Foreign Secretary gives evidence on Visions of EU reform

• Parliament TV: Visions of EU reform
• Inquiry: Visions of EU reform
• European Union Committee

Witness

Tuesday 26 January, Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster

At 4.10pm

• Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Topics

The Committee has been conducting an inquiry into the UK Government's proposals for EU reform, exploring in particular the long-term vision underlying those proposals. Possible areas of questioning for this meeting include:

• Is there an underlying vision for EU reform underpinning the proposals that the Government have set out?
• Is it realistic to expect to reach agreement on the Government's reform objectives at the February European Council?
• The Prime Minister is seeking to exclude EU migrants from accessing in-work benefits such as tax-credits during their first four years in the UK. What are the prospects of agreement on this, and in the absence of agreement what alternatives are there?
• What is the Government seeking to achieve by associating the UK from the commitment to "ever closer union among the peoples of Europe"?
• What principles will underpin any agreement to safeguard the interests of both Eurozone and non-Eurozone states?

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