employment or training, it is good car firms in Britain are the last to get the help that they news that the Train to Gain programme in Learndirect have been promised? Is it deliberate Government policy centres and elsewhere has increased its uptake by 60 per or just incompetence? cent. to 800,000. Why, then, is the Learning and Skills Council struggling with its current Train to Gain budget Ms Winterton: Yesterday’s decision was not connected and the university for industry shutting down all Learndirect with the ongoing negotiations about working with Jaguar centres in 2010? Is there a real future for Learndirect Land Rover. It was to do with a particular type of and Train to Gain? production coming to an end. The support that the Government are giving to the west midlands, working Kevin Brennan: First, Learndirect will not be shutting through the regional development agency, has ensured down all its centres by July 2010. It has been consulting that we have been able to safeguard jobs and help its network of providers about a possible new approach, businesses. The Opposition, of course, would abolish but as I said earlier, that approach is being tested and RDAs, which would mean that the type of help that we the Government will be consulted before any final have provided would not be available. decisions are taken. On the future of Train to Gain, we will be spending £1 billion in 2011, building on the Mr.
Recommended publications
  • Hacking Affair Is Not Over – but What Would a Second Leveson Inquiry Achieve?

    Hacking Affair Is Not Over – but What Would a Second Leveson Inquiry Achieve?

    7/10/2019 Hacking affair is not over – but what would a second Leveson inquiry achieve? Academic rigour, journalistic flair Hacking affair is not over – but what would a second Leveson inquiry achieve? July 25, 2014 3.57pm BST Author John Jewell Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University On we go. Ian Nicholson/PA In the latest episode in the long-running saga that is the phone hacking affair, Dan Evans, a former journalist at the News of the World and Sunday Mirror, has received a 10 month suspended sentence after being convicted of two counts of phone hacking, one of making illegal payments to officials, and one of perverting the course of justice. Coming so soon after the conviction of Andy Coulson and the acquittal of Rebekah Brooks and others, one could be forgiven for assuming that the whole phone hacking business is now done and dusted. Not a bit of it. As Julian Petley has written: “Eleven more trials are due to take place involving 20 current or former Sun and News of the World journalists, who are accused variously of making illegal payments to public officials, conspiring to intercept voicemail and accessing data on stolen mobile phones.” We also learned in June that Scotland Yard had officially told Rupert Murdoch of their intention to interview him as part of their inquiry into allegations of crime at his British newspapers. The Guardian revealed that Murdoch was first contacted in 2013, but the police ceded to his lawyers’ request that any interrogation should wait until the Coulson–Brooks trial had finished.
  • Before the Murdoch Takeover: New Evidence Indicating the Need for a Further “Fit and Proper” Review

    Before the Murdoch Takeover: New Evidence Indicating the Need for a Further “Fit and Proper” Review

    Before the Murdoch takeover: new evidence indicating the need for a further “Fit and Proper” review AVAAZ, 8th March 2017. Submission for Karen Bradley, Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport Introduction An acquisition of Sky Plc. by 21st Century Fox (21CF) would result in a major expansion of the influence of the Murdoch Family Trust (MFT) over Sky. In 2012 Ofcom was highly critical of the role of James Murdoch who was CEO and Chairman of News International during the period of criminal and other reprehensible conduct at that organisation. This submission details a long list of wrongdoings and criminal misgovernance that has emerged since Ofcom reviewed the licenses held by BSkyB in 2012. It also draws attention to an unfolding sexual harassment epidemic being unearthed at Fox News in the US. The Secretary of State notes in her 6th March 2017 letter1 to 21CF and Sky that 21CF’s record of compliance with the broadcasting code might reflect on the culture or corporate governance at 21CF. The “huge failings of corporate governance” at News Corporation, the precursor company to 21CF were noted in the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on News International and Phone Hacking and the Secretary of State herself acknowledges that James Murdoch’s actions during this time was a “failure of corporate governance.” The shocking scale of corporate misgovernance and criminal conduct make it incumbent upon the Secretary of State to exercise her powers under Section 58(3) of the Communications Act 2003, to refer the Sky bid on broader public interest grounds than those she currently says she is minded to exercise.
  • Linguistic Means of Expressing Gender in British Quality Newspapers

    Linguistic Means of Expressing Gender in British Quality Newspapers

    Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích Pedagogická fakulta Katedra anglistiky Diplomová práce Linguistic Means of Expressing Gender in British Quality Newspapers Jazykové prostředky vyjadřující rodovou neutralitu v britském seriózním tisku Vypracovala: Radka Mrňová Vedoucí práce: Mgr. Jana Kozubíková Šandová, Ph.D. České Budějovice 2013 Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor, Mgr. Jana Kozubíková Šandová, Ph.D, for her generous guidance, invaluable advice, constant encouragement and support. I am also very grateful to Sheldon Bassett, M.A., for his language supervision and editorial comments. Prohlášení Prohlašuji, že jsem diplomovou práci na téma Linguistic Means of Expressing Gender in British Quality Newspapers vypracovala samostatně pouze s použitím pramenů uvedených v seznamu citované literatury. Prohlašuji, že v souladu s § 47b zákona č. 111/1998 Sb. v platném znění souhlasím se zveřejněním své diplomové práce, a to v nezkrácené podobě elektronickou cestou ve veřejně přístupné části databáze STAG provozované Jihočeskou univerzitou v Českých Budějovicích na jejích internetových stránkách, a to se zachováním mého autorského práva k odevzdanému textu této kvalifikační práce. Souhlasím dále s tím, aby toutéž elektronickou cestou byly vsouladu s uvedeným ustanovením zákona č. 111/1998 Sb. zveřejněny posudky školitele a oponentů práce i záznam o průběhu a výsledku obhajoby kvalifikační práce. Rovněž souhlasím s porovnáním textu mé kvalifikační práce s databází kvalifikačních prací Theses.cz provozovanou Národním registrem vysokoškolských kvalifikačních prací a systémem na odhalování plagiátů. V Českých Budějovicích 24. června 2013 …………………………. ABSTRACT This diploma thesis analyses various ways of expressing gender neutrality in present- day English. This is a highly contemporary issue to be traced in both written and spoken language.
  • City Index Announces Kate Garraway and Clare Nasir As May’S Celebrity Trader

    City Index Announces Kate Garraway and Clare Nasir As May’S Celebrity Trader

    CITY INDEX ANNOUNCES KATE GARRAWAY AND CLARE NASIR AS MAY’S CELEBRITY TRADER. London, UK, 15th May, 2011 – City Index, a global leader in Spread Betting, Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and margined foreign exchange, are Day Breaking the markets with Morning GMTV Presenter Kate Garraway and Weather Girl Clare Nasir for April’s Celebrity Trader. Kate Garraway and Clare Nasir have been staples of daytime television for years, wowing the nation at GMTV before taking up their current roles at Daybreak. The pair are two of the hardest working presenters on TV, so just how did they find the time to be this month’s City Index celebrity traders? Was it trading teamwork, or forex feuding? Kate has been an enthusiastic trader, the start of the competition saw her dive straight off the deep end and short the FTSE after reading that the markets had begun the week with a bearish undertone that looked set to continue. Her strategy – ‘selling in strength’. Kate sold at £10 per point a, rather brave and aggressive approach, resulting however in her receiving a nearly instantaneous margin call from trusted City Index Trader Kishan Mandalia. This didn’t shake her confidence however, and she did eventually enjoy something of a rally on this trade. Over optimism was her down-fall here unfortunately though, as the UK 100 Index pushed up towards the 6000 mark, resulting in a disappointing loss as the trade crystallized £130 down. This turn in fortune for the FTSE 100 was a welcome bonus for Clare on the other-hand, as she placed the opposing trade, taking a long position on the index and successfully crystallizing a £61 profit.
  • We Note You Have Failed to Provide Any New Evidence Sufficient to Support What Amount to Very Serious Allegations

    We Note You Have Failed to Provide Any New Evidence Sufficient to Support What Amount to Very Serious Allegations

    We note you have failed to provide any new evidence sufficient to support what amount to very serious allegations. This inevitably leads us to question the motives of the New York Times. It seems to us that your investigation has always been tainted by a vested interest in its outcome which means it is in serious and multiple breach of your own ethical guidelines. As you should know, [the hacking issue was] examined extensively by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee over an eight-month period leading up to publication of its report “Press standards, privacy and libel” on 24 February this year. Every area addressed by your questions has already been the subject of detailed oral and/or written evidence and, in particular, put to, and answered by, our executives during public hearings conducted by the Committee. Your letter goes on to refer to unattributed conversations with “former reporters and editors” who make a number of unsubstantiated claims and then to a specific claim made by Matt Driscoll. He had a very difficult relationship with the newspaper, which included disciplinary action for inaccurate reporting . [His] termination was later challenged at an employment tribunal in an acrimonious case which we vigorously defended, but which Mr. Driscoll won. This should, I hope, make you exercise caution in your assessment of what Mr. Driscoll has told you. Failure to make your readers aware of why Mr. Driscoll’s comments may not be entirely objective would be a clear case of bias. For this reason, you should also exercise extreme caution in your approach to what you are told by any “former reporters and editors” and your readers should be made aware of any reasons why their views may be biased.
  • Register at 30 May 2013

    Register at 30 May 2013

    REGISTER OF INTERESTS OF MEMBERS’ SECRETARIES AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (As at 30 May 2013) INTRODUCTION Purpose and Form of the Register In accordance with Resolutions made by the House of Commons on 17 December 1985 and 28 June 1993, holders of photo-identity passes as Members’ secretaries or research assistants are in essence required to register: • Any occupation or employment for which they receive over £330 from the same source in the course of a calendar year, if that occupation or employment is in any way advantaged by the privileged access to Parliament afforded by their pass. • Any gift (eg: jewellery) or benefit (eg: hospitality, services or facilities) they receive in the course of a calendar year, if the value of the gift or benefit exceeds £330 and if it in any way relates to or arises from their work in Parliament. In Section 1 of the Register entries are listed alphabetically according to the staff member’s surname. Section 2 contains exactly the same information but entries are instead listed according to the sponsoring Member’s name. Administration of the Register The Register is compiled and maintained by the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Anyone whose details are entered on the Register is required to notify that office of any change in their registrable interests within 28 days of such a change arising. An updated edition of the Register is usually published every 4-6 weeks when the House is sitting. Changes to the rules governing the Register are determined by the Committee on Standards, although where such changes are substantial they are put by the Committee to the House for approval before being implemented.
  • Never Again Lessons from Labour's Key Seats

    Never Again Lessons from Labour's Key Seats

    Never Again Edited by Sally Keeble and Will Straw Again Edited by Sally Keeble and Will Never Fabian Special LESSONS FROM LABOUR’S KEY SEATS Edited by Sally Keeble and Will Straw Fabian Special The Fabian Society is Britain’s oldest political think tank. Since 1884 the Society has played a central role in developing political ideas and public policy on the left. Through a wide range of publications and events the Society influences political and public thinking, but also provides a space for broad and open-minded debate, drawing on an unrivalled external network and its own expert research and analysis. The Society is alone among think tanks in being a democratically-constituted membership organisation, with almost 7,000 members. During its history the membership has included many of the key thinkers on the British left and every Labour Prime Minister. Today it counts over 200 parliamentarians in its number. Member-led activity includes 70 local Fabian societies, the Scottish and Welsh Fabians, the Fabian Women’s Network and the Young Fabians, which is itself the leading organisation on the left for young people to debate and influence political ideas. The Society was one of the original founders of the Labour Party and is constitutionally affiliated to the party. It is however editorially, organisationally and financially independent and works with a wide range of partners of all political persuasions and none. Fabian Society 61 Petty France London SW1H 9EU www.fabians.org.uk Fabian Special First published 2015 ISBN 978-0-7163-4124-6 Editorial Director: Ed Wallis This pamphlet, like all publications of the Fabian Society, represents not the collective views of the Society but only the views of the author.
  • Books Purchased and Borrowed By

    Books Purchased and Borrowed By

    Lists of books purchased and borrowed by the Commons Library 2008 onwards Since October 2013, the House of Commons Library has regularly published details of the books which have been most frequently borrowed from the Library, and which titles it has purchased specifically in response to requests from Members of Parliament. Some information relating to the most frequently borrowed books during the years 2008–2013 is also included. Please note: The tables containing information relating to the period from 1 April 2019 show House of Commons Library book loans from Members of Parliament only. The tables containing information relating to the period prior to 1 April 2019 take account of all loans made; not only loans to Members of Parliament, but also to staff of the House and to other libraries too. The tables containing this information were prepared in response to freedom of information requests received by the Library. • 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 • 1 April to 30 September 2020 • 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2020 • 1 April to 30 September 2019 • 1 October 2018 to 31 March 2019 • 1 April to 30 September 2018 • 1 October 2017 to 31 March 2018 • 1 April to 30 September 2017 • 1 October 2016 to 31 March 2017 • 1 April to 30 September 2016 • 1 October 2015 to 31 March 2016 • 1 April to 30 September 2015 • 1 October 2014 to 31 March 2015 • 1 April 2014 to 30 September 2014 • 1 October 2013 to 31 March 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008 • About the Commons Library Books borrowed or purchased from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 This document lists the books purchased by the House of Commons Library in response to requests from MPs, and the books borrowed by MPs from the Library on at least two occasions during the specified period.
  • STUART EARL Multi-Camera Studio & OB Series Director

    STUART EARL Multi-Camera Studio & OB Series Director

    STUART EARL Multi-Camera Studio & OB Series Director 07957 360698 [email protected] www.setv.uk Introduction Accomplished multi-camera studio and OB director trusted by Producers, Editors and Execs to deliver creative vision and direction to their high profile shows. Key strenGths include manaGinG productions from initial conception to transmission; creatinG and transforming original ideas in to enGaGinG, visually appealinG television; providinG leadership to and collaboratinG with production teams, technical crew and talent to achieve seamless proGramme delivery; formulating strategies and processes to improve production efficiency; swiftly and proactively managing unpredictable issues, reprioritising resources and amending demanding schedules and runninG orders to ensure proGramme inteGrity. Credits (Highlights) Studio Director – This Morning (LIVE) (HD) ITV Studios for ITV | May 2017 – Present • Studio director of daytime’s biggest show – presented by Phillip Schofield, Holly WilloughBy, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford et al. • Perform as creative and technical lead, partnerinG with production team to achieve editorial ambitions. Delivered a diverse range of items includinG sketches, human interest stories, outside broadcasts, demos, fashion, cookery and celeb chat. • Contributed story ideas and production treatments. Developed and enhanced others’ ideas. Studio Director – Good Morning Britain (LIVE) (HD) ITV Studios for ITV | Sep 2015 – Present • Studio director of ITV’s breakfast magazine programme – presented by Susanna Ried, Ben
  • The Women's Conference 2017 Brighton

    The Women's Conference 2017 Brighton

    The Women’s Conference 2017 Brighton Gwen accompanied me to Conference on Saturday 23rd September. Annoyingly I had not received my credentials from the party in time for Conference and was instructed to attend the Conference Arrangements Office to sort it out. We found the office behind the Conference Centre and I joined the queue, I was not alone, however, they were efficient in processing us and I emerged with my photo ID. The conference was held in the Oxford room of the Hilton Hotel, We found good seats, I in the delegates section and Gwen in the visitors. Conference was opened by Dawn Butler MP for Brent Central, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities. Our old friend Anne Black was in the chair. The atmosphere in the hall was very upbeat full to the brim with 1,500 Labour Women. Dawn gave a very inspiring address, rally style. She quoted Maya Angelou’s poem ‘Phenomenal Women’. (Read it if you get the chance) and as she told us her journey through to becoming an MP she asked us every time she raised her hand to say ‘we are phenomenal women’ all 1,500 of us repeated it with gusto many times throughout her speech. She announced that she was campaigning to put an end to ‘period poverty’, many women and young girls suffer because they have not the funds to buy the necessary protection. She will make products free to Secondary Schools and Food Banks. Dawn Butler was an impressive speaker and performer. Next the hall erupted as Jeremy came in from the back, shaking many people’s hands on the way, including Gwen’s.
  • Annual Report October 2011–September 2013

    Annual Report October 2011–September 2013

    HOUSE OF LORDS APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT October 2011 to September 2013 House of Lords Appointments Commission Page 3 Contents Section 1: The Appointments Commission 5 Section 2: Appointments of non-party-political peers 8 Section 3: Vetting party-political nominees 11 Annex A: Biographies of the Commission 14 Annex B: Individuals vetted by the Commission 16 and appointed to the House of Lords [Group photo] Page 4 Section 1 The Appointments Commission 1. In May 2000 the Prime Minister established the House of Lords Appointments Commission as an independent, advisory, non-departmental public body. Commission Membership 2. The Commission has seven members, including the Chairman. Three members represent the main political parties and ensure that the Commission has expert knowledge of the House of Lords. The other members, including the Chairman, are independent of government and political parties. The independent members were appointed in October 2008 by open competition, in accordance with the code of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The party-political members are all members of the House of Lords and were nominated by the respective party leader in November 2010 for three year terms. 3. The terms of all members therefore come to an end in the autumn of 2013. 4. Biographies of the Commission members can be seen at Annex A. 5. The Commission is supported by a small secretariat at 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ. Role of the House of Lords Appointments Commission 6. The role of the Commission is to: make recommendations for the appointment of non-party-political members of the House of Lords; and vet for propriety recommendations to the House of Lords, including those put forward by the political parties and Prime Minister.
  • How (Not) to Talk About Europe

    How (Not) to Talk About Europe

    How (not) to talk about Europe Sunder Katwala and Steve Ballinger HOW (NOT) TO TALK ABOUT EUROPE Sunder Katwala and Steve Ballinger BRITISH FUTURE PUBLISHED BY British Future Kean house 6 Kean Street London WC2B 4AS AUTHORS Sunder Katwala and Steve Ballinger EDITOR Steve Ballinger Design by Soapbox Design Printed by Smith and Watts Ltd © British Future 2016 ISBN 978-0-9931202-1-3 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted. ABOUT BRITISH FUTURE: British Future is an independent, non-partisan thinktank engaging people’s hopes and fears about integration and migration, opportunity and identity, so that we share a confident and welcoming Britain, inclusive and fair to all. www.britishfuture.org Tel. +44 (0) 20 7632 9069 Twitter: @BritishFuture 1 CONTENTS Acknowledgements 2 Executive summary 5 Introduction – How (not) to talk about Europe 9 Part I: The referendum challenge 1 Up for grabs: A future history of how the referendum was won and lost 15 2 Unhappy families: Who will decide the referendum? 21 3 How NOT to talk about Europe – Why both sides risk helping their opponents win the referendum 35 Part II: So how should both sides talk about Europe? (and what should they avoid?) 4 This sceptered isle: How to talk to the British about identity 47 5 They come over here… How to talk about Immigration and the EU referendum 61 6 In it for the money? How to talk about Europe and the economy 84 7 Making our minds up – How to have a referendum that’s good for Britain 97 8 Notes and tables 102 9 About British Future 108 2 How (not) to talk about Europe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The European Union referendum will give us all a say on one of the biggest questions facing Britain.