division_name: Eu Membership: Economic Benefits
motion: <p class="indent" pid="b1764.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House believes that the UK needs to stay in the EU because it offers the best framework for trade, manufacturing, employment rights and cooperation to meet the challenges the UK faces in the world in the twenty-first century; and notes that tens of billions of pounds worth of investment and millions of jobs are linked to the UK&#8217;s membership of the EU, the biggest market in the world.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1784.3/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;we could easily scrap the social chapter&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1800.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Siemens believes that being part of the EU is good for UK jobs and prosperity and we have concerns about the possible effects of a vote to leave. We see the main benefits of EU membership as: tariff-free access to the UK&#8217;s biggest export market; a common set of rules between 28 countries that reduce business costs; and access for British businesses and universities to EU-wide innovation and research initiatives, which are helping to shape the industries of the future. These advantages help to make Britain a better place to do business, not just for Siemens, but for companies across our supply chain and beyond.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1800.0/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;There is a huge value in being at the EU table. If you are in the club, you get the chance to shape the research programme. If we weren&#8217;t in the club, we wouldn&#8217;t have that opportunity.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1806.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the greatest threat to the security of the United States, the European Union and the NATO area.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1817.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1823.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Working people have a huge stake in the referendum because workers&#8217; rights are on the line. It&#8217;s the EU that guarantees workers their rights to paid holidays, parental leave, equal treatment for part-timers, and much more&#8230;These rights can&#8217;t be taken for granted&#8230;And without the back-up of EU laws, unscrupulous employers will have free rein to cut many of their workers&#8217; hard-won benefits and protections.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1832.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;As far as India is concerned, if there is an entry point for us to the European Union that is the UK, that is Great Britain.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1841.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We continue to think that the United Kingdom&#8217;s economic prospects are good whether inside or outside the European Union.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1841.0/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The UK is a thoroughly investable economy and it would remain a thoroughly investable economy whichever way the vote goes&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1843.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;there is no need for them to worry.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1852.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The European Union influences very important aspects of Tata Steel&#8217;s business in the UK. The EU is by far our largest export market, with over a third of our UK steel heading there. And that&#8217;s not including the steel that goes via our customers&#8212;the EU is a critical export market for the UK&#8217;s car makers for example. So access to that market is fundamental to our business and one of the preconditions for this trade is that EU laws and regulations are followed. If the UK were to exit the EU and set these rules ourselves, it is likely we would still need to adhere to EU rules to enter that market. The difference: we would no longer have a say in how those rules are set up or applied.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1852.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the very point of juncture&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1852.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a great part in every one of them&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1855.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Siemens believes that being part of the EU is good for UK jobs and prosperity and we have concerns about the possible effects of a vote to leave.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1860.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;have no more power&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1860.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;than my children&#8217;s pet cat.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1863.0/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;ve got till it&#8217;s gone&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b1864.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b1864.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 257, Noes 0.</p>